Early College Academy Named AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction

SPRING, TX -- Spring ISD's Early College Academy received another recognition to go along with its lengthy list of honors and accomplishments since opening in 2011. Recently, the school was named an AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction by the national AVID organization. Early College academy was one of only 104 schools in the nation to receive the recognition.

The honor, in its second year, represents the highest level of AVID implementation fidelity, demonstrating excellence in instructional practice and the promotion of college readiness not just through the AVID program but schoolwide. This elite group of candidate schools represents less than 10 percent of all AVID middle and high schools worldwide.

The school was honored last year as one of only 13 schools in the state to receive the Early College High School Demonstration Site Grant, which provides financial and technical support to high-performing ECHS campuses that are implementing best practices. They also achieved a 100-percent passing rate on three of the five required end-of-course assessments – Biology, English 2, and U.S. History.

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