Tag: schools
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Concerned parents and students voice opposition to DPS closures
Dozens of parents and students walked into the DPS meeting Thursday night they say to support schools. They were not in favor of closing schools. Some said schools with large numbers of students of color were being targeted
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Denver students see detectives in action at Forensic Science Day
Thirty middle school students from Hamilton High School got to see what police work is all about at the first ever forensic science day. (Video courtesy Denver Police Department)
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Memory of Glenda Walls kept alive at Stratton Elementary
Glenda Walls was a 10-year-old student at Stratton when she was killed in a car accident in 1961. Her classmates, including Mark Robbins, dedicated a tree outside the school that up until December of last year had flourished and served as a memorial for Walls. That tree blew down during a windstorm, but earlier this…
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WATCH: Colorado Springs elementary school kids celebrate Bike to School Day by riding to class
The trip to school was a bit different Thursday for some Columbia Elementary School students. The school teamed up with a Colorado Springs-based nonprofit and a national youth sports outreach program to celebrate Bike to School Day by forming a small convoy that biked about a half-mile to class. (Video: O’Dell Isaac/The Gazette)
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten visits Colorado schools
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten concluded her trip to Colorado by visiting two schools within the Aurora Public Schools District on Wednesday. Marten learned from seven Clyde Miller P-8 students the challenges of the pandemic and how programs implemented with the assistance of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds have helped them. (Video: David…
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Denver Public Schools will grow locally sourced vegetables for students
Denver Public Schools’ Executive Director of Food Nutrition Services Theresa Hafner and Greenhouse Operations Supervisor Hayden Robbins discuss the goals of DPS building and operating a greenhouse to grow locally sourced vegetables for students. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette)
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Douglas County students walk out of class in support of ousted superintendent
Hundreds of Douglas County students walked out of school Monday in support of former Superintendent Corey Wise. Wise was fired Friday night during an emergency Douglas County school board meeting. The vote was 4-3 in favor of Wise’s dismissal. (Video: Carol McKinley and Dennis Huspeni)
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NEWS | Students and parents protest District 11 decision to move back to remote-learning
Students and parents gathered outside the District 11 admin building Friday morning to protest the D-11 decision to move some schools to remote-only learning again, due to rising COVID cases and the potential for more infections. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Man arrested on suspicion of threatening Colorado Springs high school
A threat on social media against Liberty High School landed a man in jail, according to Colorado Springs police. Police arrested 20-year-old Samuel Dunn after school administrators found a “concerning and threatening” social media post Monday, police said. Officers investigated Dunn’s post and found the threat credible. Police then collected evidence before requesting an arrest…
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Post-pandemic learning in El Paso County schools: What is likely to stay and what will go
The COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out across Colorado and as more people get vaccinated educators are hopeful for a return to normalcy in El Paso County schools. But as hypodermic needles spread hope, teachers and administrators are taking stock of the lessons they’ve learned in education during the pandemic. Many teachers and administrators say the…