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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
The AVID Program
AVID stands for Advancement via Individual Determination, and is offered in certain schools from grades 4
through 12. In grades 6-12, an AVID elective class is designed to meet the educational and social needs of
students “in the middle” – average students who have the potential to succeed in college through hard work
and individual determination. Some special components of AVID include:
� A strong academic focus and rigorous course of study.
� A solid academic and social support network that expects and rewards hard work, perseverance, and
academic achievement.
� A tutorial component – AVID trained tutors are often college-age
AVID is available at these schools:
� Harbor School
� Higginson/Lewis K-8 School
� Irving Middle School
� King K-8 School
� Murphy K-8 School
� Ohrenberger School
� Quincy Upper School
� Rogers Middle School
� Timilty Middle School
� Tobin K-8 School
� Umana/Alighieri K-8 School
Advanced Work Class (AWC)
Advanced Work Class is a full-time program for students in grades four, five and six that provides an
accelerated academic curriculum for highly motivated and academically capable students. Coursework is
challenging and students are expected to complete more school work and more home study. New sixth
grade students are invited to AWC based on results of a standardized test taken in the fall of fifth grade. This
test is the Terra Nova 3, Basic Survey Test or, for native Spanish speakers, the SUPERA test.
Schools with grade six AWC programs include:
� Curley K-8 School
� Dearborn Middle School
� Edison K-8 School
� Irving Middle School
� Jackson/Mann K-8 School
� King K-8 School
� Lee School
� McCormack Middle School
� Murphy K-8 School
� Ohrenberger School
� Quincy Upper School
� Rogers Middle School
� Timilty Middle School
� Umana/Alighieri K-8 School
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