Academics – Page 29 – Pueblo High School

Maria Wakefield Fish

Many of our students come from Wakefield Middle School as one of our feeder schools. Do you know why it was named Wakefield?

The Arizona Historical Society hosted a graveyard tour this Saturday where historical figures were reenacted. One of the featured graves was that of Maria Wakefield Fish.

Maria Wakefield Fish Grave — Reenactment of Maria Wakefield Fish next to her grave

According to the AzHS:

Maria Wakefield Fish was the first professionally trained public school teacher in Arizona and Wakefield Middle School in Tucson is named for her.

Now you know. Did you go to Wakefield Middle School? Share your comments below.

(Via Travis Klein)

Harvard Undergraduate Student Visits Pueblo

Greta Solinap visited Pueblo today and encouraged our Warriors to explore the possibility of attending Harvard. Greta attended Nogales High School and graduated with a 5.0 GPA.

Greta is currently a Freshman at Harvard College with a concentration on Neurobiology. She is the coordinator of the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program Mexican American Division.

About 70 students accepted the invitation to attend this informative presentation and asked many questions.

Students Listen To Harvard Presentation — Students listen to Harvard presentation

We want to thank Greta for her visit and the motivation she gave our students to reach higher learning.

Greta Solinap 2 — Bill Gates & Matt Damon attended Harvard, sort of.

Greta shared that she likes to sing as part of the Harvard Radcliffe Veritones, you can see her talent here and here.

Borderlands Collaboration Play

Borderlands Theater produced a play using the voices of youth throughout Tucson and a number of our Pueblo Students participated in workshops to contribute to this theater piece.

Pueblo was the first to preview the play and about 6 classes attended. After the conclusion of the play, the actors conducted a Q & A with the students. The actors stressed to everyone with an interest in theater to get involved with some Tucson Theater Groups.

Borderlands Collaboration Play Actors — Actors answer student questions

This collaboration was made possible by Borderlands Education Outreach Program which serves both youth and the general audience with special matinee performances, audience talkbacks, study guides and other activities.

Here’s a preview video we filmed.

Black History Month Assembly 2010

The AACC presented their annual Black History Month Assembly today in the auditorium. With this assembly the club promotes Black history and culture by organizing performances & readings.

The assembly featured:

Reading of Poems
Famous Speeches
Warrior Marching Band
Tucson High Step Team
AACC Dance Group
Rapper Breadman P

Thank you to Tucson High Step Group for coming:

See you next year!

Student Council Attends Convention

Our Student Council attended the Arizona Association of Student Councils Convention in Phoenix at North High School this past weekend. Students participated in workshops and listened to motivational speakers.

Pictured are back row from left to right: Alvaro Oquita, Jesse Garcia, Travis Klein, Gabe Garcia, Elaine Acuna, Bottom row: Ann Abbott-Gee, Vanessa Lopez, Katrina Anaya, Isabel Morales.

Culinary Arts Program

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.

Culinary Students — 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.

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