Pueblo Magnet High School

Dawn Of A New Era – Fiber Optic

// February 9th, 2011 // 16 Comments » // Around Campus, Construction, Educational, Pueblo High School, Technology

The City of Tucson fiber optic line went online today at Pueblo.  This upgrade will improve our network speed throughout the school.  The project was started in April of 2010 with the digging and installation of the 12 strand fiber cable.

TUSD Technicians activating fiber optic.

The fiber optic line will boost our internet speeds.  Pueblo will be able to download instructional materials in the classroom & our labs much faster.  If you’ve surfed the web at school recently, you should notice a much welcomed improvement.

Yellow fiber optic cable making the big difference!

We want to thank TUSD and anyone involved in this project for this huge upgrade.

Notice the difference? Leave a comment below.

National Honor Society 11K In 2011 Food Drive

// January 19th, 2011 // No Comments » // Academics, Around Campus, Food Drive, National Honor Society, Pueblo High School

Pueblo’s National Honor Society is sponsoring a drive to help the Community Food Bank. Their goal is to allow them to buy $11,000 worth of food this year. Each dollar donated will buy $10 worth of food.

Money collected as of February 28th, 2011: $900.00 of $1,100

The donations will be collected in the following ways:

A) through Advisory
B) at lunch
C) in the front office
D) at athletic events

Christian Malena & Brandon Sanchez explain drive to faculty

Help us make a difference in our community.

[Download $11k In 2011 PowerPoint Presentation]

New Football & Practice Field Grass Project

// December 1st, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Around Campus, Athletics, Construction

Pueblo’s football & practice fields will be getting new grass.  A state of the art sprinkler system covering both fields to be compatible with reclaimed water are also being installed. The project officially starts today and will be completed in the Spring of 2011.

Southwest Enviroscapes Inc. started digging for soil samples to determine what type of fertilizer will be used on new field. Heavy machinery will be used to scrape the old grass to make room for the new one.

Football Field is all done! Looks great!

Follow the progress of the construction on our photo gallery

[Football & Practice Field Grass Project Photo Gallery]

Reyes Contreras (red hat) collecting soil samples from various parts of field

The foreman that will be overseeing the project is Reyes Contreras, a Pueblo graduate from the class of 1979.

Our athletes will sure welcome the new grass on both fields.  Football field will be done first to be ready for track season & graduation.  The practice fields will be done after the spring sports season.

Meet Wally & Wonda Warrior

// November 5th, 2010 // 6 Comments » // Around Campus, Cheer, Pueblo High School, Pueblo Pride, Spirit

After much debate, surveys, voting & many other obstacles, our new mascots Wally & Wonda Warrior made their grand entrance today during both lunches.

Students gathered to greet our new head cheerleaders. They will be representing Pueblo at school sporting events and functions.

Meet Wally & Wonda Warrior

Everyone wanted to take pictures with Wally & Wonda!

Check out the Photo Gallery Of Wally & Wonda with the students.

We are looking forward to the Warrior Spirit our new mascots will promote.

What do you think of the new mascots?

Stella Pope Duarte Visits Pueblo

// September 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Around Campus, Presentations, Pueblo High School, Special Guests

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.

Stella Pope Duarte speaking to Pueblo students.

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.

Stella Pope Duarte

The students enjoy her because she is informative, inspirational, and entertaining and they especially enjoy reading her short stories and novels.

Pueblo Raccoon

// September 27th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Around Campus, Furry Friends, Video

A raccoon was spotted in the Rose Garden next to the auditorium at Pueblo today.  Many Warriors were curious to see the black, white and grey creature nap in the trees.  Students used their mobile phones to snap pictures of our furry friend.

Pueblo Raccoon in the orange trees

Pest Control was called to capture the raccoon and release it in his natural habitat.  After several attempts to trap him, the raccoon clawed his way up a 50 foot palm tree were he is napping peacefully.

Raccoon clawing his way up the 50 foot palm tree

The pest control specialist said the raccoon would climb down on his own during the still of the night and head back where he came from.

Here’s a short video of a failed attempt to trap the raccoon and him running into another tree:

Did you see the raccoon? Leave comments below.