By Victor Garcia and Anthony Gutierrez
Last school year, Ms. Hannah Peatrowsky joined the Warrior family as a community based instructor (CBI). To some, her face seemed very familiar—as she had been a Pueblo coach for both track and cross country.
This is Peatrowsky’s fourth year of teaching altogether, and her contract position at Pueblo is her first “official” teaching position. She was a long-term sub beginning in 2013, mostly assisting teachers rather than actually substituting for them.
Peatrowsky’s said that her classes focus primarily on teaching her CBI students basic skills such as cooking and home economics. Students learn about kitchen safety, food preparation, and measuring ingredients.
“I wish that all students at Pueblo could have the same opportunities that I had back in high school,” said Peatrowsky. As a student at Coconino High School in Flagstaff, Ariz., she said that she had access to many scholastic programs that involved outdoor activities such as learning survival tactics.
Her husband, Mr. Patrick Peatrowsky, also teaches at Pueblo as an economics and government teacher.
“I enjoy working together [with my husband] because we can carpool,” she said. “He even brings me lunch. However, I don’t really get to see him throughout the day, but I hear great things about him around the school.”