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AVID 11 – 215800 AVID Tutor – 219700
10 Credits Grade(s) 11 10 Credits Grade(s) 11-12
1 Year Course 1 Year Course
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, MCHS, School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, MHS, THS
MHS, THS Minimum GPA requirement at all sites.
Description: AVID elective courses at all grade levels Description: Students perform various tasks as
are designed to prepare in an academic context, assigned by the instructor and work with individual
students for entrance into four year colleges, with students on a one-to-one basis or with small groups of
emphasis on analytical writing, preparation for college students. Students assist the instructor during lab
entrance and placement exams, college study skills and activities carried out by the class. AVID Peer tutors
test taking, oral language development, note taking, receive training and support from the AVID teachers
and research. The AVID course features tutors, college and work as a partner with the teacher in the
students, who lead discussions and analysis of the classroom.
academic subjects in which the students are enrolled. ______________________________________
Students continue to refine their skills in academic
strategies for success, writing, inquiry, collaboration,
and college/career research. Recommended pathway: BUSINESS
10th grade AVID.
Introduction to Programming – 460310
AVID 12 – 215900 10 Credits Grade(s) 9-12
10 Credits Grade(s) 12 1 Year Course
1 Year Course School Site(s) BCHS, MHS
School Site(s) BCHS, LHS, MCHS, Description: An introductory course in computer
MHS, THS programming/software engineering and applications.
Description: AVID elective courses at all grade levels The course introduces students to the fundamentals of
are designed to prepare students in an academic computer programming. Students will learn to design,
context, for entrance into four year colleges, with code, and test their own programs while applying
mathematical concepts. The Teacher will introduce
emphasis on analytical writing, preparation for college concepts and problems solving skills to beginning
entrance and placement exams, college study skills and students through a programming language Simple
test taking, oral language development, note taking, Basic.
and research. The AVID course features tutors, college The second half of the year reviews and builds on the
students, who lead discussions and analysis of the concepts introduced in the first semester. This
academic subjects in which the students are enrolled. semester introduces students to more complex data
Students continue to refine their skills in academic structures and their uses, including sequential files,
arrays, and classes. Students will learn to create more
strategies for success, writing, inquiry, collaboration, powerful programs through fun interactive and non-
and college/career research. Recommended pathway: violent game/industry programming.
11 grade AVID.
TH
Intermediate Programming - 466600
AVID Junior/Senior Seminar – 216010 10 credits Grade(s) 9-12
20 Credits Grade(s) 11-12 1 Year Course
4 Semesters School Site BCHS, MHS
UC Requirement g Description: The goal of this course is to open your
mind to computational thinking, to educate students to
CSU Requirement Elective leverage programs as tools in their field of study, and
School Site(s) MCHS to empower them with a fundamental knowledge of
Description: Students will engage in higher levels of programming. Students will learn C++ using industry
WIC-R (writing, inquiry, collaboration and reading) standard software (Visual Studio), and an animated
strategies than experienced in prior years of AVID. interactive textbook. Students learn how to apply the
These higher-level thinking, reading, writing and oral power of computer programming to solve various
challenges in science, math, and business.
language skills are needed to prepare students for the
level of work required to produce a culminating ________________________________________
research project at the end of the senior year. Students
must be enrolled in both junior and senior years to LEADERSHIP AND STUDENT AIDE
receive “G” credit. “G” credit is for senior year only.
Academic Decathlon – 810000
10 Credits Grade(s) 9-12
1 Year Course

School Site(s) MCHS
Description: Students enrolled in this course become
part of the Academic Decathlon team. This team
consists of 3 “A” honor students, 3 “B” scholarship
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