In the accelerated class, AVID students receive support through rigorous curriculum and ongoing, structured tutorials. School wide achievement results from the professional development received by subject area teachers, counselors, administrators, district administrators, and especially through the success of students targeted for the AVID elective. These students provide tangible proof for the teachers that a wider range of students are capable of rigorous course work, if the students are provided structure, ongoing support in writing, inquiry, collaboration, reading, organization, study skills, and test taking, among other skills.

AVID is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance. The mission of AVID is to ensure that all students, and most especially the least served students in the middle capable of completing a college path:
* will succeed in rigorous curriculum
* will enter mainstream activites of the school
* will increase their enrollment in four-year colleges, and
* will become educated and responsible participants and leaders in a democratic society

For more information on the AVID program, contact director Sally Rothenberg at sally.rothenberg@mpls.k12.mn.us.