AVID Senior Scholarship Winners to be Honored
On May 11,
a record 1,923 Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) students
representing 67 high schools from Riverside, Inyo, Mono, and San Bernardino
(RIMS) counties will be honored at a recognition ceremony at the University of
California, Riverside (UCR). Thirty seniors who will receive scholarships
from UCR, Cal State University - San Bernardino, the RIMS AVID/Community
Foundation Scholarship program, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. Among the students receiving
scholarships from the RIMS AVID/Community Foundation program is Yadira Vizcarra
of Fontana High School.
AVID is an
international education program that began in San Diego and targets students in
the academic middle who have a willingness to want to go to college.
Typically, AVID students are the first n their families to attend college, and
many are from low-income or minority families.
RIMS AVID
is one of 11 regional programs set-up in California. The seniors in RIMS
AVID reached the following goals:
- 81%
have been accepted to at least one four-year university (1,558 seniors)
- 23%
have been accepted to at least one UC school (442 seniors)
- 19%
have been accepted to at least one out of state college or university (228
seniors)
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