Carlos Armendariz was officially appointed Principal of Pueblo High School by the TUSD Governing Board for the 2010-2011 school year. Carlos served as interim when Patricia Dienz was appointed Director Of High School in February of 2010. He’s been a part of Pueblo’s administrative team for the last 5 years.
In his own words:
“I am honored to have been appointed as Principal of Pueblo High School for the 2010-2011 school year. “
On behalf of the faculty and staff at Pueblo, we would like to congratulate the families and friends of the 320 graduates of the class of 2010. (Most since 2004).
Update: [Video Of Graduation Ceremony]
The Anatomy class finished their 2 week project of creating Rube Goldberg machines to demonstrate the anatomy of our eyes and ears.
The students had to build their contraptions using only recyclable materials. Here’s a video on what the 6 teams learned:
After they ran the machines the class celebrated with nachos. Thanks for inviting us to cover your project.
Dr. Lettes attended the Biotechnology Institute in Chicago over the weekend. He presented to 100 biotechnology teachers from the United States, and 100 science teachers from the Chicago area.
The title of his presentation was Biotechnology, A Mission In South Tucson. He was delighted to speak about our students who have enrolled in the Biotechnology Program.
Thanks for sharing the pictures of your trip Dr. Lettes.
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.
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.
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.
