Cami Van Anne
Branch Administrator
5930 South Cimarron Way
Littleton, CO 80123 denver@esuus.org
303-755-1752
2024 TLAB SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Congratulations to the 2024 ESU Denver Branch TLab Scholars. Sarah Luebking, who teaches at ThunderRidge High School, will attend Oxford University, and Trevor Johnson, who teaches at Cherokee Trail High School, will attend the University of Edinburgh. Kudos to both!
2024 Shakespeare Competition Winner
Congratulations to the 2024 ESU Denver Branch Shakespeare Runner-up Talia Knoshaug from Lakewood High School (left) and Winner Chase Mackay from Denver School of the Arts (right). Good luck to Chase at the National Shakespeare Competition in New York City!
ESU Denver Board of Directors (2023-2024) & Members:
Millicent Ambroggio, Bruce Haefner, Cami Van Anne, Polly Cox, Basil Carpenter, Ingerid Kelley, Julia Patterson, Cindy Poinsett, Mark Poinsett.
Denver student performs at the 36th Annual National Shakespeare Competition in New York City
News
April 30, 2019 — New York City: April 29th may have been a normal Monday for most high school students, but for Sofie Berg from Denver School of the Arts it will be a day to remember forever. Sofie, student of Shawn Hann, placed as a semifinalist at the 36th Annual National Shakespeare Competition celebrating William Shakespeare's birthday while competing against 50 students from around the US on stage at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater. The event is the culmination of a year-long competition hosted by the English-Speaking Union (ESU).
To qualify for the National Shakespeare Competition semi-finals, Sofie won the regional ESU Denver Branch Shakespeare Competition earlier this year.
Our next social gathering will be Thursday, March 7th, 7:00 pm, to meet our new scholarship recipients, Dan Anderson and Emily Pool and to cheer on Nicci Guagliardo, who attended Oxford's Creative Writing Program last year, as she competes in Write Club, an open mic night competition at Syntax Physic Opera. Syntax is a pub with great food, and it's located at 554 S. Broadway, about 2½ blocks south of Alameda. There is a $10 cover, and all proceeds go to a charity of the write club winner's choice!
The ESU celebrates English as a shared language to foster global understanding and good will by providing educational and cultural opportunities for students, educators, and members.
This summer, three scholars will participate in the TLab Program: Ms. Millicent Ambroggio of Littleton High School, Ms. Heather Anderson from Columbine High School, and Mr. Tom Tafoya from Smoky Hill High School.
Millicent Ambroggio is in her 15th year teaching secondary English Language Arts. She has been a Nationally Board Certified Teacher since 2008 and teaches at Littleton High School, an International Baccalaureate World School. Millicent will be studying Old/Middle English and Jane Austen at Oxford
Heather Anderson has a double major in Psychology and Communication from CU, Boulder, and a degree in English from CU, Denver. She currently teaches British, World, and American Literature and has volunteered at the Emily Griffith Technical School in the past. Heather will be in Oxford's Literature program.
Tom Tafoya has his degrees in English from CU, Boulder, and Humanities from Colorado College. Tom teaches freshman and senior English, is a DP teacher in the IB program, works with the IB Mentors, and is the Speech & Debate coach. Tom will study at the Globe.
2010 BUSS Recipient
Denver is fortunate to have 2010 BUSS recipient Brian Kurz's editorial printed in the Denver Post. ESU is referenced as a great edition to a students well rounded education. Thanks Brian