Tag: schools
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Blues legend, Otis Taylor, receives honorary diploma 57 years after expulsion for long hair
In 1966 two months before his graduation from Manual High School, blues legend Otis Taylor told school administrators he would not comply with school policy mandating short hair for male students, so he was expelled. After a friend noticed Taylor’s photo in a notable grads display, Taylor began to tell people that he had in…
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Officials believe Grayson’s DPS-issued credit card purchased items related to a Sweet 16 birthday party for a family member
Officials believe Grayson’s DPS-issued credit card purchased items related to a Sweet 16 birthday party for a family member
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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)