AVID 12

Reaching Our Potential

After four years, the AVID 12 class is poised to graduate. Tutorials, binder checks, Cornell notes, SAT and ACT Prep, college applications, and scholarship deadlines are all part of the AVID experience. As the Spring semester continues, students find themselves beginning to hear back from colleges and universities as well as from local scholarship foundations. We are very proud of our AVID Senior class and what they have accomplished.

Bay Area College Trip

In November 2023, the AVID Class of 2024 went on an overnight field trip to the Bay Area to check out universities including Cal State Monterey Bay, Stanford, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State, University of San Francisco, and San Jose State. Special thanks to Christian Ramos (AVID Class of 2020) and Larry Bermudez (AVID Class of 2022) who gave us a tour of UC Berkeley as well as Ixaka Craviotto-Velasco (SBHS Class of 2022) who met us at the University of San Francisco with his friends to chat with our seniors.

College Applications

Last year AVID 12 Seniors submitted over 100 California State University applications, and over 100 University of California applications, as well as 125 applications to private colleges and universities. This is the culmination of four years of hard work and determination that drives the AVID program.

SKILLS (Partnership with UC Santa Barbara and SBCC

In the spring of 2023, our AVID 12 students enrolled in a unique dual enrollment class in partnership with UC Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College. Taught by graduate students in the Linguistics Department, AVID students took a course called Anthropology 104 that introduced students to the rigors of a college course but is taught in their AVID elective. The course addressed issues of language and how we use language both in our everyday lives and in academic settings. Students conducted in-depth research on the intersections of language in their own lives. The course culminated with the students presenting their findings at UCSB.