IDEA Public Schools’ College Signing Day season is underway! On April 30, the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas buzzed with excitement at IDEA’s 2025 College Signing Day event, celebrating the achievements of the Class of 2025.
This year, 371 seniors from IDEA Austin campuses – including IDEA Bluff Springs, IDEA Kyle, IDEA Montopolis, IDEA Pflugerville, and IDEA Rundberg! The IDEA Austin Class of 2025 earned over 2,530 college acceptances with a 78% acceptance rate Tier 1 and Tier 2 schools, meaning that over three-quarters of Austin’s graduating seniors have gained admittance into the nation’s most exclusive and highly selective colleges and universities.
At College Signing Day 2025 in Austin, 14 seniors were honored with scholarship funds to help fund the college of their dreams and launch them toward brighter futures. Ten students were awarded IDEA’s GiveMeFive Scholarship in the amount of $8,000, funded by generous donations from the IDEA Team and Family. IDEA Austin’s 2025 GiveMeFive Scholarship Recipients from each campus are Diego Mejia and Summer Benavidez from IDEA Bluff Springs, Diego Aguilar-Jaimes and Anthony Vega-Diego from IDEA Kyle, Angel Alvarez and Laura Bautista from IDEA Montopolis, Krystelle Maya and Sarah Durazzo from IDEA Pflugerville, and Yaritza Cisneros and Amy Lujano-Castelan from IDEA Rundberg.
Presenting Sponsor, McGriff Insurance Services, selected Kevin Grimaldo from IDEA Montopolis College Preparatory as the 2025 McGriff Scholar, earning $10,000 towards college. Unique to IDEA Austin, Regions Bank awarded Roselyn Velez from IDEA Montopolis $10,000 in scholarship funds.
In honor of IDEA Public Schools’ former Board Chair and Acting CEO, the family of Al Lopez honors one senior in each region with a scholarship award in his memory. This year’s recipient of the Al & Judy Lopez Scholarship was Juliana Morales from IDEA Montopolis, awarded $10,000 towards her college future.
Students from IDEA Austin’s Class of 2025 have been accepted to the nation’s top colleges including University of Notre Dame, Brown University, Stanford University, Yale University, and IDEA Austin’s hometown favorite– University of Texas at Austin.
We would like to congratulate the graduating class of 2025 and their families on this momentous occasion and invite the IDEA Team & Family to continue celebrating the collective success of IDEA’s Class of 2025!
The celebration continues next week with two events in two regions. IDEA El Paso celebrates its first-ever College Signing Day on May 6 and IDEA Louisiana continues the party on May 7.
We can’t wait to continue celebrating our graduating classes throughout IDEA during this joyful season! Click here to learn about upcoming College Signing Day events and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for the latest updates on CSD 2025.
