School Performance Framework (SPF) “stoplight” scores are out for DPS schools, for the first time in two years, and the results are surprising to many in the local community.
DPS Signals Change: SPF Ratings Highlight Equity
Meet Eirina
Eirina, an eight-year-old female Sumatran orangutan arrived from Germany’s Zoo Dortmund in September and has made her home in the Denver Zoo’s Primate Panorama.
Teens Take to the Streets
Drivers Ed from Anne Hebert on Vimeo.
While DPS has been scrambling to find seats for the many children who started arriving in Stapleton over 10 years ago, residents have been wondering what the streets will be like when those babies are teenage drivers.
Front Porch Guide to Momtrepreneur Businesses
Check out our latest Front Porch Resource Guide, a listing of mom-owned businesess. All Momtpreneur businesses in the Front Porch distribution area may submit to this list.
PARCC Tests: What Teachers, Principals, DPS and Parents Think
Although media coverage about standardized tests often focuses on opposition to them, local stakeholders in education express near universal approval of the rigorous Common Core standards that the exams assess.
Not Your Typical Boy Scout Troop
The Boy Scouts of Troop 1532 enjoy laughter-filled monthly campouts, learn scouting skills, and even go to summer camp, but…
Are Libraries Outdated in a Digital World?
Halloween — Not Just for Kids
With the ease and safety of homes in close proximity and neighbors who welcome the party atmosphere, Stapleton’s sidewalks and streets fill with traditional ghosts and goblins on Halloween—along with less traditional characters like a stove. And the adults seem to enjoy the evening as much as the kids.
Youth of Color Share Thoughts on Cops and Creating Change
When 16-year-old Jedidiah Johnson, who is African-American, was a freshman in high school, he and some friends were accused of taking his teacher’s Adderall pills from the classroom.
Washed Ashore
Washed Ashore from Anne Hebert on Vimeo.
Widowed at the age of 47, artist and teacher Angela Haseltine Pozzi sought refuge and healing on the southern Oregon coast at an old family cabin.
