Middle School Choices Abound in NE Denver
Distributed to the Stapleton, Park Hill, Lowry, Montclair, Mayfair, Hale and East Colfax neighborhoods DENVER, COLORADO JANUARY 2009 MMiiddddllee SScchhooooll CChhooiicceess AAbboouunndd iinn NNEE DDeennvveerr Rich Harrison, principal of Morgridge Middle School, Denver School of Science and Technology, gives students a tour of their newly completed building. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Suleyma Alcazar, Jaelynn Smith, Imani Baskerville (middle row) Joshua Hernandez, Kivonjay Russell, Conrad Green (front row) Reed Cohen, Dylan Rozansky, and Monica Narona. By Kathy Epperson DSST Middle School ary 26th fo r 6th and 7th g rade for the s parents begin to think about mid - are stand-alone middle schools, some are On the heels of the successful Denver 2009-2010 school year and will be fully en - dle school options for their kids, the part of a K-8 program, and some are part of School of Science and Technology (DSST) rolled with grades 6 through 8 in 2010. Front Porch has assembled a grade 6 through high school program. High School, the new DSST Middle School As a tuition-free charter school within A More in-depth information can be found on welcomed its first class of 140 sixth graders the Denver Public Schools system, DSST overviews of neighborhood and charter schools serving middle schoolers in the NE the websites referenced here, by attending in the 2008-2009 school year. DSST Middle Middle School program is modeled after Denver area. Some of the following schools open house events, or visiting the schools. School is taking applications through Janu - the DSST High (continued on page 26) 90-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman “Buck” Newsom Invited to the Inauguration Stapleton Neighbor of the Year Award Editors Note: As a follow-up to age 90, says there are 11 Air - our December story about the men in Colorado, all of Tuskegee Airmen, the Front Porch whom received the Congres - talked to Tuskegee Airman Fitzroy sional Medal of Honor.
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