Pueblo Magnet High School

Actor Jose Yenque

// April 19th, 2011 // 2 Comments » // Around Campus, Exclusive, Special Guests, Video

Actor & Film Maker Jose Yenque came to visit Pueblo today to share some of his stories and experiences in Hollywood. Students participated in a Q & A with Jose and he demonstrated how actors participate in ‘theater games’ with one of our Warriors.

Jose Yenque with some fans!

Jose also screened Wednesday Afternoon, an award winning short film with a powerful message he starred in.

Thank you to the Arizona International Film Festival for bringing Jose to Pueblo!

Poet Logan Phillips – Dirty Verbs

// February 10th, 2011 // 3 Comments » // Academics, Around Campus, Only At Pueblo, Special Guests, Video

Poet Logan Phillips visited Pueblo to share some of his poems and invite students to an upcoming Poetry Slam.  He also shared some of his recent experiences living in Mexico and the poems inspired from his stay there.  He had the crowd of about 100 students laughing with his repertoire.

Here’s a poem about Dinosaurs:

Logan encouraged Pueblo students to participate in an upcoming workshop sponsored by Nuestra Voz.  Several students expressed their interest in poetry and asked various questions.

Logan Phillips with Pueblo students.

We want to thank Logan for taking the time to visit our school and all the kind words he had to say about Pueblo.  We will work on forming our Poetry Slam Warrior Team!  If you are interested, visit Mrs. Rusk in Room 212 for more information.

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.

George Arias Returns To Pueblo

// May 6th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Alumni, Athletics, Educational, Special Guests

George Arias, class of 1990, stopped by Pueblo today to speak to some student-athletes.

George is the only Pueblo Warrior to play baseball in the Major Leagues. In fact, Pueblo won the 4A State Baseball Championship in 1990.

After attending the University of Arizona he was drafted by the California Angels. He then went on to play for the San Diego Padres before playing professionally in Japan.

George was a guest of Curly SantaCruz as part of his mentoring program.

It’s always nice when Pueblo Alumni return and share their experiences with our current Warriors.

Danny Corrales On Warrior News

// April 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Alumni, Educational, Pueblo Pride, Special Guests, Video

Danny Corrales, from the Class of 2002, made a guest appearance on Warrior News today. Danny is currently an Associate Producer at ESPN and works on SportsNation. He offered some great insight to the advanced class media students  and shared some great  from his different work experiences.

Brian Ortega interviewed Danny on-air and asked him for advice on a future career in media:

For his accomplishments in media, Danny was inducted to the Warrior Media Hall Of Fame.

Thank you for stopping by and we wish you continued success.

Alexandra Zapruder Visits Pueblo

// April 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // Academics, Educational, Exclusive, Special Guests

As part of a collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, students had the opportunity to participate in a Q & A with author, film-writer and educator Alexandra Zapruder.

I’m Still Here, an MTV film based on her book Salvaged Pages was screened in the auditorium for our students. Here’s the movie trailer of the film:

The following day, students were able to share their thoughts on the film with Alexandra. Many had interesting questions and perspectives regarding the diaries written by youth Holocaust survivors.

Q & A with Alexandra Zapruder

This presentation was an excellent learning opportunity for our students. We want to thank Alexandra for coming and Bryan Davis, Youth and Holocaust Education Coordinator, for making it possible.