Janos Southside was featured on a segment on PBS. Watch the entire video here:
We will sure miss Randy Spalding!
Category: Academics
U of A Students Visit American History Chicano Perspectives Classes
Twenty University of Arizona students from a class entitled “Race, Ethnicity, and the American Dream” visited the American History—Chicano Perspectives classes and did a number of activities with Pueblo students around racism and white privilege.
Afterward the students all discussed the potential impact of the ban of ethnic studies classes, which is supposed to go into effect on December 31.
Thank you to these U of A students for taking the time to visit our campus.
Chemical Reaction Experiment
Honors Chemistry students were conducting an experiment involving mentos & diet soda to test the chemical reaction between the two. The result is a giant geyser of soda spewing from the 2 liter bottle. The questions is why?
Students love to conduct this experiment and the reaction on their faces is always the same. They tried different variables to see which produced the highest geyser. Check out the video:
This experiment was part of a training for these honors students by the University of Arizona. They will be tutoring other students in science.
You can try this at home yourself. You will need:
- A roll or box of Mentos mints
- 2-liter bottle of diet soda (diet or regular soda will work, but diet soda is not as sticky)
- Piece of paper to use a funnel to drop Mentos in bottle
Stella Pope Duarte Visits Pueblo
On September 30th, with funding by GEAR UP, Pueblo High School was fortunate to have Stella Pope Duarte speak to junior and senior students.
Stella Pope Duarte is the author of Let Their Spirits Dance, If I Die in Juarez and her collection of short stories Fragile Night and Women Who Live In Coffee Shops and Other Stories.
Pope Duarte spoke to Yolanda Sotelo’s 4th period Latino literature class. The seniors who were in the process of reading Let Their Spirits Dance were thoroughly engrossed in her presentation to them about her novel. Pope Duarte then spoke to the juniors in Sally Rusk & Yolanda Sotelo’s ethnic studies classes, Ms. Mariscal’ s exception education students and other students during advisory about her writing process and her novel If I Die In Juarez. This is Stella Pope Duarte’s 3rd visit to Pueblo.
The students enjoy her because she is informative, inspirational, and entertaining and they especially enjoy reading her short stories and novels.
Dr. Andrew Lettes Awarded
Congratulations goes to Dr. Andrew Lettes, biotechnology teacher at Pueblo, for being awarded the Arizona Innovation Heroes Award by the Science Foundation Arizona.
The award recognizes those who are leading in the fields of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship or have instituted innovative practices or curricula to advance student success and enhance student interest in STEM. (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education)
Students, colleagues and distinguished guests joined us for the celebration and had very positive statements about our biotechnology program.
On behalf of all the Pueblo Family, we congratulate Dr. Lettes.
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Where Did Our Teachers Go? [Summer 2010]
Back by popular demand. Here are some pictures shared by teachers on their summer travels.
Thanks for sharing.
The first picture is of a reclining Buddha in Baga, Myanmar. The second is of a Brahmin priest performing the nightly ceremony to put the River Ganges to sleep at night in Varanasi, India. The third photo is the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. (Spalding)
Photo 1: Keunjeong-jeon, the royal throne hall is Korea’s largest surviving wooden structure. Kings conducted state affairs, held official functions, and received foreign envoys here. Built in 1394, high ranking officials assembled in this court to pay respect to their kings.
Photo 2: The Grand Hyatt in Seoul, South Korea. Photo taken from bedroom in the Grand Hyatt. Hilary Clinton stayed there this summer also. It is GREAT when someone else pays your way to vacation and work. Or it is work and vacation? (Reff)
In July, I went to London for 5 days, then on a 12-day Baltic Capitals (Copenhagen, Denmark; Berlin/Warnemuende, Germany; Tallinn, Estonia; St. Petersberg, Russia; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden) Cruise. (Stull)
These two pictures were taken in the Northern Boundary Waters of Minnesota. My son Christopher caught a Northern Pike and I have a Walleye. Then there is the sunset looking toward Canada.
Josh and Saul Ostroff making “Shokshuka” for breakfast at summer camp in the Pocono Mountains of P.A. Shokshuka is an Arabic Dish popular in the Middle East. It is similar to huevos rancheros, heavy on the tomatoes or salsa. (Ostroff)
First photo is from Kauai, Hawaii and the second is in Boston. (Klein)