AVID

Advancement Via Individual Determination

Kenwood AVID students

Making College Dreams a Reality

The Kenwood AVID program helps its students reach their full academic and social potential. The program will push its students to take the tough classes we know that college admissions officers are looking for, but are there to teach them the strategies to succeed in the most rigorous courses. We help our students with the following:

  • Writing Skills
  • Inquiry and Higher Level Thinking Skills
  • Collaboration
  • Organization
  • Reading
  • College Level Note Taking
  • Time Management
  • Study Skills
  • College and Career Planning
  • Financial Aid 

We work on all of these skills in a supportive environment where we help our students overcome the many obstacles that school and life can throw at a high school student.

It won’t be easy. If it were easy, everyone would go to college. If a student is willing to work, AVID will get that student to college. How do we know?

If a student possesses the desire to go to college and is willing to work hard to get there, the AVID program is the way.

AVID Coordinator: Erren Lee - [email protected]

AVID 9 Instructor: John Flavin - [email protected]

AVID 10 Instructor: Jeffrey Roche - [email protected]

AVID 11 Instructor: TBA

AVID 12 Instructor: TBA


Updated 8/19/2025