Category: Media Spotlight

February 21, 2025

Student Highlight: Colorado Ballet Academy Students

Other Denver Online students shown but not interviewed:Rainn McCormackEthan KennedySimon NguyenZephaniah BrintonNova Clark Many of us love to dance. Madelyn Lehrman: So I’m 17 and I’ve been dancing since I was three years old. So I’ve been dancing my entire life and I love it.... Continue Reading

February 21, 2025

Keegan Jones: Future Airline Captain

Soaring Beyond the Classroom with Denver Online While most students are just walking into their school buildings for the day, senior Keegan Jones has different plans this morning. Keegan started at Denver Online his sophomore year, leveraging the school’s tuition-free concurrent enrollment program to explore different career opportunities.... Continue Reading

January 23, 2024

Denver Online ELD Teacher, Jennifer White, Chosen as “Living Our DPS Honoree”

Jennifer White was chosen by Denver Public Schools as a “Living Our DPS Honoree,” and was featured in the Team DPS Weekly newsletter, along with homepage of the DPS Staff Website, The Commons. Read her full nomination below. “In the world of education,... Continue Reading

February 13, 2023

Counselor Casey Burton Celebrated in DPS Newsletter during School Counselors’ Week!

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January 4, 2023

Denver Online’s School Tech, Celina Ulibarri, chosen as a “Living Our DPS Honoree”

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October 20, 2022

Celebrating Principal Ian Jones on Principal’s Day!

While no one was fully prepared on how the pandemic would impact education, Denver Public Schools could not have had a better leader than Denver Online’s Principal, Ian Jones, to lead online education through these unprecedented times.  Going from serving roughly 250 students to over 800 students,... Continue Reading

June 21, 2018

CBS4 TV News Story: Teen Becomes First For DPS To Graduate High School & College Concurrently

Link to television news story. Reporter: Jeff Todd, CBS4Published: May 23, 2018 Alex Jones isn’t sure what to do with his free days now because for the past four years he’s been taking high school classes and completing college degrees at the same time!... Continue Reading

May 9, 2018

Metro State University Article: Degree before diploma

Reporter: Doug McPherson, Photographer: Olga Sago Published: May 9, 2018 18-year-old will graduate from MSU Denver, then from high school. When Alex Jones was about 3 years old, he was multiplying numbers. So it’s not completely surprising that at age 18 he’ll earn his bachelor’s degree in computer science this week – before he receives his high school diploma from Denver Online High School on May 23.... Continue Reading

April 26, 2018

9News TV Story: This 18-year-old has an education beyond his years

Author: Mike Grady, 9 News Published: 04/26/18 Alex Jones quietly unzips his backpack, pulls out a laptop, and launches a video game. Not just any video game. His video game. “I just call it the 2D/3D game,” he explains. “It’s more of just a proof of concept right now.” Software engineering is what this high school senior calls a leisure activity.... Continue Reading

October 23, 2017

Teacher of the Year: Jessica Glynn

Denver Online High School has changed drastically over the past four years. The school morphed from an online school that struggled with connection, retention, enrollment, and student academic success, into a blended learning school that now is proud of continuously growing enrollment numbers and some of the strongest school performance ratings in the district,... Continue Reading