Tag: High Achievers

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

June 1, 2022

Grace Arawaka: DPS Asian Education Advisory Council’s 2022 High School Music Winner

Graduating Senior, Grace, was awarded the DPS Asian Education Advisory Council Scholarship! Grace is a very talented musician with a passion for music. Her original song, “InsincereMourning,” has over three thousand views on YouTube and is available on Spotify,... Continue Reading

May 16, 2022

Benjamin Wu: DPS Asian Education Advisory Council’s 2022 High School Academic Winner

Denver Online’s student, Ben Wu, was selected as the DPS Asian Education Advisory Council’s 2022 High School Academic Winner! He was awarded a scholarship in celebration of his hard work. Find out a little more about what makes Ben so special in his nomination write-up below!... Continue Reading

April 16, 2019

Essence Minter: Pickens Technical College Cosmetology Student

Some like curls, others like braids, some like long hair, and others like short. But unlike these mannequins whose fates are decided for them, our students find power in getting to choose their own futures, selecting the best career pathway that works in their life.... Continue Reading

April 17, 2017

Alex Jones: Eighteen-year-old Bachelor’s Degree Graduate

CBS4 Story Reporter: Jeff Todd, CBS4Published: May 23, 2018 Metro State University Article 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.... Continue Reading

May 29, 2015

Keisha Reim: Aspiring Trauma Nurse and Paramedic

Famous baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan once said, “One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.” For Denver Online High School senior Keisha Reim,... Continue Reading

September 23, 2014

Zach Quint: Competitive Video Gamer

“She gets the gaming culture; she’s part of it,” 17-year-old Zach Quint said about his video game programming teacher. There’s something special about the ability to connect with the people who “get you” while doing the things you love that is immeasurable in education.... Continue Reading

September 15, 2014

Cassidy Lawson: Police Academy Explorer

In a room filled with brawny young men, the slender, long haired, blonde girl seems to stick out like a sore thumb. But when it comes to work ethic, she fits right in. Sixteen-year-old Cassidy Lawson, a sophomore at Denver Online High School,... Continue Reading

September 15, 2014

Deonne Davis: Mile High Scholar

Deonne Davis is our official Mile High Scholar for the 2011-12 school year. Deonne was selected based on her leadership, respect for self, others, and for supporting her peers. “Each year the City and County of Denver has honored Denver Public School students in a city-wide ceremony with the Mayor and Superintendent.... Continue Reading