DSST: Stapleton High School was among three finalists for a $15,000 award from nonprofit Colorado Succeeds for “Transformational Impact” at the high school level.
DSST: Stapleton Runner Up for Transformational Impact Award
A Winning Softball Season
Four years ago, the Riptide girls competitive softball team was formed—and they didn’t win a single tournament game that year.
7th Grader Chosen for National History Competition
Park Hill seventh-grader Helen Miller has qualified to compete in the National History Day national finals with her project entitled “Conflict and Compromise on the 38th Parallel.”
DSST Stapleton Student Named Boettcher Scholar
Isabella Horton wants to build a career in biomedical research to help people and discover new ideas.
DDS Teams Place Second in State in STEM Contest
Denver Discovery School (DDS) 7th and 8th graders placed second in the state in the 16th annual eCYBERMISSION competition.
be well Leader Alisha Brown Gets Statewide Recognition
Alisha Brown, senior vice president at the Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities (formerly called the Stapleton Foundation), has been named one of Colorado’s “Most Influential Young Professionals.”
Middle Schoolers Pass AP Exams
Last spring, nine brave eighth-graders at Denver Language School (DLS) took and successfully passed college-level Advanced Placement (AP) exams in either Chinese or Spanish Language and Culture. This represented a 100% pass rate in the pilot of year of DLS’s AP program.
Scholars Unlimited Honors Local Students
Resilience. Perseverance. Positive attitude. Kindness. Curiosity. These are traits colleges and bosses look for. Recently four students were honored by Scholars Unlimited for their academic accomplishments and for exhibiting these kinds of traits.
Book Drive Benefits Local Organizations
Fundraising, donating gently used books, and providing new books and toys was the focus of three charitable projects undertaken by the Goddard Schools in Stapleton and across the Front Range.
Annual Toy Drive Sustains Children’s Hospital Year ‘Round
On Dec. 3, the rumble of motorcycles and metro area firetruck engines will signify the start of the 2017 Annual Harley Toy Ride, a yearly event that helps Children’s Hospital patients and their families experience the magic of the holiday season.
