ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE Our Team & Family sure has been busy this semester. Take a look at some recent organizational highlights!
OH, BABY! IDEA PARENT GIVES BIRTH AT IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS
IDEA HIGH SCHOOLS RANKED AMONG BEST IN THE NATION
IDEA BREAKS GROUND ON 9 CAMPUSES FOR 2020-2021 This year, IDEA broke ground on nine new campuses including IDEA Harlingen and IDEA Palmview in the Rio Grande Valley, IDEA Converse and IDEA Hidden Meadow in San Antonio, IDEA Round Rock Tech in Austin, IDEA Edgecliff in Tarrant County (Fort Worth), IDEA Horizon Vista in El Paso, and IDEA Hardy and IDEA Spears in Greater Houston. 6
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IMPACT 20TH ANNIVERSARY
For the 12th consecutive year, IDEA college preparatory schools in the Rio Grande Valley were ranked among the best performing high schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, our high schools ranked in the top 25% of charter schools both statewide and nationwide, with eight schools ranking among the top 10 in Texas. In the Jay Mathews Challenge Index Rankings. IDEA College Preparatory McAllen ranked as the top high school in both Texas and the Rio Grande Valley, and third in the entire nation.
In January, an IDEA mother gave birth to a baby girl in the gym bathroom at the IDEA Bluff Springs during a student award ceremony. Carina Rodriguez was attending the event for her second-grade son when she went into labor in the gym bathroom. Before paramedics could arrive, the baby girl was delivered with the help of teachers. Principal Virginia Callaway, along with teachers Valentina Davalos, Amberlynn Balli and Erica Beverly, visited the mother in the hospital with a surprise college scholarship for her newborn daughter upon graduation from an IDEA Public Schools campus.