Channel City Club Luncheon
With guest speaker Mary Catherine Swanson
When: Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, noon
Where: Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara
Cost: $25 - $35
Age limit: Not available
Categories: Meetings
Description: AVID began as an idea at San Diego’s Clairemont High School in 1980. Swanson was challenged to create a support system for 30 underserved students. Built upon the philosophy that effort creates ability, she developed the AVID support-system scaffolding and founded the AVID Center, a non-profit corporation that now fuels the college-going dreams of almost 92,000 middle and high school California students. AVID has grown; in the 2006-07 academic year it was offered in 1,190 CA schools and nationally in nearly 3,500 schools in 45 states and 15 foreign countries. AVID targets students who have traditionally been left out of the college-going main-stream. Beginning in 1995, the CA legislature began funding a regional infrastructure to support expansion/quality of the AVID program. In recent years, Carpinteria & Santa Barbara School Districts have added AVID classes. Ms. Swanson has a most interesting and compelling story to tell
Phone: 805-884-6636
Event posted Nov. 7, 2007
Last updated Nov. 7, 2007
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