DSST CIRCUIT

Sophonias Paulos, a proud alumnus of DSST: Green Valley Ranch, has come full circle, returning to DSST Public Schools where he has worked for four years as a 12th-grade teacher and advisor for the Black Student Alliance (BSA) at DSST: Conservatory Green. His journey from student to educator...

This January, each DSST campus welcomed back their alumni for breakfast and re-connecting with DSST! In total, we served 102 alumni across our six high school campuses with alumni. 

Zenetta Zepeda graduated from DSST: Montview in 2016.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we connected with DSST alum, Amelia Federico, to celebrate and highlight their talents, skills and wonderful contributions to the Hispanic community. 

“It’s hard to imagine where I would be without DSST,” Aileen Ocampo, DSST: Green Valley Ranch 2016 graduate, said looking back at her time at DSST. 

We recently spoke with a DSST founding board member who said she hoped DSST graduates would eventually come back and teach at our schools and become educational leaders. Cami Coultas-McKenney is doing just that.

A post by Katie Le, a DSST Summer Fellow and DSST: College View alumna.

"Katie Le, please come to receive your award," announced the school director. Hearing my name, I stepped closer to obtaining my recognition of excellence, while the auditorium echoed the claps and cheers of my classmates and...

Our DSST alumni are out doing some pretty incredible things. As part of our sendoff to seniors, we asked a few of them to share some life advice. Here is what they had to say:

DSST is built on a foundation of educational equity, something which alumni and former DSST teacher Nicholas Kukucka has worked to incorporate into his life and career.

Nicholas graduated from DSST: Montview in 2010 as part of the third graduating class, and started his career as an American...

The gym doors shut with a loud thud. Three stray high schoolers sauntered in and gravitated toward the basketballs in the bleachers.