We are very proud to announce that our very own Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School won the 2011 TAMMIES Award (Tucson Area Music) for the best Mariachi Group in the city.
This award is voted on by the Tucson community and was presented to the group at the 18th Annual Tucson Area Music Awards ceremony held on August 31 at the Rialto Theater.
Congratulations to all Mariachi Aztlán members for their hard work and dedication that resulted in them earning this award!
Three of our talented Pueblo Student Artists have been recognized and honored for their artistic excellence.
Christiane Valenzuela, Class of 2011, has been selected as a recipient for the prestigious and highly competitive Pima County Youth Scholarship Award 2011, for her portfolio submission in the Visual Art category. Christiane will attend the Annual Crystal Apple Award ceremony May 6 to receive her Pima County Youth Art Award for $1,200 based on the merit of her artistic excellence.
Nadia Ayon, Class of 2011, has been selected for the Award of Honor Scholarship to the college of her choice by the judges of the 2011 Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG) Art Scholarship Competition. Nadia will receive her $750 award at the Annual SAWG Art Scholarship Awards Reception and Ceremony.
Title of award winning ink drawing: Melding the Eye, Hand, and Heart
Jorge Ramirez, Class of 2013, exhibiting participant in the Joel D. Valdez Main Library High School Art Invitational was selected to receive the Best of Mixed/Other Media Award. Jorge was presented with a gift card to Barnes and Noble at the Artist reception held on April 16.
Title of award winning construction paper assemblage: Ilusión/Illusion
Cristiane & Nadia are enrolled in Mrs. Dolores Carrion’s AP Studio Art Drawing Class and Jorge is in Beginning Art.
Congratulations to all of them!
On Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15, seven Pueblo Biomedical (Biotechnology) students attended the HOSA Spring Leadership Conference at the Doubletree Hotel in Tucson.
The following students placed in the top 5 of their event:
Brian Bishop: 4th Medical Math
Tricia Hindley: 4th Biotechnology
Karla Placencio: 3rd Dental Terminology
Carlos Ramirez: 1st Epidemiology
Christina Verdugo: 4th Human Growth & Development
Other students that competed were: John Woods & Gabrielle Reid
This was a statewide competition and our Warriors did very well! Congratulations to all that participated.
Congratulations to the following Warriors on submitting winning projects to the Southern Arizona Region Science and Engineering Fair:
Karla Placencio & Christian Vasquez– Research on the Comparison of the Antibiotic Properties of Creosote and Related Species
Tricia Hindley- Worked with a student from CDO at a neuroscience lab at the University of Arizona. Their research was on the Effects of Backward Movement on Spatial Memory Networks in the Hippocampus.
The Pueblo results were as follows:
3rd Place – High School Plant Sciences
Christian Vasquez, Karla Placencio – Comparison of the Antibiotic Properties of the Creosote Bush and Related Species
Teacher – Andrew Lettes
Pueblo High Magnet School
Tricia Hindley: The Effects Of Backward Movement On Spatial Memory Networks In The Hippocampus, United States Army 2nd Place – Certificate + Pack
The list of award winners can be found at http://www.sarsef.org/winner2011.asp.
Carlos Ramirez, Class of 2011, has been selected as on of 250 finalists in the 2010-2011 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. This is an outstanding accomplishment, considering nearly 71,000 applicants and more than 2,100 semi-finalists participated in the program.
Carlos has been invited to attend Scholars Weekend April 14-17, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. He has the opportunity to be choosen as a:
National Scholar
50 Finalists will receive awards of $5,000 per year for four years of post-secondary study for a total award of $20,000.
Regional Scholar
200 Finalists will receive awards of $2,500 per year for four years of post-secondary study for a total award of $10,000.
Each finalist will be interviewed individually during a 20-minute period by a group of three National Selection Committee members. Following the completion of all interviews, the Selection Committee will determine the recipients of the two levels of awards. Finalists will be notified of their status by mail.
Congratulations to Carlos on being a finalists for this distinguished award. What a way to represent Pueblo!
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.
