P.E. Teacher Part Of Tucson Rugby Team

Mya Hoeflinger, a P.E. teacher here at Pueblo, was featured in a recent article in Tucson Weekly.  She is a member of the Tucson Lightning Womens Rugby Club and this is what she had to say about rugby:

“The objective of rugby is to advance the ball down the field by running forward or passing backward to cross over the try line to score,” explains Mya Hoeflinger, president of Tucson Lightning. “Fifteen play at one time. … Players play offense and defense. There are two 40-minute halves.

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Mya Hoeflinger (far right) is a member of Tucson Lightning Rugby

“When someone asks, ‘What is rugby?’ we describe it as a combination of football and soccer. In football, you tackle and run with the ball. With soccer, it’s continuous (like rugby), so it’s kind of a combination of the two sports.”

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Homecoming Royalty Finalists 2009-2010

It’s Homecoming Week! Make sure to participate in as many activities as possible. We have Spirit Week, Lunch Activities and Spirit Assembly. Voting for Royalty has concluded and winners will be announced at half-time of football game vs. Marana. For details visit: http://homecoming.pueblowarriors.org

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Senior Royalty Finalists goofing around!

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Senior Royalty Finalists

Mariel Duran
Brianna Gil
Samantha Zambrano
Ben Coca
Michael Perez
Angel Rodriguez

Junior Royalty Finalists
Ibonne Abeyta
Amparo Alonso
Samantha Levas
Jorge Lopez
Nicholas Moreno
Issac Ortega

Sophomore Royalty Finalists
Arianna Contreras
Elissa Guerrero
Melissa Rodriguez
Alvaro Contreras
Noel Federico
Brandon Sanchez

Freshman Royalty Finalists
Samantha Cuellar
Ciana Galvez
Briana Valencia
Marco Amador
Ismael Rodriguez

Journalism Revives Mascot Issue

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.

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Journalism students hand out ballots during both lunches

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

SpadeFoot Phenomenom At Pueblo

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.

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Pond that forms during summer monsoon rains in SW corner of football field

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.

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Eggs left behind by Spadefoot toads were scattered everywhere

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.

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Mr. Smith adding water to pond

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.

All Tournament Team For Michael Perez

Michael Perez Hispanic ClassicMichael participated in the 2009 Tommy Nunez National Hispanic Basketball Classic held in Phoenix over the Labor Day weekend.

Michael played with Arvizu promotions which consisted of coaches and five players from North High School. The rest of the team were Middle School Aged Kids. The High School Division consisted of Teams from AZ, CA, TX and GA.

Michael’s Team won the tournament and he was awarded All Tournament. Attached is a picture of Michael and his award.

Add this award to his growing list.

Jennie Elrod On CNN

Our very own Jennie Elrod, math teacher at Pueblo, was featured on a CNN story. Here it is in case you missed it:



Jennie explains what it was all about:

My internship was with the integration team for the Standard Missile 6 development program at Raytheon. We did the final testing phases to collect data and evidence that the SM6 is ready for the “production phase” which means it can be put into mass production and sold to Raytheon customers. The SM6 is a defense missile that has some very innovative capabilities unlike any missile in production today! My role was to collect telemetry data from missile tests, assist in taking the data back to Tucson, and also analyze the data in Tucson labs. We looked to see what information the missile received versus what information was sent to the missile, and use that to understand how the missile behaved… etc. So, we looked at a lot of graphs and codes.

The important part of this internship program was to allow me time and experience to witness the types of skills used in the workforce. In other words, what should I be teaching in my classroom that will prepare my students for a career in math or science?

That pretty much sums it up, it was a great experience and I look forward to working at Raytheon again next summer!

Here’s a clip of some behind the scenes footage of the interview process:

Thank you for sharing this experience with us Jennie.

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