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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.

Mascot Voting — 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.

Spade Foot Pond — 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.

Spade Foot Eggs — 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.

Spade Foot Mike Smith — 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 Classic Michael 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.

Big Turn-Out At Open House

Our Back To School Celebration Open House brought many to Pueblo to tour the campus.

Parents and students had an opportunity to talk to club sponsors and athletics coaches during the club & sports crawl. Then parents followed their child’s regular day schedule and visited all their classrooms to listen to teacher presentations. Teachers then discussed their course curriculum and requirements.

We thank everyone for their effort in making this a successful event. See you at our next Open House.

Pueblo Dirt Track Race Car

Pueblo High School Dirt Track Race Car took it to them in the shorten 15 lap feature at USA RaceWay this past weekend.

Driver, Trevor Hidalgo, drove one heck of a race. Pueblo started 6th in the first heat race of the night. The race car was a hand full as Trevor spun out on lap 2 of a 6 lap race finishing 7th out of 8 cars. Pueblo then had to race their way into the main event by going through the B main. They started 10th in a 14 car field where only 8 cars qualify for the A main.

Pueblo Dirt Track Race Car

Crew members had worked on the car before hand in hopes to improve the cars handling. On the first lap of the B main the number 13 car came down into the Pueblo car pushing them off the track. The car hit a tractor tire smashing the front end. Trevor stood on the gas and finished 4th in the B main qualifying Pueblo for the A main. The team went to work as they had to fix the car before the main event. They used everything from bailing wire, duck tape and bubble gum to put the race car back together. They started 18th in a 20 car field.

Trevor quickly made his way through traffic and as he avoided wrecks in front of him to finish 4th in the A main, Pueblo’s best finish ever in this car!

Trevor Hidalgo behind the wheel

Pueblo Dirt Track Racing’s next Pueblo Motor Sports event is August 28 at Southwestern International Speed Way, where Edwin Garcia will be racing for Pueblo’s first track Championship in 7 years. Edwin is in 2nd place in points. If he wins he will win the SIR track Championship. The team has also been invited to the 2009 Division 7 National Championships in Phoenix October 5-8 for the fist time since 2001.

The vary next day, Saturday, August 29 they will be racing the Dirt Track Car at USA RaceWay in hopes to improve their 4th place finish and crack the Top 3!