Thank you! Highlighting our amazing school psychologists for National School Psych Week.
DSST is celebrating our six amazing School Psychologists this week for National School Psychologist Week.
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Q&A: DSST literacy interventionist talks about reading rates, testing and importance of the work
DSST has brought in three Literacy Interventionists to help address the decline in reading assessment proficiency that educators are seeing at DSST and across Colorado.Samantha Hakes is the literacy interventionist at our Aurora Science & Tech (AST) Middle School, where she works with students...
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 theEngineering Plusdegree program and theIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program and Laboratoryat 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.
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Meet the new school directors leading at three of our schools
As we kick off the 2022-23 school year, DSST is excited to introduce some new school leadership team members.
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Founding school director, Kryszelda Mendoza, shares excitement about opening of Aurora Science & Tech High School
DSST Public Schools was thrilled to welcome the founding class of freshmen to Aurora Science and Tech High School.We spoke with the founding School Director, Kryszelda Mendoza who shared some of her thoughts about what this school means to the students and her perspective on the new school.
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Introducing the newest members of DSST's Senior Leadership Team
A note from CEO, Bill Kurtz
As we near the end of the 2021-22 school year, I am excited to share some updates about DSST’s leadership team. As many of you know, DSST has grown rapidly since we started DSST MTV HS in 2004. We have since opened 15 new schools, all of which have been consistently...
4 DSST teachers honored by Denver Broncos, Colorado Avalanches as MVTs
We know DSST is filled with top-tier teachers who love our students and want the best for their education and life, but it is always nice when others outside the network recognize our wonderful educators.
What Veterans Day means to these DSST veterans
A note from Dr. Aaron J. Griffen, VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion