Parents and students understand the magnitude of this program. Everyone is excited because they know the program works.

We want to see more students aiming for four-year colleges. I believe that with AVID, that will happen.

This is for kids who have the drive inside of them because all the work really rests squarely on their shoulders. We give them help until they are able to stand on their own.

The intent is to put (students) in rigorous curriculum and help them succeed by providing the support n tutors n they need. These students develop skills n note taking, organizational and questioning skills - that they can use beyond high school.

It would be huge for this team's confidence. We didn't show a lot of maturity at Iowa State, and this is another challenge.

We've just got to come together. We have to play Iowa football. We didn't do that, but give the credit to Iowa State. They came out ready to go. They're obviously a very talented team and they had a lot of weapons and shut us down.