Student voice: Understanding the impact and importance of Hispanic Heritage Month
A guest post by DSST: Conservatory Green student body president, Aiden on the history and importance of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Changing the landscape: How DSST's social work team is confronting systemic barriers impacting mental health support in the Latinx/Hispanic community
September is Hispanic Heritage month and as we honor the culture, we also want to raise awareness of some of the mental health struggles the Latinx/Hispanic community faces. Mental health and mental illness are often stigmatized topics that result in prolonged suffering in silence, which can end in...
DSST supporter, founding board member, Jacquelyn Sullivan talks about why she believes in DSST and its mission
A Q&A with Dr. Jacquelyn Sullivan: DSST supporter and founding board member, Founder of the TeachEngineering digital library, and Co-Founder of the Engineering Plus degree program and the Integrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratory at CU Boulder.
'Failing isn’t the end of the world': DSST alumna, teacher shares how DSST helped shape her future
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.
Summer recap: Here are some of the exciting experiences our students had over the summer
We were so excited to welcome our students back for the 2022-23 school year on Tuesday, Aug. 16. Some of our students took some exciting trips to places like Spain, France and The Dominican Republic over the summer. Here are some of the highlights from some of our schools.
Neurodiversity: The diversity we don’t see
The diversity spectrum is farther reaching than any definition that meets the eye. Diversity is inclusive of multiple intersecting identities including age, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, beliefs, abilities and thought. The diversity of “being” - to simply exist as a unique individual - is often...
What you need to know about Ramadan, how you can support students, staff and families
A note from Dr. Aaron J. Griffen, VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Alana Raybon, School Director at DSST: Noel, and Rana Abdellatif, Student at DSST Byers HS.
Reimagining Refuge and the Meaning of Being a 'Refugee'
A note from Dr. Aaron J. Griffen, VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Celebrating strong women all over the globe for International Women's Day
Beginning in 1978 in Sonoma County California, Women's History Month started out as a week to correspond with International Women’s Day. In 1980, as the celebration became more popular across the U.S., a consortium of women, led by the National Women’s Project, lobbied for recognition on a greater...
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...