Congressman Rubén Hinojosa Joins Valley Scholarship Programs To Kick Off Sos Initiative Edinburg, Texas - U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) along with Texas Valley Communities Foundation (TVCOF) and its ENCORE Program kicked off the Sign On for Scholarships (SOS) initiative... Read More

Rio Grande City CISD and Texas Valley Communities Foundation have Mutual Interest in College Readiness February 9, 2010 - Rio Grande City CISD becomes the recipient of a $10,000 contribution from the Texas Valley Communities Foundation (TVCOF)-ENCORE program. Representatives of this organization presented... Read More

South Texas Promotoras Receive Donation From Texas Valley Communities Foundation EDINBURG, TX - Excitement filled the air Monday morning February 15, 2010 at the ENCORE headquarters right before United States Congressman Ruben Hinojosa took the podium to speak... Read More

Otorgan Fondos a Programa de Educación EDINBURG - La Asociación de Promotoras del Sur de Texas recibió ayer al mediodía un cheque de 10 mil dólares por parte de ENCORE (Engaging Communities for Collage Readiness, por su nombre en inglés), cantidad... Read More

BOEING Encourages Edinburg CISD Students to Go the Distance EDINBURG, TX - If you had been through the halls of any Edinburg CISD middle school campus on Thursday October 1, you would think rock stars had invaded the district. Eighth graders were in line waiting anxiously... Read More

Por Su Dedicación A La Educación, Reconocen a Rubén Hinojosa EDINBURG — Por sus contribuciones al mejoramiento de la educación en el Valle del Río Grande, una organización comunitaria reconoció la labor del Congresista federal por el 15 Distrito de Texas... Read More

Ford PAS Professional Development Institute 2009 Educators from Edinburg and San Benito Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) gathered from August 4-7 to participate in the South Texas Ford PAS Professional Development Institute 2009... Read More

Ofrecen Subsidios a Organizaciones Enfocados en las necesidades críticas con las que cuenta el Valle del Río Grande en materia educativa, el programa Engaging Communities for College Readiness (ENCORE por sus siglas en inglés), extiende una invitación a las organizaciones sin fines de lucro... Read More

ENCORE RFP Informational Session EDINBURG - With one of the lowest college going rates in the nation, concerns about whether or not students in the Rio Grande Valley are ready to start a postsecondary education arise among local educational and community leaders... Read More

GAMES Girls' Camp Promotes Career Awareness EDINBURG - Thursday morning, the University of Texas-Pan American departments of science, math and engineering were overtaken by young women from 21 RGV middle schools who gathered to discover the importance of getting ready for college... Read More

ENCORE CAMP Ignites College Awareness EDINBURG - While other students in the Valley get ready for their summer break, Abigail Rodriguez invested her time off learning how to be ready for college... Read More

El Oficio de ser Promotora El ser promotora no es una tarea sencilla, sino que muchas veces enfrenta situaciones difíciles dentro de las comunidades para realizar eficientemente su trabajo, pero también, este gran oficio trae... Read More

Motivan a Guiar por el Camino del Éxito Una invaluable labor educativa es sin duda la que realiza el programa ENCORE (Engaging Communities for College Readiness por su nombre en inglés), el cual promueve la importancia de la educación superior en... Read More

ENCORE Prepares Youth for College On Friday at 8:30AM, you could see upon the horizon dozens of school busses, filled with middle and high school students, eager to soak up as much information about leadership skills and college readiness... Read More

ENCORE brings college readiness awareness to "Colonias" More than 100 "Colonia" Leaders conglomerated at a community college in McAllen, TX in a large classroom last week. This group was not attending a regular course offered at the college campus, but rather were gathered... Read More

South Texas Career and Technical Education Association visits ENCORE Throughout South Texas, administrators seek a variety of new programs and curriculum that will assist them in enhancing the engagement of their students... Read More

Ford PAS Follow-Up Session a Huge Success Research in education has shown that one of the greatest reasons students drop out of high school, thus not pursuing post secondary education, is the lack of relevance and engagement in the classroom... Read More

ENCORE Engages Students at Local Elementary As the college readiness buzz makes its way through high schools and middle schools throughout the Rio Grande Valley, one elementary school in particular decided they wanted to take the initiative to prepare.... Read More

Roland Arriola Leaves UT-Pan American to Help Next Generation of Texans Succeed In many ways, the recent decision by Dr. Roland Arriola, Ph.D., of Edinburg, to retire from a top leadership post at the University of Texas-Pan American will probably mean that he will help even more young South Texans... Read More

New Foundation Started to Help Prepare Children for College Some might think of the Rio Grande Valley as the back door to the United States.But others see it as the doorway to magic. "I don't see (the Valley) as the end of the country but the beginning of... Read More