What is AVID?
AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. The goal of AVID is to prepare students for their future by encouraging them to think about not only what they want to do but what it will take to get there. At Florence Chapel, all students encounter AVID through the use of WICOR skills (Writing to Learn, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading to Learn). Other students apply for and enter the AVID elective course where they work on building their academic and social skills while also working to build self-confidence that will help them succeed as they move through their educational path.
Who is an AVID Candidate in Middle School?
Strong work ethic and interest in AVID
Positive attitude
Average to above-average academic performance
Teacher recommendation
Unsure of what they want to do after High School or unsure of how to achieve their goal.
What have the AVID students gotten to do?
-Visited the water treatment facility to see how science affects us daily.
-Toured the "Well" in Greenville to learn about its impact on the Upstate and how it runs.
-Visited the Prisma Children's Hospital to see what jobs exist there without direct medical training but also with medical training.
-Visited Spartanburg Community College
-Read to Elementary students with Reading Intervention students.
-Adopted Shoals Road to give back to our school and community.
