There is a moment Katalina Lopez carries with her. It is not from a graduation stage or a college acceptance letter, but from a living room floor, when she was 6 years old, teaching her 8-year-old brother how to tie his shoes.
When Brock Schardin first landed in Colorado, he wasn't following a plan. He had spent six years living in Europe—teaching, studying, doing graduate research—and when he was finally ready to come home to the United States, he knew one thing with certainty: a small town in South Dakota wasn't...
There's something that happens when a room fills with people who have spent a year doing the hard, intentional work of becoming better leaders. The energy is different. The conversations run deeper. The pride is palpable. That's exactly what filled the air at DSST's 4th Annual Leadership Pipeline...
Each year, DSST honors a graduate with the Distinguished Alumni Torch Bearer Award, recognizing someone who has taken the light of their DSST experience and carried it forward, illuminating the path for the next generation. This year, that honor belongs to Giselle Garcia-Gonzalez, DSST: Montview...
Each year, DSST honors a graduate whose life and career embody what it means to blaze a trail - someone who took everything the DSST experience offered and used it to do something extraordinary in the world. This year's Distinguished Alumni Trailblazer Award went to Evan Sauls, DSST: Montview ‘15,...
There's a particular kind of pride that comes not just from personal achievement, but from knowing your success belongs to something bigger than yourself. For Ben Garfield, a member of the first graduating class at DSST: Cole High School, that feeling has been a compass ever since he walked across...
Six people. Six values. One remarkable year.
The chess pieces were set. The clocks were ticking. But what unfolded at the first-ever DSST Network-Wide Chess Tournament this April was about far more than who made the best move on the board.
When Aurora Science & Tech High School opened its doors, it didn't have a long history, a legacy of alumni, or decades of tradition. What it had was a group of students willing to help build something from the ground up.
