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'A livable future': Denver students push sustainability policies

Denver Public Schools has one electric school bus, solar panels in 46 locations, and 126 school and community gardens. But students are pushing the district to do more and become a national leader on climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice.

“I really want to ensure a livable future for me and my generation,” Amelia Fernández Rodríguez, a freshman at DSST: Conservatory Green high school, recently told the school board. She is a member of a group called DPS Students for Climate Action.

DSST High School Seniors Celebrate The Future With 'Signing Day'

Hundreds of high school seniors in Denver are celebrating their future with Senior Signing Day. They gathered at the Denver Coliseum for DSST’s annual Senior Signing Day.

Growing health leaders in hospital's backyard: $250,000 donation supports labs at groundbreaking school on medical campus

Simulated blood oozed out of a mock wound as eighth-grade science students worked quickly to “stop the bleed” in a new lab at Aurora Science & Tech.

Their medical instructors taught the eighth-graders that in order to stop a real wound from bleeding, the tourniquet would have to be painfully tight. The practice tourniquets did hurt. But in that moment, Jackie Morales, 14, had a great vision of her future.

'It’s an exposure experience': UCHealth gives students hands-on learning opportunities

UCHealth and Aurora Science and Tech are partnering up to offer an opportunity for students to learn what a career in the field of medicine would look and feel like, with hands-on coursework in medicine at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

They used Kool-Aid instead of blood and it was a classroom instead of an operating room. But it was a way of getting kids interested to work in the field of medicine.

Science matters every day at Aurora school on Anschutz Medical Campus

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.

Aurora Science and Tech and UC Health Unveil Their New, Hands-On, Innovation Lab with Help from Students

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.

Open enrollment is coming Monday, May 2!

A note from the DSST Human Capital Team.

Take a look at these highlights from DSST's first T.O.A.S.T event

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! 

Ednium: Championing financial literacy is an investment in the future

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. 

Senior Highlight: CG senior shares how DSST helped him find the right path

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: