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.
A raccoon was spotted in the Rose Garden next to the auditorium at Pueblo today. Many Warriors were curious to see the black, white and grey creature nap in the trees. Students used their mobile phones to snap pictures of our furry friend.
Pueblo Raccoon in the orange trees
Pest Control was called to capture the raccoon and release it in his natural habitat. After several attempts to trap him, the raccoon clawed his way up a 50 foot palm tree were he is napping peacefully.
Raccoon clawing his way up the 50 foot palm tree
The pest control specialist said the raccoon would climb down on his own during the still of the night and head back where he came from.
Here’s a short video of a failed attempt to trap the raccoon and him running into another tree:
In case you haven’t noticed, our 12th Avenue entrance has changed drastically over the summer. The entryway construction has been completed and traffic is flowing nicely into Pueblo.
The other part of the project is underway with the construction of the new archway already in place.
The planned construction of the new entryway and marquee on 12th Avenue has started. Construction crews broke ground on June 23rd with removal of fencing and asphalt. We are very excited for the new look on 12th Avenue.
