On Feb. 12, Denver Public Schools became the first school district in the nation to file for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to immediately stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from revoking the “sensitive location status” of schools.
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights announced Tuesday that it is investigating Denver Public Schools for recently converting a girl’s restroom at Denver’s East High School into an all-gender restroom.
MacKenzie Hardt, of Hardt Family Cyclery in Aurora, gives a few safety reminders to students before the group rides together as a “bike bus” to school.
Maile McManis says she founded her business, Sewing with Smiles, when she was 11 years old....
It was finals week at Denver’s East High School and the hallways were busy with students getting to class. Three students took time to step into the spotlight instead. They’re members of the team that became state champions in esports.
Jocelyne Saldivar-Guerrero says goodbye to her classmates as she finishes her time in the Denver Public Schools program designed for 18-to-21-year-old students.
The Denver Public Schools program is designed for 18-to 21-year-old students with disabilities who have completed high school requirements and need a little more time learning to transition from school to adult life. The program is designed around individual needs.
The hallways of the performing arts department at Northfield High School are almost always teeming with activity. Every day you can see students marching by with guitars and saxophones or sitting in a circle to devise a piece of theater. The school is home to 2,300 students, and around 50% of them participate in the performing arts in some capacity.
Sofia Macias has known she wanted to work in the film industry since she was very young. “I’ve loved horror films since I was 8 years old,” she says. A senior at the Denver School of the Arts, she recently found out that her 6-minute film Resonance was accepted into the All-American High School Film Festival in New York City.
Two days before Denver Public Schools started classes in August, about 50 volunteers gathered in the gym at the Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center to fill 250 backpacks for low-income students and 250 boxes of supplies for teachers. It was the kickoff event for Denver First Lady Courtney Johnston’s volunteer program called Give5 Mile High.
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McAuliffe International School’s new principal, Brian Duwe, PhD, kicked off the 2023-24 school year with playtime. “I am absolutely up for basketball or throwing a football at recess,” he says.
