IDEA Public Schools Archives - Social Confidential https://socialconfidential.com/tag/idea-public-schools/ Meet People, Have Fun and Network! Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:02:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://socialconfidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-icon-32x32.png IDEA Public Schools Archives - Social Confidential https://socialconfidential.com/tag/idea-public-schools/ 32 32 144008409 Andrea Rodriguez Returns as Event Chair for IDEA https://socialconfidential.com/andrea-rodriguez-returns-as-event-chair-for-idea/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 23:02:07 +0000 https://socialconfidential.com/?p=647 IDEA Public Schools officially announced that Andrea Rodriguez returns as event chair for IDEA Public Schools Annual Dinner and Auction Scholarship Gala to take place on Thursday, April 23, 2020 from 6:30 – 10 p.m. at the Mission Event Center.

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IDEA Public Schools officially announced that Andrea Rodriguez returns as event chair for IDEA Public Schools Annual Dinner and Auction Scholarship Gala to take place on Thursday, April 23, 2020 from 6:30 – 10 p.m. at the Mission Event Center.

Rodriguez has served on the committee for the past five years and this is her second year serving as event chair. She has also served on IDEA Public Schools Rio Grande Valley Regional Board for the past three years. She has shown great leadership to help make the galas a great success throughout the years.

“I am so excited to be serving as event chair for the second year,” says Andrea Rodriquez, Event Chair for IDEA Public Schools Dinner and Auction Gala.  “It gives me so much joy to be a part of a committee that is helping children in the Rio Grande Valley make it to and through college.” Photos by Roberto Hugo Gonzalez. www.SocialConfidential.com

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]]> 647 Big things happening at IDEA Public Schools! https://socialconfidential.com/big-things-happening-at-idea-public-schools/ Thu, 02 May 2019 22:42:59 +0000 https://socialconfidential-com.lex2x1cg-liquidwebsites.com/?p=513 IDEA's class of 2019 shattered a record as the largest senior class in IDEA's history with 1,185 scholars. This year, we had the pleasure of witnessing 15 senior classes announce their college choices during five College Signing Day ceremonies, including inaugural ceremonies in Austin and San Antonio.

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IDEA’s class of 2019 shattered a record as the largest senior class in IDEA’s history with 1,185 scholars. This year, we had the pleasure of witnessing 15 senior classes announce their college choices during five College Signing Day ceremonies, including inaugural ceremonies in Austin and San Antonio.

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The 1,185 seniors earned:

  • 6,047 college acceptances from 362 universities, including 13 Ivy League schools
  • More than $25 million in grants and scholarships
  • 258 Tier 1 acceptances and 999 Tier 2 acceptances

Scholars from this year’s graduating class were accepted to Cornell University, Brown University, Columbia University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, The Naval Academy, Rice University, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Georgetown University, Texas A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin and more!

Following the conclusion of College Signing Day on Thursday, April 25th, we held our 13th Annual Dinner & Auction “Reach for the Stars” Scholarship Gala.

More than 700 attendees enjoyed mixing and mingling over dinner in the star-adorned room, bidding on original works of art created by IDEA students, and hearing from IDEA Founders, Tom Torkelson and JoAnn Gama, NBA Legend David Robinson, and three outstanding IDEA students. Kevin Villafranca, IDEABrownsville student who is headed to Georgetown University in the fall, and IDEA Donna alumnus Mauricio Mejia, who is pursuing a degree in the culinary arts at South Texas College, shared their inspiring stories of hard work, perseverance, and Team & Family. IDEA Quest alumnus, Michael Mireles concluded the event. As an IDEA graduate, he spoke of the power of an IDEAeducation that propels him in his current studies at Brown University – and which inspired him to create his own organization, STXi, to share stories and mobilize youth in the Rio Grande Valley.

Thank you to all who came to the Dinner & Auction. Because of you, it was one of our most successful events, having raised more than $630,000 in scholarships for IDEA’s college-bound seniors!

If you couldn’t make the event, you can still support our scholars. 

Thank you for being part of IDEA.

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