📘 AVID at Lydia Romero-Cruz Academy

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is a schoolwide college and career readiness system that empowers all students to thrive in academic settings through structured support, critical thinking, and goal-setting.

At LRCA, AVID isn’t just a pathway—it’s a mindset woven into everything we do.

🔍 Core Strategies

Our teachers implement AVID’s WICOR® strategies—Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading—to build strong academic habits and prepare students for success in middle school, high school, college, and beyond.

AVID instructional practices include:

• 🎯 Focused Note-Taking

• 🤝 Collaborative Structures & Study Groups

• 📚 Academic Language and Literacy

• 🧠 Higher-Level Thinking & Socratic Seminar

• 🧩 Interactive Notebooks & Organizing Materials

• 🗣️ Philosophical Chairs & Relational Capacity Building

We also engage families and train staff through professional learning that ensures AVID strategies are implemented schoolwide—benefiting all students.

For more information, visit AVID.org or reach out to our AVID Coordinator, Ms. Jenny Sosa, at jenny.sosa@sausd.us