CSD IDEA Rio Grande Valley Program 4 2024 - EXTRA

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Welcome to my favorite IDEA event of the year—College Signing Day (CSD)!

College Signing Day is an IDEA tradition unlike any other. It began more than two decades ago as IDEA’s promise to parents: “Your child will go to college.” Today, across the Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, and the Austin metro area, CSD is an opportunity for our seniors to announce a meaningful commitment and for our schools and communities to celebrate everything that led up to this joyful and pivotal moment.

So, if you want to feel inspired, you’re in the right place.

If you want to feel hopeful about the future of our community, our country, and our world, stick around.

If you came to cheer on your own student today, don’t be surprised if you’re screaming for one you have never met.

Across IDEA’s Texas campuses, the 2,200 members of the Class of 2024 have achieved over 11,600 acceptances to colleges and universities across the country. Today we learn where everyone is headed.

While this moment is a culmination of sorts, it also represents a new start for the students who have worked so hard to get here. So many opportunities, adventures, experiences, and challenges lie ahead.

For now, this is a day for celebration. For every senior who declares their college choice on this stage, let’s also celebrate and be grateful for the teachers, counselors, principals, parents, siblings, grandparents, mentors, employers, neighbors, friends, and everyone else who has supported these students.

Class of 2024: Congratulations! You’re going to college.

Bienvenidos a mi evento favorito de IDEA del año: ¡College Signing Day (CSD)!

College Signing Day es una tradición de IDEA como ninguna otra. Comenzó hace más de dos décadas como una promesa de IDEA a los padres: “Su hijo irá a la universidad”. Hoy, en todo el Valle del Río Grande, San Antonio y el área metropolitana de Austin, CSD es una oportunidad para que nuestros alumnos de ultimo grado anuncien un compromiso significativo y para que nuestras escuelas y comunidades celebren todo lo que condujo a este momento alegre y crucial.

Así que, si quieres sentirte inspirado, estás en el lugar correcto.

Si quieres sentirte esperanzado sobre el futuro de nuestra comunidad, nuestro país y nuestro mundo, quédate con nosotros.

Si el día de hoy, estás aquí para apoyar a tu propio estudiante, no te sorprendas si estás gritando por uno que jamás habías conocido.

En todos los campus de IDEA en Texas, los 2200 miembros de la Clase de 2024 han logrado más de 11600 aceptaciones en colegios y universidades de todo el país. Hoy aprendemos hacia dónde se dirige cada uno.

Si bien este momento es una especie de culminación, también representa un nuevo comienzo para los estudiantes que han trabajado tan duro para llegar aquí. Tantas oportunidades, aventuras, experiencias y desafíos por delante.

Por ahora, este es un día de celebración. Para cada estudiante de último año que declara su elección de universidad en este escenario, también celebremos y agradezcamos a los maestros, consejeros, directores, padres, hermanos, abuelos, mentores, empleadores, vecinos, amigos y todos los demás que han apoyado a estos estudiantes.

Clase 2024: ¡Felicidades! Vas a ir a la universidad.

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DR. JEFF COTTRILL SUPERINTENDENT & CEO
LAYNE FISHER MARLON SHEARS JESSICA HESS
OFFICER
OFFICER
OFFICER
CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER CHIEF SCHOOLS OFFICER
KATHLEEN ZIMMERMANN CHIEF COLLEGE OFFICER CHIEF COLLEGE OFFICER
CHIEF HUMAN ASSETS OFFICER
CODY
GRINDLE CHIEF OPERATING
CHIEF INFORMATION
CHIEF GOVERNANCE
PRESIDENT DOLORES GONZALEZ DR. ERNESTO CANTU
PHILLIP GARZA
MARTIN WINCHESTER

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Collin Sewell, Chair

Ed Rivera, Vice-Chair and Secretary

Erich Holmsten, Treasurer

Al Lopez, In Memoriam

Michael Adams

Gary Lindgren

Theresa Barrera-Shaw

Nanette Cocero

REGIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RIO GRANDE VALLEY

Alyssa L. Romero, Board Chair

Maria Antonia Chapa

Cerise R. de Garduno

Sarah Garza

Zulieda Lopez-Habbouche

Andrea Rodriguez

Bobby Saenz

CJ Sanchez

Jesus (Jesse) Zepeda

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JILL DOMINGUEZ AREA SUPERINTENDENT

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

COLLEGE FOR ALL

CHAMPION SPONSOR

TO & THROUGH COLLEGE SPONSOR

PENNANT SPONSOR

SCHOLARSHIP GAP SPONSOR

SPECIAL THANKS TO Abel

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Instant Balloon Stands
Gonzalez

THANKS TO OUR COLLEGE PARTNERS

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SENIORS, DID YOU KNOW?

The IDEA ALUMNI AFFAIRS TEAM is here to support you through your college journey!

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COLLEGE SIGNING DAY | 11 NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR GRADES K – 12 APPLY NOW, or visit the ENROLLMENT TEAM in the lobby for more information! THE ROAD BEGINS AT IDEA!

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