03/27/19 AVID Connects K-8 to College
California School News Radio
English - March 28, 2019 03:57 - 27 minutes - 12.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCourses Education Science administrators education schools superintendent teachers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Students from Paramount Unified’s Hollydale School are immersed in a college-going culture that includes regular campus visits to local universities such as USC, UCLA and Cal State L.A. The K-8 school coordinates these trips for its Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) students, as well as all seventh-grade students. AVID coordinator Rosa Edwards and Hollydale sixth-grader Alyssa Little discuss the benefits of college preparation for middle school students.