Southridge High School – AVID Workshop 9

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This class is designed to help you become a stronger student and to prepare you for success in a four-year college and focuses on the WICOR strategies of Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading. The AVID course you will take is based on the growth mindset. It includes understanding intelligence and ability not as characteristics you’re simply born with, but as skills to be developed and improved over the course of a lifetime. Students will recognize that hard work and motivation are often more important in determining success than natural abilities; AVID encourages students to take ownership of their own education, rather than sitting back and letting their education “happen to them,” Students interested in AVID must go through an application process that includes both a written application and an interview. Being in AVID in middle school is not an automatic acceptance at the high school level; Middle school AVID is not required to join AVID at the high school level. Interested students should pick up an application from their counselor. For more information, see Chris Martin in SRHS lower Counseling.