AVID APPLICATION PROCESS

If you missed the AVID APPLICATION MEETING on Thursday, October 22nd, please click below to hear all about the AVID program from AVID Teacher Mrs. Jennifer Okiyama.

AVID is an academic Connections class which is open for all grades:

• 6th grade students
• 7th grade students
• 8th grade students

Students who apply for AVID before November 1st, who are accepted to the program will start the second semester in January.

Applications are due back on November 1, 2024.

Please submit completed applications to the Front Office, Media Center,

or directly to Mrs. Okiyama in the AVID classroom (A-151)

Applications are available in:

• Front Office
• Media Center
• AVID Classroom (A-151)
• or download above/below or from the Elkins Pointe website on the AVID tab.

Questions?

Please email Mrs. Okiyama at okiyama@fultonschools.org

Advancement Via Individual Determination, AVID, is a sixth through twelfth grade program that prepares students in the academic middle to be college and career ready. Students take an AVID elective course throughout middle school and high school that provides them with the skills needed to be successful in advancing academically with the ultimate goal of attending college. For more than 25 years AVID has been instrumental in preparing students for success in higher education.

AVID Application Packet

Application packets may also be picked up in the Media Center, Front Office, or from Mrs. Okiyama in Room A-151

Application process includes:

• Parent questions with signature
• Student questions with signature
• 3 Teacher recommendations (Language Arts, Math, and one other subject)
• Individual interviews (Nov. 6-12)

Students should return the completed application to Mrs. Okiyama, Room A151, by November 1, 2024.

Application process:

• October 23 – Information Meeting for Parents online.
• November 1 - Students turn in completed family information form and short answer form

• November 1 - Teachers submit recommendation form
• November 6-12 - Students participate student interviews

Please email Mrs. Okiyama at okiyama@fultonschools.org