For the more than 200 members of the DPS Foundation run team, the 11th annual Colfax Marathon was more than just a race; it was an opportunity to make a difference in the life of a DPS student. For the fourth year, the DPS Foundation was a Charity Partner of the...
Last year, DPS high school student Sarah decided to run the Colfax Marathon as a way to get involved in the community. She had just moved to Denver from South Africa and thought it would be a great way to establish herself in Denver. Sarah is a typical high school...
Spectacular. Joyful. Awesome. These are words used by middle school students to describe the Janus Teach to One: Math program during a special program tour at Denver Center for International Studies (DCIS) at Montbello this winter. Six months after the launch of Teach...
“I’ve never run. I am not a runner.” –This was the first thing I heard from the Elementary Education Department’s team captain for Colfax Marathon 2016, Tammy Giessinger, who is now leading her team into a second year of running for the DPS Foundation on May 14 and...
Denver hosted the first-ever Think It Up event, a nationwide initiative that supports the development of student-driven learning projects. This event, hosted at George Washington High School, was started by the Entertainment Industry Foundation powered by...
