Author and former EGOS administrator, Carolyn Brink, has written an award winning book giving a brief history of the school and sharing the success stories of 24 former students. She generouslly donates net proceeds to the Emily Griffith Foundation. To buy a copy of Class Acts, through the foundation by calling 720.423.4722. You can also visit The Tattered Cover or other local bookstores or order online at http://www.filterpressbooks.com/AuthorCB.html
Articles
New Skills, New Lives
"Bread." "Job." "Doctor." "Rent." These are important words for students learning English at Emily Griffith Opportunity School.
They come to Emily Griffith, as students have come since 1916, because they want to learn.
They come because, like Rodrigo who found work as a busboy, they know they need skills to lead successful lives. They come, like single-mother Ishe who is raising four young children far from war-torn Somalia where she was born...
Each day, adult learners thronging the wide halls of the Emily Griffith Opportunity School at 1250 Welton Street quiet down as they walk past this sign on the door of Room 201. Each year, hundreds of them enter Room 201. They come to take the “GED,” the test of “general educational development” that offers an alternate credential for students in the United States and Canada who have not graduated from high school.
One of these adults is “John”...
The previous articles about Emily Griffith Opportunity School and its GED testing program appeared in the Denver Newspaper Agency's YOUR HUB in 2006 and 2007. Author: Joslyn Green, member of the Emily Griffith Foundation board.
