By participating in the AVID Strides for Education Eugene 4J 6K, you’ll be helping students on their journey to a successful college education and career.  All of the net proceeds will be used to support two important elements of the AVID student experience: AVID college tutors and college visits.

• AVID College Tutors: Every Tuesday and Thursday, our AVID classes engage with college students who serve as facilitators of small collaborative study groups. These tutors are specially trained to lead the groups in a Socratic style method of problem solving and critical thinking about higher level questions that the AVID students bring to class from their other academic classes. Most of these tutors are working to support themselves through college, so the funding is a win-win, helping our AVID students develop their high level skills of inquiry while also helping current college students afford to stay in college.

• AVID College Visits: Every year, beginning in 7^th grade, AVID classes visit college campuses across the state of Oregon in order to heighten their level of aspiration for higher education while helping them to discern what kind of college would be right for them. Most AVID students will be first generation college students and these experiences help build a college going culture that they may not already have.