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Aurora teen now 3-time regional esports champion
Ethan Hay has been playing video games since he was in elementary school."Since I was maybe 8 years old, I want to say. First, it was the XBOX 360… then I moved over to a couple of Wii games," Hay said.Now, as a 17-year-old junior at Vista PEAK Preparatory School in Aurora, his hobby has become serious competition."It was freshman year when I first started playing esports for the school," Hay told CBS Colorado's Kelly Werthmann. In 2022, esports were sanctioned by the Colorado High School Sports Association and competitive multiplayer video gaming rapidly grew in popularity. As of this...
Denver Public Schools hires its first director of Latinx Student Success
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Following the release of a report that revealed “serious barriers” for Latino students in Denver Public Schools, the district has hired its first director of Latinx Student Success.Patricia Hurrieta, currently principal of Grant Ranch Elementary School in southwest Denver, will begin her new role in the next few weeks, the district said. Hurrieta will lead a team tasked with carrying out the recommendations in the recently released 266-page La Raza Report commissioned by DPS.“I am...
Aurora resolution brings funding for students training for trades
Gateway High School freshman Audrey Valladolid says she entered high school a typical student."I was more focused on getting my grades good and I was more focused on sports instead of actually trying new things," said Valladolid.Now, she has a life path picked out thanks to Construct-Tech at Gateway. It's a six-year program with Community College of Aurora that prepares students for a career in the trades. It's a path Audrey says she never even considered, but she's glad she tried it out."I never thought about it, honestly," said Valladolid. "You get to be hands-on. We get to be out...
Denver Public Schools safety audit completed, cost $489,000
Denver Public Schools is releasing details of a safety audit ordered a year ago after a shooting at East High School injured two deans.The school board and community members are reacting to the review of 211 school buildings by an outside contractor – Robinson Corporations Security Group.School safety was high on the minds of DPS parents last year after three separate shootings at or near East High School.At the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, Superintendent Marrero said, "So around a year ago we were asked, there was a deep desire in the community to ensure that our facilities are...
Protesters fail to meet deadline to voluntarily leave DU encampment
DENVER — Pro-Palestinian protesters failed to meet a 9 p.m. Tuesday deadline set by University of Denver officials to clear their encampment on Carnegie Green and remained there early Wednesday morning. A group of DU students began protesting on the university's campus on May 9 with a list of...
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Selects Dr. John H. Sampson as Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Sampson comes from Duke University Health System and Duke Integrated Health Practice where he served as senior vice president. AURORA, Colo., May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a competitive national search, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is proud to announce that John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, MHSc, MBA, has been selected as the University of Colorado School of Medicine Dean and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs for CU Anschutz, effective July 1, 2024. He will bring more than two decades of clinical and academic leadership to the CU School of Medicine, aiming to expand on the transformational tenure of current Dean John J. Reilly, Jr., MD.
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