Pueblo Magnet High School

Pueblo Fire Science Takes Charge At Regionals

// February 6th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // CTE, Competition, JTED, Pueblo Fire, Pueblo Pride, Recognition, Region Awards, Student Recognition

On Saturday, February 4th, 2012 the Regional SkillsUSA Fire Competition met at the Rural Metro Fire Training Center here in Tucson. The 40 participants from the region were from the west and east campuses of the JTED Fire Program including 6 from Pueblo’s Fire Program.

The competition included the following events: ropes & knot tying, hose rolling, breathing apparatus timed competition, climbing a ladder with tools in hand and a victim drag with a 200 lb. dummy.

The day culminated with a Fire Fighter Combat Challenge that mixed Pueblo students with JTED students and a very delicious barbeque.

Pueblo Fire Science At SkillsUSA Competition

We are very ecstatic to announce that our team made Pueblo proud. Out of the top 10 scores, we had 4 of our 6 participants in the following places:

• First Place- Carlos Meraz (Senior) - 2nd year in the program
• Second Place- Juan Aguilar (Freshman) -1st year in the program
• Fifth Place-Victor Grutzius (Junior) -2nd year in the program
• Sixth Place- Luis Mendivil (Freshman) -1st year in the program

Manuel Cedre & Hector Ortega made a great showing and just missed being in the Top 10.

Congratulations to the Pueblo Fire Science Program! They showed up at the competition with one thing on their minds and that was to put Pueblo Fire on the map. They did it in a big way!

Thank you Chief Jeff Smith for sharing.

Early Childhood Education Program Featured On TUSD

// February 17th, 2011 // No Comments » // Academics, Electives, JTED, Only At Pueblo, Pueblo High School

Pueblo High CTE/JTED Early Childhood Education Students Gain Real-World Experience at Hollinger’s PACE Program

Pueblo High Magnet School CTE/JTED Early Childhood Education students plan, conduct and evaluate developmentally appropriate activities for preschool students in collaboration with the PACE Program at Hollinger Elementary, under the direction of Sabrina Navarrete-Camacho.

In these photos, Pueblo students are directing children in a chemistry science activity called “gooey-goop.”

Early Childhood Education

The Early Childhood teacher at Pueblo High Magnet School is Mary Ellen Hardin.

Ultrasound Technician Demonstration

// April 23rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Careers, JTED, Science, Video

Mina Trivedi, an Ultrasound Technician of M & B Image Corporation, came to Pueblo today and presented career information to some of our Anatomy students today.

Mina demonstrated different ultrasound procedures with her portable machine that cost more the $50,000. The images and sounds from the machine were amazing.

Mina Trivedi answering student questions

She started with images of the carotid artery and then the heart. Other students volunteered to get their kidney and gallbladder scanned. Here’s a small video of some images of the valves in the heart in action:

The demonstrations gave students an idea of the various procedures ultrasound technicians perform. Mina summarized the schooling required and stated how this career field is growing.

We appreciate her taking the time to share her knowledge and skills with out students.

Mina demonstrates gallbladder procedure

HOSA Biotechnology Conference 2010

// April 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Biotechnology, Careers, Conferences, HOSA, JTED, Pueblo Pride, School Awards, Science, Student Awards, Winners

HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Biotechnology students participated in the HOSA Spring Leadership Conference at the Doubletree Hotel from April 14 to 16.

Our students were great these past two days. They were polite, articulate, and full of Pueblo Pride.

Pueblo Biotechnology Students

Carlos Ramirez was elected Secondary Vice President of HOSA for the Southern region of Arizona. We have a state officer. This position required a speech and question and answer period. He ran successfully against the current HOSA HIstorian from Sunnyside. Carlos was wonderful.

Nine students attended the State Leadership Conference. Most had to be in the top 20 in the state after an online test in February.

Biotechnology Story
In Biotechnology, 95 students took the online test. Michael Dedrick was 5th, and Tricia Hindley was 9th. On Thursday both participated in the skills competitions. The two skills were microscopy and culturing bacteria. Today the final results were announced.

In the Arizona State HOSA Biotechnology competition, Michael placed second, and earned a trip to Nationals (Orlando), and Tricia placed 5th.

In the following competitions, students worked almost exclusively on their own, since these subjects were not explicitly covered in the biotech curriculum:

Jeffery/Brian Bishop- Medical Math
Cynthia Lona- Human Growth and Development
Hector Mendoza- Prepared Persuasive Speech
Carlos Ramirez- Epidemiology
Patrick Swindell, Gilberto Valenzuela, and Christian Vasquez- Creative Problem Solving Team

Students earned 4 medals:
Gold: Carlos Ramirez
Silver: Jeffery/Brian Bishop
Silver: Michael Dedrick
Silver: Hector Mendoza

They all qualify for Nationals.

Biotech Students Learn Sterile Technique

// March 23rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Biotechnology, Educational, HOSA, JTED, Science, Special Guests

Sam Gomez of the Tucson Medical Center stopped by Pueblo to provide some hands on training on sterile technique to some of our Biotechnology students.

In sterile technique, only sterile surfaces touch other sterile surfaces and exposure to the air is kept to a minimum.

Tricia & Michael practice how to put gloves on practicing sterile technique

Tricia Hindley and Michael Dedrick need to learn this technique for their upcoming Biotechnology competition for HOSA. We’ll keep you updated on how they do.

We are so appreciative of Mr. Gomez’s expertise and commitment to our students.

(Via Andrew Lettes)

Culinary Arts Program

// February 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Careers, JTED, Only At Pueblo

Four students at Pueblo are taking part in a Culinary Arts Program through JTED. These students travel to Santa Rita every Tuesday & Thursday each week to attend culinary classes.

Pictured L to R: Armando Ruiz, Ana Castro, Saul Soto & Sara Castro

As part of a counselor outreach program, they recently served breakfast on 3 occasions for about 60 guests. They would prepare a menu for each session and purchase ingredients accordingly. Cooking would begin before sunrise at 6:00 a.m. in order to have food ready for our guests.

On this occasion the menu included: chilaquiles topped with queso fresco, scrambled eggs with nopalitos, frijoles, tortillas and a chilled glass of orange juice or coffee.

Breakfast Serving

We look forward to more events hosted by these students as they move forward towards their career as Chefs.