Dan Walsh is the Principal of Kepner Beacon MS in Southwest Denver. He has been the driving force behind the rejuvenation of Kepner. In 2016 then Superintendent Tom Boasberg came to the Beacon Network looking for a district-run school to turn around Kepner. Kepner Beacon was founded later that year and Dan was a founding member of the leadership team.
Principal Walsh is a Denver Public Schools product and has spent his entire educational career serving in his hometown district. Dan was born in the Westwood neighborhood in Southwest Denver and attended nearby Knapp Elementary School. He was nearly a student at the old Kepner MS but his family moved to the East Side of Denver in 5th grade and he finished his schooling at Gove Middle School and East High School. Dan's journey from high school graduation to school leadership was untraditional and he is grateful for the opportunity to come full circle and now serve the community he has always felt was home.
