Brad von Bank (Co-founder), Jamie Scherle (Program Director), and Maurice Blackledge (Marketing Specialist) interviewed STEP-UP Achieve Interns today! We're getting excited to welcome twelve STEP-UP Achieve Interns this summer. Our new hires will be notified on Friday, June 14th, and they will report to Rêve...
We want to thank the General Mills Foundation for their grant to Rêve Academy! We are excited about their generous support! Through the help and partnership of organizations like the General Mills Foundation, we can continue pursuing our mission of providing young people a pathway to careers in digital marketing. ...
Thank you to Target for leading a fun and eventful tour of the Target headquarters for our Rêve Academy students! They had an awesome time showing the websites they built to the Target technology teams. Their websites covered all kinds of topics--from shoes, fashion, origami, and video...
Insight News featured Rêve Academy in a recent article! "This summer, twelve kids from North Minneapolis will get together for ten weeks to create websites for local companies who need them AND these kids will launch a new retail concept. Yes, kids. These teens will bridge...
Rêve Academy volunteer, Michelle Tran, moderated a panel discussion at the Girls in Tech Minneapolis screening of the She++ documentary on May 22, 2013. Her favorite part of the documentary was hearing the young women in high school discuss their growing interest in computer science. "I'm always impressed...
Rêve Dev's first hires earn paychecks for their great work on a Tri-Construction website to be launched soon! The Rêve Dev team, who excelled in our Website 101 program, recently presented their work on the Tri-Construction website to the Rêve Academy Board of Directors....
Rêve Academy and Rêve Consulting featured in the "Strategies" section of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal: "Students as young as fifth grade can start with the basic [Rêve Academy] program and move their way up the ladder to apply for the student-run businesses once they turn 14...
Thank you to all the middle school students who shared their dreams with us at the Minneapolis STEM Expo on February 12, 2013! It inspired us to write a piece about how educators are leveraging technology to better prepare students for careers in industries that...
Last Saturday, The 12 Foundation headed over to West Broadway to visit our Rêve Dev students. Not only did The 12 Foundation watch the students pitch their website project, but also they hand-delivered a donation from their annual charity. We are so thankful to everyone that...
Rêve Academy began a new 6 week pilot program called Rêve Dev. During this pilot, students will create a website for an actual business in Minneapolis. Not only will they get paid but they will also have an unique opportunity to learn from professionals in...