Author: tiffanylosasso

May 6, 2016

Teacher Appreciation 2016 Spotlight: Fighting Cancer While Teaching Online

Link to actual article. Written by: Ben McKee, DPSPublished: May 6, 2016 Sue Nelson’s love for teaching knows no bounds, and takes no time off – even when her family is on summer vacation. “The kids always hated summer break,... Continue Reading

February 5, 2016

North Denver Tribune: Northwest Principals Celebrate School Success

February 5, 2016By: Basha Cohen NORTH DENVER – The often-times contentious Northwest Stakeholder Working Group, a School Board appointed team of educators, parents and community members who sought solutions to the North Denver Middle School enrollment zone in Spring 2015,... Continue Reading

December 27, 2015

Addy Stearns: Competitive Skier and Soccer Player

Making sure that each boot is carefully buckled, she pushes herself into the start gate. Looking down the bleak mountainside, sprinkled only with tiny poles, she visualizes her course and how she will precisely maneuver each fleeting turn. Tapping her ski poles together,... Continue Reading

September 23, 2015

Salaam Gonzales: Competitive Boxer

What were you doing at 5 am this morning…Happen to run a 10k? How about at 5 pm today…Plan on doing over 600 push-ups in an hour? (That’s one push-up every six seconds for sixty minutes for anyone honestly considering it.) And how is that six-pack coming along…Think you’ll make time for a thousand crunches?... Continue Reading

August 1, 2015

Student Profile: Ryan Cole

Each cat that comes into Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue has a story. If cats have nine lives, some are likely somewhere past their seventh or eighth. Several are dropped off with FIV, similar to AIDS but for cats, while others are struggling with ear infections,... Continue Reading

July 30, 2015

Denver Online receives $3,500 Groove Auto Drive for Education Grant

See post on Groove Mazda’s Facebook page. “We are proud to support the local community through our Drive for Education program. Earlier this month we presented The Denver Online School with $3,500 to help with the purchase of video equipment and software for the student film department.”... Continue Reading

May 2, 2015

Student Profile: Kaitlin Hooks

“My mom and I have a joke about the rulebook with me: you pick it up and throw it out the window,” Denver Online High School Senior, Kaitlin Hooks, said. “I’m a lawbreaker,” she laughed. And lawbreaker she is, her life packed full of experiences in defeating countless health odds.... Continue Reading

March 13, 2015

Amy LeClaire: Barrel Racer

“I’ve grown up going to the National Western Stockshow and stuff and I kind of just wanted to be a barrel racer forever,” Denver Online High School senior Amy LeClaire said. After seven years of riding, she finally got her own horse.... Continue Reading

January 10, 2015

Jacob Leyva: Rancher

Engulfed in miles of mountainous land, riding for days on horseback, taking careful watch over the herd– we envision that lone ranger with a low-brimmed cowboy hat and scarred boots. But never do expect him to be wearing a backpack. However,... Continue Reading

January 8, 2015

9 News Story: Rancher takes advantage of online education

Story Credit: Nelson Garcia, 9 News DENVER – One of the people at the 109th annual National Western Stock Show is a Denver student who does not always spend a lot of time in Denver. “I was working on a ranch at the time that school started and I didn’t want to go back to public school,” Jacob Leyba,... Continue Reading