Bill’s Weekly Reflection:  100%

100%! 

A big shout-out and congratulations are in order to Stapleton High School for 100% of the senior class earning acceptance to four-year colleges.  The entire Stapleton Campus, from 6th-grade on up, celebrated the senior class this morning!

We might be tempted to start taking an accomplishment such as this one for granted - it is the 5th consecutive class to earn 100% four-year college acceptance since our first graduating class of 2008. 

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Weekly Poll Results: A Sampling of Culture Grant Feedback

Friday Morning Coffee:

• I love not having to take the 10 min on Friday to brew my own coffee. Not sure why, but that extra 10 min in the morning is glorious.
• It is good to know that you can come in to work and get a good cup of coffee, hot cider, hot chocolate or tea.  This saves time and is a quick pick-me-upper. Thanks for thinking of us.

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Bill’s Weekly Reflection:  “Doing what it Takes”

John Clark, 8^th grade Stapleton middle school English teacher, redefined what it means to do whatever it takes at the Stapleton middle school morning meeting this morning.   Over the past two weeks, Stapleton Middle School set a student challenge of achieving 98% attendance.  Some of the faculty, in true “whatever it takes form,” offered up incentives to encourage students to hit the goal.  

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You’re Invited

Today, 3.14 or Pi Day, we celebrate math teachers and all things round. See below for an exciting invitation from DSST CEO, Bill Kurtz. We hope math teachers and all other staff can join in celebrating DSST at Slice of Pi next month!

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Last Week’s Poll Results: Courtside Stats

On Friday, March 2, we asked our blog followers if they played basketball in high school.  The question was inspired by the recent DSST: Stapleton High School Basketball phenomenon.  Both the boys' and girl's teams had banner seasons, with the girl's team taking 3rd place in the 3A state tournament.  Today's Denver Post featured an article on Lady Knights, which is definitely worth a read.

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