Tag: Students
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MSU Denver launches ‘Mariachi Performance and Culture’ degree program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Metropolitan State University Denver is launching an Individualized Degree Program in Mariachi Performance and Culture this fall — the first of its kind in Colorado. The new program combines a variety of disciplines including music performance, Chicana/o Studies, world Languages and business courses, aiming to inform…
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FBI Denver Collegiate Academy opens applications for students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Applications are now open for the Federal Bureau of Investigation Denver Collegiate Academy. The free, all-day workshop takes place on Aug. 1, 2025, in Denver and aims to give students a deeper look at the criminal justice system. Those selected will spend a day with…
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Disabled students cycle, try archery at new Golden adaptive sports complex
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Hellauer/Denver Gazette More than 100 students from Aurora Public Schools had a field day — literally and figuratively — Wednesday at the National Sports Center for the Disabled’s recently-opened complex in Golden, Colo., on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Students, many of whom were disabled,…
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Proposal advances for mental health screenings in Colorado middle, high schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado school districts could soon offer mental health screenings to sixth through 12th graders — if a bill passed by the state House is enacted. House Bill 1003 would create a mental health assessment program for Colorado middle and high school students, allowing schools to opt-in to…
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Denver Public Schools to offer free meals all summer for students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools will give out free breakfast and lunch to children all summer long. The district announced Wednesday that it will offer free food to any child under 18 — enrolled in the district or not — at 47 schools beginning June 6. Adult…
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Man with military background accused of multiple sexual assaults in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 39-year-old man with a military background was arrested last week on suspicion of three counts of sexual assault in Colorado Springs. Leo Sterling has also been named as a suspect in a separate alleged…
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Woman suspected of giving Colorado Springs girls fentanyl after student dies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs woman suspected of distributing fentanyl pills to two juveniles could face life in prison, a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Wednesday. Alexis Nicole Wilkins, 26, was accused of giving two girls fentanyl pills in the…
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Denver Public Schools’ new greenhouse — the first of its kind in the US — will bring fresh vegetables to students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools’ students will soon be feasting on fresh produce that was grown and handpicked in the district’s backyard greenhouse. The new greenhouse is a first of its kind in the United States and will grow salad bowl items for students. The 28,000 square…
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Adams 14 releases findings of forensic audit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MGT Consulting, a company that has overseen Adams County School District 14 since 2019, used district money to hire contractors to do work it was supposed to do itself, according to a forensic audit released Thursday. The audit performed by Eide Bailly LLP found that…