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High school senior graduate 2025 profile: Aiden Zeilbeck

Joseph Lintner started attending Gilpin County Schools in first grade. Some of his fondest memories in elementary school include coding and creating different things in Mr. Linnehan’s technology class.

Some of Lintner’s favorite memories from middle school are competing in competitions in Ms. Blake’s MATHCOUNTS club, making silly movies in media production class, and visiting the YMCA in 6th grade.

Lintner was active in the Interact Club in the ninth, 10th, and 11th grades. He says, “I helped with numerous projects with the club sponsors." While in the club, Lintner served as treasurer and co-president.

In the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, Lintner participated in theater. He worked on the technical crew of Gilpin’s theater club his first two years.

He became an actor for the first time during his senior year. playing the role of Gary Fulcher in Bridge to Terabithia. As a student council member in the ninth, 10th, and 11th grades, Lintner helped plan and set up different school events, including homecoming. He was a member of the National Honor Society in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.

Lintner loved his math classes, stating, “Not only because of the interesting content within them, but also the teachers who teach them. Ms. Blake and Ms. Van Hoose bring a lot of enthusiasm and energy to my math classes, and I developed great bonds with them while learning about different applications for math in the real world.”

He also loved his science classes for similar reasons. He says, “ Ms. Newman and Mr. Wuchter have been great teachers. Ms. Newman, in particular, has taught me a lot about chemistry, biology, and physics.”

Lintner confesses that though he’s a bit of an introvert, he loves Gilpin’s school community. “Even though it’s pretty small, there are diverse people. I’m grateful to have gotten to know many of these people, seeing their bright, creative, and incredible personalities.”

Gavin Knaus and Austin Ebers are two students who made life better, offering emotional and academic support.

“Some other people who have been great for me are Brianna (I call him Eli) Crawford, whose interest and knowledge in video games resonated with me and provided wonderful opportunities....And Jett Hansen, who could keep up with my chaotic personality and had some of his enthusiasm to share with me,” says Lintner.

While in school, Lintner was a member of the Eagles Youth Leadership Team at Gilpin’s rec center. On the team, he helped plan activities for the rec center’s after-school Eagles program.

Lintner is passionate about video games. While, he admits, he doesn’t play many of the video games most people tend to think of, like. Roblox, Fortnite, and Call of Duty, he has played a few popular games like Minecraft, as well as some lesser known and niche indie video games and some older classics.

He’s also passionate about making video games. He says he developed 10 small games for different game jams from 2020 through 2023.

Lintner wants people to know that in his senior year he attended Warren Tech in the afternoons to study game development.

He says his biggest accomplishment has been getting through school with good grades.

When asked what advice he would give new students, Lintner responded, “Honestly, you should try to get through the schoolwork you’ve been assigned because it will get easier to complete and process as you continue to do it....It’s also great to start developing a habit of getting homework done early.”

Lintner received the City of Black Hawk Scholarship and the Colorado School of Mines President’s Scholarship. He plans to attend Colorado School of Mines to study computer science. He wants a career in software development and artificial intelligence. He’s also considering the video game development industry as a 3D model artist or a programmer.

Congratulations, Joseph Lintner!