Celebrating Three Outstanding Denver Scholarship Foundation Recipients

Last week, three George Washington High School graduates were recognized at the 2021 Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) Gala.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Student Submissions

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15, our DPS students shared their celebrations of Hispanic and Latinx cultures! Check out student submissions by school.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Living Our DPS Honoree: Rose Molina

Rose Molina is committed to providing excellent service and works to find solutions for our students!  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Our DPS Weekly: Balarat Outdoor Education Comes Back to Life

DPS’ Balarat Outdoor Education Center provides students with transformative outdoor educational experiences designed to ignite students’ curiosity about the natural world and connect them to the environment.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Living Our DPS Honoree: Madda Evenson

Madda Evenson consistently acts with authenticity, honesty, professionalism and transparency.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day

The City of Denver designated the second Monday of October each year as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Led by Councilman Paul Lopez, Denver City Council unanimously passed the resolution on Oct. 3, 2016, and the bill was signed by Mayor Michael B. Hancock the next day.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Our DPS Weekly: Putting Students First and Addressing Staffing Shortages

Our students’ classroom experience is our top priority, especially considering that the pandemic has taken so much classroom time from our scholars. Unfortunately, like school districts across the country, we are right now faced with a severe guest-teacher shortage that is impacting classrooms and students across the district.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Living Our DPS Honoree: Natalin Porras Diaz

In celebration of Classified Employees week, we are honoring Natalin Porras Diaz for living our Shared Core Value of Collaboration.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Support Our Students in a Time of Need - And Earn Extra Pay

During the guest teacher and guest para shortage, central-support team members are asked to step into our classrooms -- on a voluntary basis -- for anywhere from four hours to a maximum of one day a week, either as guest teachers or early childhood education and special education paraprofessionals. For those who answer the call and are salaried employees, we have made the decision to invest available funds to support classroom learning, and you will earn extra-duty pay of up to $25 an hour.  Read More  | Comments (-1)

Update on Compliance with City’s Public Health Order on Vaccinations

The initial deadline for the city’s health order was yesterday, Sept. 30. After running our most recent report this morning, we now have 87% of all DPS staff who have complied with the health order by verifying that they are fully vaccinated. We’re thankful for that support and cooperation from Team DPS, and we continue to follow up and offer help in bringing the remaining staff members into compliance.  Read More  | Comments (-1)