This year's AVID students will graduate college in 2015
By Ashley Moline
The Advancement Via Individual Determination program at Miami Beach Senior High School was established over the summer to prepare hard working students in the academic middle – B, C, and even D students – for four-year college eligibility. These students are generally the first in their families to attend college, and the AVID Program will assist students in following a path towards college and a career.
Freshman Nikita Vidal said that students “have to learn to be organized.” According to Vidal, it helps that “AVID kids are in many of the same classes together.”
Around 50 freshmen are enrolled in honors classes and an AVID elective, one period each day devoted to learning study, organizational, and critical thinking skills, from fourth to twelfth grade.
According to AVID Coordinator Eva Regueria, the class will, “help students succeed in high school and adapt more easily to a new school, a new system and start thinking about what they want to do after high school.”
The goal is that students will move into Advanced Placement classes in their sophomore, junior and senior years, “so that they can accomplish everything they should during their time at Beach High.”
AVID students ask themselves, “What kind of listener are you?” to become familiar with their individual learning styles and to make the most of their potential.
Students in the AVID Program participate in motivational activities for enrichment and college readiness. For example, Regueria envisions a costume contest and a field trip to the nearby Bass Museum, in order to, “get the kids exposed to … cultural activities, [and] guest speakers from different facets of society.”
According to AVID Freshman Francis Bogodo, the program, “helps you prepare for college and keeps you intact.”
Regueira hopes that her students will be able to work in collaboration with the Bass Museum on a freshman project. “I would like to get the kids in the museum and excited about what it has to offer,” she said, “before I plan a project with them.”
Miami-Dade County Public School students enjoy free entry to both the Bass Museum on 21st Street and the Wolfsonian Museum on Washington Avenue in South Beach. Both museums offer guided tours.
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