Emily Griffith Opportunity School

Before a welder closes their hood and fires up a torch, they have to carefully position all the pieces they're fusing together.

32-year-old Haley Klatt is learning the basics at Emily Griffith Technical College.

It's the trade school run by Denver Public Schools, and it's celebrating its 110th anniversary.

Klatt is like its founder, an industrious woman who doesn't much care what men think, unless it unfairly affects her pay.

I really appreciate it.

Yeah, thank you for having me.

Haley Cladd of Denver is a student at Emily Griffith Technical College.

DPS's trade school is 110 years old.