At Rêve Academy, we help kids—especially those who wouldn't otherwise have the chance—learn marketable skills in business, technology, and design. And as the Director of our two Student-Run Businesses, spending time with these kids is the best part of my day. I hope this video...
Inside Rêve Academy's bright orange walls, I'm frantically drawing a Minnesota-shaped scribble on the whiteboard. Luckily, my team yells out their interpretation of the scribbles—"Minnesota Vikings!"—before our opponents can do the same. We're playing an impromptu round of Pictionary, led by 17-year-old intern Hnia Xiong. He...
One of the most exciting things we are looking forward to this year is the investment into growing our formal skill-based volunteer program that engages digital volunteers, or “Digiteers” as we call them, to work directly with the students and interns we serve. To that end,...
We recently welcomed a new team member to Rêve Academy: Andrew Koch is joining us as Director, Operational Excellence, leading Rêve Academy’s fundraising, internal operations and skill-based volunteer ventures. We sat down with Andrew to learn more about what brought him to Rêve Academy. Please take us...
We recently partnered with Minneapolis Public Schools for Winter Break Academy (WBA), a three-day learning opportunity for local area students. Over the course of three days, we taught our new “Business by Design” class to twelve amazing Franklin Middle School students, who had decided to trade...
With the year coming to an end, we'd like to give our thanks to all the wonderful people and organizations that have supported Rêve Academy....
In this Q&A, Alfonso Mayfield, Rêve Academy's new Director of Student-Run Businesses, shares his personal and professional story....
For the second time, Rêve Academy was nominated as a finalist at the Tekne Awards. This year, we were nominated in the "Workforce Development" category alongside Genesys Works and Prime Academy. At the award ceremony hosted by the Minnesota High Tech Association, it was fantastic to...
Rêve Academy’s newest curriculum offering arrives at a time when educators are looking to deliver a dynamic, project-based learning experience that incorporates academic rigor, innovative thinking, technological skills development and opportunities to build professional aptitudes....
As one of our longest-serving interns, Avery Weiler has been a contributor to many of our flagship student-run business projects over the past two years. Having been promoted to Senior Intern in 2015, Avery recently guided a group of five students through their own internship experience at Rêve...