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DSST: GVR alum speaks with Pope Francis during virtual meeting

A DSST: GVR graduate and Regis University freshman was part of an intimate discussion with Pope Francis Thursday. Keiry Sosa was one of 16 college students from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean selected to participate in the virtual meeting as part of Loyola University Chicago's Building Bridges synodal encounter.

17 schools awarded First Amendment Press Freedom Award for honoring free expression

A committee with representatives from the Journalism Education Association, National Scholastic Press Association and Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society chose 17 First Amendment Press Freedom Award winners for 2022, including DSST: Montview High School.

Charter Schools and the Value of Variety

Today, more charter schools serve children living in cities than in rural areas, but this does not mean that all charter schools are the same. In fact, charter schools are different from one to another and can offer a variety of learning options.

What to know about the Black Excellence Resolution & DSST Public Schools

What is the Black Excellence Resolution (BER)? 

College View high schoolers celebrate incoming freshmen

The transition from middle to high school can be intimidating. It feels like the transition from being a child to taking your first step into becoming an adult. The College View campus is working to support students to help make sure they know that each one of them is valued in the Wolf Pack, and to create excitement for the next chapter as they enter high school next year.

Colorado researchers team up with middle schoolers to test out new masks

Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health recruited a team of local middle schoolers to help test out face masks that can detect asymptomatic cases of COVID-19. The masks, which were developed by the University of Leicester in the U.K., contain a special 3D-printed strip that can trap exhaled microbes over a period of at least 30 minutes while the mask is being worn.

Colorado middle school, higher ed partnership sparks STEM engagement

Since November, volunteer students and staff at Aurora Science & Tech Middle School in Colorado have been wearing face masks with strips on the inside that can detect COVID-19 — as part of a study with Colorado School of Public Health that also aims to capture student interest in science.

How Colorado is preparing for the ups and downs of COVID’s third year

It’s lunch at Aurora Science and Technology Middle School, and student Fatima Najar reflects on life in pandemic times. “Yeah, it's been pretty hard, pretty difficult,” she said. Last year, the virus cost her and her classmates many months of learning in person. This year is better. Everyone is back and wearing masks.

COVID In Colorado: Middle School Students Join Experts In Mask Study

Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health are investing resources their energy into Colorado schools. They hope a new COVID study will not only result in safer hallways, but a larger impact when it comes to detection of respiratory illnesses across the world. For students at the Aurora Science & Tech Middle School, it was a great opportunity.

Black and U.S. Immigration History: What it means to be 'American'

A note from Dr. Aaron J. Griffen, VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Some who are versed in History, Geography, migrant patterns and Human Geography, may struggle with the notion that Black History is American History, and that to be American is to reside in and be born or naturalized to the United States of America.