Wyatt Academy in Denver’s Cole neighborhood has partnered with Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities (CHIC) to meet the social and emotional needs of the school’s Black girls.
Through the school’s partnership with CHIC, mentors meet with Wyatt’s girls to provide access to mental health services, and various health and wellness activities.
Read the full story on page 14 of the Denver Urban Spectrum.
If you are a Denver Public Schools (DPS) parent, educator or community member, you have probably heard the conversations already—at school pickup, in group chats or maybe around your kitchen table. What should schools do about cell phones? And who gets to decide? By July 1, 2026, House Bill 25-1135 requires every Colorado school district to adopt a formal policy that limits the use of smartphones and smartwatches by students during the school day. The goal of the legislation is
