Students celebrated their graduation from one of Central Park’s most diverse schools with a multi-cultural party to the rafters. Literally.
Students Celebrate Diversity as School Year Ends
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A Denver School Celebrates its Namesake on William ‘Bill’ Roberts Day
Joy Roberts was emotional when she talked about her father, William “Bill” Roberts, the namesake of a K-8 school in northeast Denver. It was Bill Roberts Day at the school, and his family was there to help honor the legacy of the man whose name is on the building. Bill Roberts died in 2005 at age 69 after a battle with cancer.
…NE News Updates
This month: Bluff Lake Center Construction Underway; A Large Donation for Denver Museum ; An Honor for the Mosaic Campus; A New Denver Resident Needs a Name; Children’s Hospital Opens New In-Between’ Unit, Openings and Closings, and Denver Public Schools Close for Educator Day of Action.
DPS Seeks Order to Block ICE Raids
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.
Trump Education Department Investigating Denver Public Schools Over All-Gender Restroom at East High
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.
NE Denver Families are Hopping On The Bike Bus
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.
Growing the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Maile McManis says she founded her business, Sewing with Smiles, when she was 11 years old....
East HS Takes State Championship in Esports
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.
The Graduates of DPS’s Transition to Independence Program
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.
A School Program Focusing on Life Skills
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.
Opinion: Northfield High School Students Support Ballot Issue
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.
DSA Filmmakers to Showcase 20 Films at NYC Festival in October
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.
