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Denver Public Schools Foundation to Host Achieve Gala on April 12
Sold-out Attendance Projected for Celebration of Denver Public Schools

DENVER, APRIL 7, 2011 – The Denver Public Schools (DPS) Foundation will host its annual Achieve Gala on Tuesday, April 12 at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. Now in its ninth year, the event is expecting nearly 1,200 business and community supporters in attendance.

A limited number of individual tickets remain for the event and can be purchased at www.dpsfoundation.org.

The Achieve Gala, presented by UMB, is both a celebration of Denver Public Schools and a fundraiser to support Denver’s students, teachers, and classrooms.

“The record attendance clearly demonstrates how important public education is to our community,” said DPS Foundation president and CEO Kristin Heath Colon. “The DPS Foundation exists to match community support and investment with the needs of our students and schools. We’re proud to partner with Denver Public Schools and to celebrate the progress of our schools with this special evening.”

The program features DPS student performance groups, remarks from soon-to-be graduates, and an opportunity to hear from school, city, and state leaders about education in Colorado.

The 2011 event, chaired by Cille and Ron Williams, will feature the Archuleta Elementary School Choir, Denver School of the Arts Department of Dance & Movement, Manual High School Choir, and the Montbello High School Drum Line. The evening’s program will include remarks from Governor John Hickenlooper, Mayor Guillermo “Bill” Vidal, and Superintendent Tom Boasberg. Two DPS high school seniors – Musu Sirleaf from Montbello High School and Tyler Quintana from Denver Center for International Studies – will deliver the keynote address.

The event kicks off at 5:30p.m. Tickets will not be available onsite and must be purchased in advance at www.dpsfoundation.org or by calling 720.423.3553.

The 2011 Achieve Gala is sponsored in part by The Anschutz Foundation, Marcy & Bruce Benson, The Gary-Williams Energy Company, The Piton Foundation, Martha Records & Rich Rainaldi, Kristin & Blair Richardson, and United Launch Alliance. The featured performers are underwritten by Elaine Gantz Berman & Stephen Berman, FirstBank, Greenberg Traurig, and Hogan Lovells.

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Contact:

Denver Public Schools Foundation

Sarah Dixon

Director of Marketing & Communications

sdixon@dpsfoundation.org

720-423-3877