It’s not the kind of thing you would normally expect to see in a classroom, but Aurora Science and Tech isn’t a normal school. On Monday morning, a classroom of eighth-graders practiced emergency first aid on fake arms as part of a hands-on lesson delivered by nurses at the Anschutz Medical Campus about how to stop bleeding.
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Aurora Science and Tech and UCHealth celebrated the grand opening of their new science and innovation lab at Anschutz. AST is one of only six public schools in the entire country located on a major medical campus.
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A note from the DSST Human Capital Team.
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Last week DSST hosted an event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science celebrating our incredible school-based teachers, leaders and staff across the network. DSST's first ever T.O.A.S.T celebration was a huge success and we Toasted our Achievements, Successes, and Talents. People enjoyed food and drinks, and the opportunity to explore a few of the exhibits at the museum.
Take a look at some highlights from the evening:
A huge thanks for out to George Sparks, CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and a board member and supporter of DSST, for letting us host this fun event at the museum. Also shoutout to Katie Glenn and Ashley Wiegner for putting the event together and giving us a chance to celebrate with each other!
Click here to see all the photos from the event!
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Last year, Ednium: The Alumni Collective and its alumni partners gathered in full force during the Board of Education meeting where they provided public comment in support of adding financial literacy to high school graduation requirements.
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Some schools are already teaching financial literacy classes for students, and these are the models alumni hope to build upon in the initial learning community at high schools this fall.
At DSST: College View, chemistry teacher, Matthew Boumphrey had an epiphany about what he was doing: ‘Am I teaching something that can help these students now, giving them information to share with their families and improve upon their lives currently?’ It was then he decided to pitch the financial literacy course which he now teaches in addition to his chemistry course.
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DSST: Conservatory Green senior CJ Jones plans to join the US Navy. We sat down to ask him about his time at DSST, his goal to make a career in the Armed Forces and more:
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The diversity spectrum is farther reaching than any definition that meets the eye. Diversity is inclusive of multiple intersecting identities including age, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, beliefs, abilities and thought. The diversity of “being” - to simply exist as a unique individual - is often met with violence via categorization, pathology, criminalization, discrimination, segregation and exclusion.
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DSST: Byers Senior Rana Abdellatif is a true leader and advocate! We sat down to ask her a few questions about her time at DSST, her role as a young leader and more:
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A note from DSST CEO Bill Kurtz:
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Makita Cotto got home from school one day to face unwelcome news from her foster mother. A judge had forbidden Cotto, who was 15 at the time, from ever speaking with her biological mother or brother.
“If I did, then I was facing contempt of court at 15,” Cotto, now 36, recalled. She immediately got on the phone with her state-provided attorney, also known as a guardian ad litem, who had asked for the court order.
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