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DSST: Montview HS's award-winning journalism program is making huge strides for young journalists

Written by the DSST: Montview High School journalism team:

Journalism is the activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast, but by MTVnews’ definition, it is being creative and using that as a stepping stool for an intellectual, scholarly community. The journalism class at DSST: Montview High School has informed the community of school events and national holidays and acted as a beacon of positivity in today’s world.

DSST: College View student finds perfect-fit internship at Bluff Lake Nature Center

On any given Wednesday afternoon, you can find Tara Peña, junior at DSST: College View High School, muddying up her Converse shoes walking the Bluff Lake property completing her internship assignments. And she loves every second of it. 

FYI on DEI: A look at how DSST is working on creating a diverse and equal environment

Welcome to the FYI on DEI - winter edition. This will provide snapshots and updates of the DEI work at DSST Public Schools. The FYI includes an update on our overall DEI department goal, identified success and opportunities for improvement, our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organization and a look ahead to the remainder of the school year and toward 2023-2024.

Changes and updates you should know for the 23-24 calendar

The 2023-24 calendar is now live! The calendar includes several adjustments, which are a direct response to your feedback.

Introducing a new leadership position: President of DSST

As you may have seen from Monday's email from Bill Kurtz, DSST will be introducing a new leadership role.

See why this parent said DSST was the best choice for her student

We asked Lori Barr, a parent from DSST: Byers, to share why she chose DSST for her son and why she thinks others should too. Here is what she said.

Denver Teachers Look to Improve Student Reading Skills Post COVID

For a young mind, there is no greater gift than that of literacy. It is a gift that allows one to explore places, things, or ideas anywhere without even leaving your chair. It allows travel to another continent or to a distant spot in a boundless universe.

Literacy is a ticket whose expiration date is a lifetime and one that can be passed on endlessly. But COVID-19, a microscopic bug that created a new normal in every time zone, also affixed a form of intellectual handcuffs on many young minds.

In Colorado and every state, the pandemic created chaos. The virus closed schools and forced educators to scramble and create whole new approaches to teaching. Now, nearly three years since the first cases of coronavirus, we are seeing the intellectual impact it had on learning.

What does Martin Luther King Jr. Day mean to you?

As we all came back from the winter holiday, feeling a bit sluggish, tired from all of the holiday events and entertainment, we looked towards the next long break in our schedule to help us level-set the feelings of exhaustion that we were experiencing and that just so happened to be Martin Luther King Jr Day. As we gathered our thoughts about what we were going to do over that three-day weekend, did they include images, ideas and ruminations of: Fellowship, Community Service, Brotherhood/Sisterhood or were they solely based on resting and catching up on sleep?

Meet the CIA Team: Management Support for Schools

The Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment team are the people who help schools on a day-to-day basis with support for things like ANET and iReady assessments, literacy intervention and much more. 

This team of ladies -- or the Ladies of the CIA if you will -- have a variety of responsibilities. Take a look below to see specific role descriptions and instructions to who does what on the CIA team.

Q&A: Two DSST: College View students share why they chose DSST

We asked Marco Maximiliano and Laura Jaime, two students from our DSST: College View campus, to share why they chose DSST and why they think others should too. Here is what they said.