After two days of voting at the polling place in the auditorium from 2:30-6:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, only 300 votes were cast. Administration and Student Council have decided to allow additional time to vote during both lunches on Thursday, March 4 and Friday, March 5.
Students must have their school ID to vote during that time so Student Council can ensure they are actually students at Pueblo and that they do not vote twice.
For more information on the Warrior Mascot click here.
Student Council is moving forward with a final vote for our mascot.
Just to be clear, we will remain the Pueblo Warriors. We are voting for a mascot to represent us at sporting events and other school functions. For example, the Phoenix Suns have a Gorilla and the Arizona Diamondbacks have a Bobcat as mascots at their sporting events. Neither of their mascots have anything in common with their official team names. They are just cool! That’s what Student Council is trying to accomplish.
The final choices chosen by the students are:
The voting will take place in the Pueblo Auditorium lobby on Thursday, February 18 and Friday, February 19 from 2:30-6:00 p.m. Teachers, coaches, alumni, staff members and students can vote once.
Student Council appreciates your support for what they feel simulates a real election. Make your vote count!
Visit: http://mascot.pueblowarriors.org for more.
Thank you for your participation!
It was announced on Monday, March 1st that Carlos Armendariz would serve as interim Principal until the end of the school year. Mr. Armendariz is the Assistant Principal for Activities.
Letter From Mrs. Dienz to Pueblo Families:
Dear Pueblo Families,
I am writing to share some news about myself and about Pueblo. On Tuesday, February 9, I was named as the new Director of High Schools for Tucson Unified School District. I am very excited about this new opportunity to work, not only with Pueblo, but with all of our other TUSD high schools. But, I am also very sad to leave Pueblo and I want all of you to know how much I have loved working with all of you and your wonderful children.
Just to fill you in on the past few days, on Wednesday I announced my appointment to the director position to our faculty and staff, and then to your children on Thursday, and I am again speaking to them via our television station today. Your children’s response to my announcement has been overwhelming. They have shown me such great support and affection and have brought me to tears many times in the last couple of days.
Beginning on February 15, Mr. Michael Beck, Assistant Principal for Security and Student Services, will be my designee until the arrival of the interim principal, Dr. Lorraine Richardson. Dr. Richardson will begin on February 22nd. Some of you may be familiar with Dr. Richardson as she was principal of Pueblo for 8 years, retiring from our school in 2002.
As I leave Pueblo, I know I leave your children in good hands. Our faculty and staff care deeply for your children and I know they will carry on in their work to lead your children to even greater success. I will return for the graduation of the Class of 2010 and will take great joy with you, as we watch them cross the stage to receive their diploma.
Thank you for all you have done to support your children and Pueblo!
Sincerely,
Patricia J. Dienz
We have some exciting news! As part of a joint project with TUSD & Adjacent Ways, Pueblo has a unique opportunity to upgrade our marquee. Our current marquee would be replaced with a proposed re-alignment of our entry way to Pueblo scheduled for this summer. We will post more information on that project as it becomes available.
That project budgeted $22,000 to move our current marquee from its current location. Instead of using that funding to move our old marquee, Pueblo would need to raise a minimum of $14,000 by March 5th, 2010 to replace it with a more modern one. The Pueblo student body is very excited and determined to make this happen!
HOW CAN YOU HELP US?
Anyone can make a tax credit donation in our Business Office!
Secured Credit Card Online Donation [Click Here For Instructions]
Check By Mail
The other option would be to send in your check made payable to Pueblo Magnet High School designated to the Marquee and mail to the Business Finance Office at Pueblo:
Pueblo Magnet High School
Attention: Business Finance Office (Marquee)
3500 S. 12th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85713
Please call 520.225.4402 for more information.
We can’t do this without your help!
Journalism class joins forces with Student Council to settle the lack of a mascot issue once and for all. Here’s their official statement:
We at El Guerrero (School Newspaper) are helping Student Council finalize a mascot for Pueblo High School. As you know, our school has not had a definitive mascot for nearly 15 years. We are taking suggestions at this time for your ideas for the next mascot. We will remain Warriors, however, we need a mascot to represent our school at sporting events and other school-related activities.
Student Council has some ideas, but are asking for any other suggestions. Leave a comment below if you have one. The results will be gathered and the top suggestions will go to a student body vote.
Some suggestions: thunder bolt, puma, roadrunner, coyote, wolf and cactus.
For updates visit: http://mascot.pueblowarriors.org
During the summer monsoon season, something extraordinary happens in the southwest corner of Farber Field. The pounding of rain drops serves as a wake up call to some interesting creatures that it’s time to resurface from their subterranean homes to breed. They are Coach’s Spadefoot Toads and Pueblo is their home.
Although we did not see the toads breeding, we were able to capture the thousands of eggs they left behind. They look like flowers, but instead of petals, they are full of eggs.
It doesn’t take long for eggs to become tadpoles, usually about 15hrs. The very next day the pond was full of life and this is what it looked like:
Sadly, we saw fewer and fewer tadpoles every time we visited the pond after that. It takes about two weeks and a strong will for a tadpole to mature into a young frog. Of the thousands of eggs that started, very few survived, as many simply died and others were eaten by birds.
It also didn’t help that it hardly rained during the subsequent days. Mr. Michael Smith, a Biology Teacher at Pueblo, had to drag water hoses to fill in the pond. He really went out of his way to help these amphibians survive. Kudos to him.
In the end we did not see any young frogs jumping around, but it sure was an interesting phenomenon to witness. One that we hope will continue happening at Pueblo every summer for years to come.