Avid

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AVID (meaning Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college-preparatory program designed to aid economically disadvantaged and underachieving first-generation students of both elementary and high schools into college. AVID was developed in 1980 by Mary Catherine Swanson, who was an English teacher in Clairemont High School at San Diego, California. Ramona High School AVID program of Riverside, California is currently the largest AVID program in the world.

External links

[AVID Online] - AVID's official website.

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