SNYDER – College can be more than just a dream for students, according to officials leading a program at Snyder Junior High School and Snyder High School designed to encourage and prepare students with little or no college background in their families for higher education. More than 200 Snyder Junior High School students, as well as freshmen and sophomores at Snyder High School, are taking an elective course called Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a program designed to help lay the groundwork for students to prepare for college. Sherrie Whittenburg, Snyder ISD AVID director, said the program can most benefit what she ...