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The teenagers sat in a darkened classroom.<\/p>\n

Shades drawn over the windows blocked the summer sun and air conditioning blasted from above, chilling the room inside Denver\u2019s Morey Middle School on the first day of July.<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 academic year had already ended, yet about 18 teenagers sat at desks, discussing motifs that appear in tales such as \u201cThe Great Gatsby\u201d and Cinderella. They read short stories and learned to find subtext hidden in the text.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t finished my short story from this morning,\u201d 16-year-old Skye Meehan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh! What are you writing about?\u201d Sophia Levy, 17, asked.<\/p>\n

Skye had started writing about a girl who discovered her grandfather\u2019s secret affair by watching an old VHS tape titled \u201cChristmas of \u201987\u201d that she discovered in her late aunt\u2019s attic <\/p>\n

\u201cI have no idea where (the idea) came from,\u201d Skye said.<\/p>\n

Skye and Sophia are among the hundreds of Denver Public Schools students taking summer classes that will earn them both high school and college credit.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The number of DPS students taking these concurrent enrollment classes increased from 88 in 2022 to more than 225 this summer. The students in the advanced classes are separate from the more than 1,200 pupils who attend traditional summer school to receive additional academic help.<\/p>\n

\u201cConcurrent enrollment, in general, is getting more popular,\u201d said Tara Schneider, senior manager of higher education academics at DPS. \u201c\u2026This is our largest summer class ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Concurrent enrollment classes can help students who want to earn an associate degree \u2014 typically a two-year post-secondary degree \u2014 during high school and offset the costs of going to a university, she said. The classes are only available to high schoolers, and the credits can be used when students attend a four-year university.<\/p>\n

The summer program lasts for five weeks and offers students eight different courses in-person and online, including creative writing, algebra and African American history, she said.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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DPS partners with the Community College of Denver and the Community College of Aurora so that students can receive college credits for their classes.<\/p>\n

Skye and Sophia each decided to take creative writing this summer. Skye said she decided on that class because she wanted time to pursue her interests despite her schedule being jammed-packed with Advanced Placement and science courses during the school year. <\/p>\n

\u201cWriting is one of my passions,\u201d the South High School junior said. \u201cI always wanted to do it on the side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophia, a senior at East High School, is in school this summer to boost her grade-point average after having health issues as a sophomore. She intends to apply to the University of California, Berkeley, and the concurrent-enrollment class will help her get the necessary GPA. <\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoy writing, so it\u2019s good to get back into it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Down the hall, in the pre-calculus classroom, Sen Higashida, a piano major at the Denver School of the Arts, was also already back in school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to get ahead in math and bump up my school rigor,\u201d the 15-year-old said.<\/p>\n

Sen, a junior, said he is interested in exploring more STEM \u2014 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics \u2014 classes in college and thought taking a college-level pre-calculus course this summer would help prepare him to apply to more prestigious colleges and potentially earn scholarships.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would definitely help a lot with college applications,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026I\u2019d like to go to a very solid school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlo Carron, a senior at CEC Early College, had a similar goal in mind when he decided to take college-level algebra this summer. The 17-year-old wants to earn an associate degree while in high school to prepare for college and a career in engineering. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to advance into my career,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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