At Our Core: Celebrating DSST's Questbridge Scholars
DSST’s classrooms and hallways are full of vibrant and diligent students with impressive work...
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01/17/19
At Our Core: Celebrating DSST's Questbridge Scholars
DSST’s classrooms and hallways are full of vibrant and diligent students with impressive work ethics and big dreams. This week, we met with five very special DSST seniors, who have the distinguished honor of being named a Questbridge Scholar. They are: Ayanle Nur, Daniel Negash, Yoseph Wolde, Diaraye Diallo, and Ahmed Ashmaig. You can listen to their stories through the audio below, or read on for the highlights.
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01/16/19
DSST's Top 10 of 2018
As we charge forward into 2019, we wanted to take some time and reflect on DSST's 2018 top highlights. From new school openings to winning the prestigious Broad Prize, there was always something exciting happening across the network. Read on for pictures, videos, and stories that capture just a few of 2018's greatest moments!
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01/16/19
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01/15/19
Dems control CO state goverment
The Colorado legislature convenes Friday with Democratic majorities in both chambers and a Democratic governor-elect who made education a key part of his campaign. That doesn’t mean 2019 is going to be one extended round of kumbaya.
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01/10/19
At Our Core: Meet The Home Office!
As we settle back into our work routines and maybe embark on some New Year’s Resolutions, it’s a great time to get reacquainted with the resources and tools that are designed to make your work life easier. One of them is the Home Office: the many people that are here to serve you, our amazing staff, and of course, our students.
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01/10/19
New Byers SD announced
We are excited to announce Elin Curry as the School Director for the Byers campus beginning in the 2019-2020 school year! Elin brings a depth of knowledge in the legacy and community of Byers having served in a leadership capacity for the last five years. Throughout her tenure, Elin has helped to solidify a strong instructional vision that prepares students for college, driven a staff culture rooted in core values, and created an empowered and engaged student community.
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01/10/19
Referral Bonus
Know someone who you think would make a great addition to DSST Public Schools? Want a bonus up to $700? Submit a referral to the Talent Team today!
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01/09/19
Where's all that marijuana money?
A big part of the 2012 pitch to convince Colorado voters they should legalize recreational marijuana was that the tax money would fix their local schools.
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01/09/19
Son of Somali refugees heading to Yale on a full ride
"Ayanle Nur might have been in his high school Spanish class on December 3, but his mind was elsewhere. The seventeen-year-old DSST Green Valley Ranch senior and son of Somali refugees was awaiting the most important news of his life: whether he had been accepted to his dream school, Yale University.
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01/08/19
A seat at the table
A+ Colorado reissued today “A Seat at the Table: Colorado Students’ Access to Top Colleges”. Originally released in December 2017, A+ rescinded the report after discovering a significant problem, raised by Cheyenne Mountain Superintendent Dr. Walt Cooper, with the underlying data that tracked Colorado high school students’ matriculation to 300 of the nation’s selective colleges and universities.
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