It’s official! Today EDHS was recognized as an Avid National Demonstration School! This is history made not only for El Dorado but for the district, the city and region. Only 2% of Avid schools achieve this honor. Thank you to Tanya Gallegos and all the site team for your years of perseverance and dedication to putting kids first. Everyone will agree that these individuals truly exemplify what is means to be selfless educators who truly strive to be better each day for our kids. Thank you to all teachers for embracing Avid into your rooms as well and trusting the team to help grow us as a learning community.
Interesting Facts: There are 852 AVID high schools in Texas that have AVID, but only 30 National Demonstration Sites. Yesterday we became #31. AVID is in 46 states and 16 other countries and territories. There are 55,000 AVID schools and only 2% are Demonstration Sites