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Book Description: What do Judy Collins, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and Happy' Haynes have in common? How about Sidney Sheldon, Jack Swigert, and Marilyn Van Derbur? All of them together with Thomas Hornsby Ferrill, Don Cheadle, Steve and Bill McNichols, and three of the founding members of Earth, Wind, and Fire attended East High School in Denver. In the early days of East High School, students were challenged to aspire to an Aristocracy of Service'. For more than 130 years, this school has turned out its share of celebrities, leading citizens, and thousands of productive young people into a world of challenge and opportunity. What is it that makes an East education a bit different from any other education? Why do East alums continue their strong devotion to their alma mater? How has East been able to keep its traditions alive when so much has changed in society? Some of the answers are found in the pages of this book; others are known only to those who proudly call themselves Angels. Flights of Angels takes the reader on a trip back in time when the first East students attended Arapahoe school near the banks of the South Platte River, and follows the evolution of the school, the city, education styles and cultural crises from the earliest days of Denver to the 21st century. Through the decades and generations, the little red schoolhouse on Colfax' has remained one of the great architectural and educational institutions of Denver perhaps the nation. Here is its amazing story.

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