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AVID

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Welcome to the AVID Department!

Understanding AVIDAVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a nonprofit that changes lives by helping schools shift to a more equitable, student-centered approach. AVID offers a variety of classroom activities, lesson plans, professional learning videos, and timely articles that are relevant to students. These tools help educators at Nyack implement and refine instructional practices. The power of AVID at the high school level is the ability to impact students enrolled in the AVID Elective class and all students throughout the school. AVID at the high school level can have an effect on the entire school by providing classroom activities, teaching practices, and academic behaviors that can be incorporated into any classroom to improve engagement and success for all students. Teachers have been incorporating the AVID strategies into their classroom to help all students, not just those in the AVID elective, to become more college- and career-ready.

Contact

Lorraine Longing
District Director for AVID
Llonging@nyackschools.org
845 353 - 7123

Sean Cavanagh
AVID counselor
scavanagh@nyackschools.org

Judelka Espinal
AVID elective teacher
jespinal@nyackschools.org

 Nina Capetilli
AVID counselor
ncapetilli@nyackschools.org

Tara Heinemann - Kuber
AVID counselor
theinemann@nyackschools.org

Alissa Lynch
AVID counselor
alynch@nyackschools.org

Kelly Vasquez
AVID elective teacher
kvasquez@nyackschools.org