Recognitions

“It’s not that we don’t love a good princess book, but we also like the anti-princess, the girl who’s just going to be herself.”

DSST Stapleton eighth-grader and Stapleton resident Bella Horton recently published The Warm Waters of Winter.

At 17, Ellis Aune knows her ultimate career goals and just got one step closer with a virtually full-ride scholarship to study biomedical engineering at CU-Boulder.

Some may believe things happen in life for a reason, but Lowry resident Nancy Sharp rejects the “voodoo thinking.”

Young students in Northeast Denver surpassed classroom expectations and spent months preparing exhibits for National History Day, an academic contest nationwide.

Merritt Hopper has many travel goals—the most recent being attend every Olympics with a crew of as much family and friends as possible.

Charles Bruce—the first African-American from DSST: Stapleton to be accepted— will continue his family tradition in the Air Force Academy this fall.

With humor and fun, Max Smith and his mom, Lolly Block, survived a long fight against Max’s rare disease that led to brain surgery.

Christina Doolan “really got intense about” Irish dance three years ago and is now competing in London this April.

At 12, they achieved what many hockey-playing kids around the world strive for.

At 12, they are preparing for the opportunity peewee hockey players around the world dream of. The DU Jr. Pioneers hockey team will play in the 55th Quebec International Peewee Hockey Tournament Feb. 12 to 23.

After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, Lowry resident Mike Oltersdorf is helping motivate others going through similar challenges.