{"id":15047,"date":"2025-09-30T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/?p=15047"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:18:06","slug":"introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that this year, Ward Elementary is launching the AVID program for all 5th graders! AVID, short for <em>Advancement Via Individual Determination<\/em>, is a nationally recognized program that provides students with the tools and strategies they need to be successful in school and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/gauldin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/09\/avid_logo600px-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15069\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AVID helps students develop valuable skills such as staying organized, taking effective notes, reading critically, and participating in thoughtful discussions. These habits not only boost academic performance now but also help prepare students for the transition to middle school, high school, and even college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By introducing AVID at the 5th grade level, we\u2019re setting our students up for long-term success and building confidence that will carry them into every stage of their education. We can\u2019t wait to see how our Gauldin and Ward 5th graders thrive in their very first year of AVID!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for updates, photos, and stories as we kick off this exciting new chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about AVID at Downey Unified, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/web.dusd.net\/avid\">web.dusd.net\/avid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ward Elementary launches AVID for all 5th graders to help build skills for success in school and beyond!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":15048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary | Ward Elementary School<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ward Elementary launches AVID for all 5th graders to help build skills for success in school and beyond!\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary | Ward Elementary School\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ward Elementary launches AVID for all 5th graders to help build skills for success in school and beyond!\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ward Elementary School\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-30T20:18:01+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-30T20:18:06+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"raesiebels\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"raesiebels\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"raesiebels\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/person\/3bb045a06d6aa43d5b5b2b2afea49da0\"},\"headline\":\"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-30T20:18:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-30T20:18:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News &amp; Announcements\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/\",\"name\":\"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary | Ward Elementary School\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-30T20:18:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-30T20:18:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ward Elementary launches AVID for all 5th graders to help build skills for success in school and beyond!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"AAVID logo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/\",\"name\":\"Ward Elementary School\",\"description\":\"Fearlessly Learning, Every Day, Every Way!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ward Elementary School\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/10\/WARD_LOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/10\/WARD_LOGO.png\",\"width\":1060,\"height\":310,\"caption\":\"Ward Elementary School\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/person\/3bb045a06d6aa43d5b5b2b2afea49da0\",\"name\":\"raesiebels\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016f9df548202e5eba521a74f50c1dd165f914fc38210cd91939dd3b611cdc18?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016f9df548202e5eba521a74f50c1dd165f914fc38210cd91939dd3b611cdc18?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"raesiebels\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/author\/raesiebels\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary | Ward Elementary School","description":"Ward Elementary launches AVID for all 5th graders to help build skills for success in school and beyond!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary | Ward Elementary School","og_description":"Ward Elementary launches AVID for all 5th graders to help build skills for success in school and beyond!","og_url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/","og_site_name":"Ward Elementary School","article_published_time":"2025-09-30T20:18:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-30T20:18:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"raesiebels","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"raesiebels","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/"},"author":{"name":"raesiebels","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/person\/3bb045a06d6aa43d5b5b2b2afea49da0"},"headline":"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary","datePublished":"2025-09-30T20:18:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-30T20:18:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/"},"wordCount":176,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg","articleSection":["News &amp; Announcements"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/","url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/","name":"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary | Ward Elementary School","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-30T20:18:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-30T20:18:06+00:00","description":"Ward Elementary launches AVID for all 5th graders to help build skills for success in school and beyond!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/09\/AVID800x500.jpg","width":800,"height":500,"caption":"AAVID logo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/2025\/09\/30\/introducing-avid-to-ward-elementary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Introducing AVID to Ward Elementary"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#website","url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/","name":"Ward Elementary School","description":"Fearlessly Learning, Every Day, Every Way!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#organization","name":"Ward Elementary School","url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/10\/WARD_LOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/10\/WARD_LOGO.png","width":1060,"height":310,"caption":"Ward Elementary School"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/person\/3bb045a06d6aa43d5b5b2b2afea49da0","name":"raesiebels","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016f9df548202e5eba521a74f50c1dd165f914fc38210cd91939dd3b611cdc18?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/016f9df548202e5eba521a74f50c1dd165f914fc38210cd91939dd3b611cdc18?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"raesiebels"},"url":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/author\/raesiebels\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15049,"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15047\/revisions\/15049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.dusd.net\/ward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}