Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a kindergarten through postsecondary college readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll and succeed in higher education and in their lives beyond high school. AVID students are provided with the critical skills necessary to become confident, independent thinkers, while engaing in many enhancement strategies such as W.I.C.O.R. (Writing to learn, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading to learn), which helps

LAKEVIEW SPOTLIGHT: AVID (advancement via individual determination) is a college and career readiness program. It's used K-12 in Park Hill, but now, we have an AVID National Demonstration School. Learn more about the title and what it means in this year's "Lakeview Spotlight." This Spotlight is sponsored by Southern Bank. | Park Hill School District

Advancement Via Individual Determination, better known as AVID, has been empowering UCS students for over 14 years. UCS was the first Macomb County district and among select few statewide to offer the program when it was introduced at Jeannette Junior High and Stevenson High School. Based on its continued success, AVID is now available to students at all UCS secondary schools with nearly 900 students currently enrolled. The AVID program creates a community within the classroom by supporting stud