Adelante Special Events

Mini Olympics

Sports event where students and their relatives represent their classrooms in basketball, volleyball, soccer and 5k rum/walk.  Through the theme "families united by sports" teams are challenged in all day tournaments where the winners from each category receive different prizes. 

Spelling Bee

Students participate in the internal competition where the winner from each classroom represents their class group in the final.  Three categories are established including beginning, Intermediate and Advanced.  First three places from each category are awarded a trophy.

Monterrey Tec graduation

Graduating students are awarded diplomas in the completed CCA areas.

GED Graduation

Over 200 Spanish and English GED graduates and their families join faculty and staff in a special ceremony where graduates are symbolically awarded a diploma. The diploma ceremony is followed by a dinner.

ESL Graduation

Over 1200 diplomas are handed out every semester recognizing the academic success of ESL students in all six levels.  All promoted students receive a diploma.

Seminars/Presentations

Several seminars and presentations are presented every semester including basic finance, mortgage loans, credit monitoring and others  

Health Fair

Each year a health fair is organized to provide basic health information and other topics of interest for the community. Over 60 agencies are present each year.

The Adelante Awards

This event focuses on recognizing Adelante's faculty and administrative staff every year.  Awards are given in all six areas of ESL, Spanish GED, English GED and Employee of the year.  Students and Adelante staff are present to recognize leading candidates in each category.