DCPA Student Matinee Program Immerses Rural Students In The Arts

By Dillon Thomas, CBS Denver:

For more than 18 years Iris Mesbergen has been making the same trek to and from Denver with dozens of children. The English teacher at Weld Central High School in the small town of Keensburg has made it her mission to not only teach her students about different forms of literary genius but to let their minds expand upon what they've read through live performances.

Mesbergen teaches a wide range of courses to high school students, most of whom were raised in rural Weld County. She teaches many courses including AP literature, college preparatory British literature, American literature, Greek and Roman mythology and more.

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