Passport To Higher Education Initiative

Through Passport, the Dare Education Foundation is currently supporting the implementation of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program in Dare County Schools.  Historically, there have been programs in place for students at both ends of the spectrum � the academically gifted students and those who struggle.  Until now, there has not been a focus on average students who are falling short of their potential.

AVID targets students in the academic middle � B, C, and even D students � who have the desire to go to college and the willingness to work hard.  Typically, they will be the first in their families to attend college, and many are from low-income or minority families.  AVID pulls these students out of their unchallenging courses and puts them on the college track: acceleration instead of remediation.

By fall 2009, the AVID program will be in place in every middle and high school within Dare County Schools.

Proven Results
Nationally, 95% of AVID graduates go on to college and 75% earn a four year degree, nearly three times the rate of similar students not exposed to the AVID program. Additionally, the entire student body benefits when AVID is in place in a school. All school staff are taught and required to use AVID instructional strategies such as C-notes and organizational notebooks. In fact, AVID is proven to raise the bar of academic excellence and achievement for all students in schools where it is implemented. For more information on this research-based program, visit www.avidonline.org.

Passport News

 AVID Students Tour William and Mary

 Wachovia Bank Supports   AVID Students Through DEF, March 2008

AVID Teachers Train Their Peers, August 2007

Passport Links

www.avidonline.org