In addition, the course should help students get better acquainted with the PSAT, SAT and ACT, and in the process, alleviate some of the anxiety associated with taking this important test which could result in major implications for future educational pursuit. This course is designed to develop basic keyboarding skills for both personal and occupational applications. These students should have a desire and the willingness to prepare for and attend college. After being accepted into the AVID program students must enroll in college prep courses. Help in preparing for the PSAT, SAT, and ACT test.
Students also gain skills in higher level thinking and comprehension.
Juniors and Seniors entering the AVI program will be in the Senior Seminar portion of the AVID program. Field trips to colleges will also take place along with guest speakers from various career fields. AVID is an elective course. To offer these classes, the computer is used to communicate with the distance education teacher who is stationed at another school in Europe or the Far East. The student is assigned a class period that is used to work on assignments and have computers available to send and receive communications with the distanced education teacher.