National Foster Care Awareness Month is a way to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care find permanent homes and connections. In recognition of Foster...
We know DSST is filled with top-tier teachers who love our students and want the best for their education and life, but it is always nice when others outside the network recognize our wonderful educators.
The Month of May is a MAGNIFICIENT time for new beginnings, renewal and togetherness. Spring is arriving and the rain that is present provides our Earth with a clean slate for the upcoming months.
Thursday, April 28 we celebrated the Class of 2022 with over 5,000 DSST students, staff, parents and community members. The morning was filled with performances from middle and high school groups from across the network, a mascot race, and of course, post-secondary decisions from our over 700...
A post by Donna Williams-Martinez, junior at DSST: Byers
150 seconds. Months of training, conditioning, memorizing choreography, late practices and perfecting technique all boils down to two and a half minutes.“We knew we had a chance, and we also knew we had done all we could in that moment to make it.”For those who say cheerleading is not a sport, I...
DSST is built on a foundation of educational equity, something which alumni and former DSST teacher Nicholas Kukucka has worked to incorporate into his life and career.
Nicholas graduated from DSST: Montview in 2010 as part of the third graduating class, and started his career as an American...
A note from Dr. Aaron J. Griffen, VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., over the course of the last decade or more, has become a performative caricature to sustain a status quo narrative that equality is a zero sum game in which each of us must work hard to...
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We made it! As we begin the new year, we’re reflecting on the numerous high points and bright spots seen across our network and our larger community. From finding innovative ways to support our community, to celebrating our students’ vast achievements, it is this hard work and creativity that... |
Music is more than just knowing how to sing or play an instrument. Music is knowing how to book a tour, how to unload equipment and set up for a show or how to prepare for a recording session in a studio.
