AVID Basics
What does AVID stand for?
What is Advancement Via Individual Determination?
Tutorials happen on these days each week.
What are tutorial days?
This note‑taking format includes questions, notes, and a summary.
Cornell Notes
These two tests are common for college admissions.
What are the SAT and ACT?
You would treat your Avid Classmates like they're what?
A Family
What materials do you need to bring to class everyday for AVID
What is Planner and Binder?
To be prepared for class you should show up to class with what?
Binder, notebook, pencil, planner & a completed TRF.
This part of Cornell Notes shows what you learned.
What is the summary?
This is the document students fill out to apply to most colleges.
What is the college application?
You would treat your classmates and teachers...
With respect
AVID students set these to stay focused.
What are goals?
This person guides the group but doesn’t give answers.
Who is the tutor?
This weekly tool helps students track grades and missing work.
What is the grade check?
This type of scholarship is earned through strong academics.
What is a merit scholarship?
This is what students say when they realize it’s binder check day.
What is “Oh no”?
What does GPA stand for?
What is Grade Point Average?
This part of the TRF explains exactly where you got stuck.
What is the point of confusion?
Students revise Cornell Notes after class for this reason.
What is to improve understanding?
Colleges like when students take harder classes for this reason.
What is showing academic challenge and effort?
Weekly grade checks help students do this before it’s too late.
What is catch missing work or low grades?
Avid students are seen as...in our school?
What is leaders or scholars?
This is the real purpose of asking higher‑level questions during tutorials.
What is to push deeper thinking instead of just getting the answer?
This is the purpose of writing a summary in Cornell Notes even when you think you already understand the lesson.
What is to show mastery by restating the learning in your own words and making connections?
This is the main reason colleges look at extracurricular activities in addition to grades.
What is to see how students show leadership, commitment, and responsibility outside the classroom?
This is the real reason AVID teachers push students to keep their binders organized, even when students think it’s “just a binder.”
What is building habits that prepare you for high school, college, and real‑life responsibility?