![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Assistant-Principal-Pueblo-High-School-Kathryn-Gunnels.jpg\")
<\/a>New this school year to the administrative family at Pueblo High School is former English teacher Ms. Kathryn Gunnels, who officially begins as assistant principal with a long list of responsibilities, including the planning of meetings for teachers (Professional Learning Communities), supervising advanced learning opportunities, finalizing the master schedule and organizing student-testing events.<\/p>\nShe also communicates to staff via a weekly update on teachers\u2019 computer work stations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the hardest job I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d Gunnels said, \u201cbut I also love it\u2014not only to help students but also to support Pueblo\u2019s great teaching staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gunnels, who taught English for 10 years at Pueblo (in two separate time periods), actually fulfilled her student-teaching assignment under the supervision of Mr. Manny Galvan, who retired a few years ago (but occasionally substitute-teaches) and Ms. Marci Bowman, who also retired from teaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew then [while student-teaching] that Pueblo was a special place,\u201d Gunnels said. \u201cI may have left Pueblo for a few years [to pursue other positions], but I\u2019m definitely back, and it feels like a second home.\u201d<\/p>\n
She revealed that education was not her first career choice. Gunnels said that she majored in business, but after mentoring at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind, she was inspired to become an educator.<\/p>\n
And, as far as being the fourth employee with the surname \u201cGunnels\u201d to be employed at Pueblo High School, Assistant Principal Gunnels said, \u201cWe have a rule at our house at the dinner table. My husband, two sons and I are not allowed to talk about school.\u201d<\/p>\n
Husband Mr. Michael Gunnels is a communications media tech teacher; son Jeren is a transition school-to-work instructional specialist; and other son, Derek, is an exceptional education teacher.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here [as an assistant principal] especially for our students,\u201d Gunnels said. \u201cI want students to know that when they make mistakes or face monumental obstacles, it\u2019s not the end of the world. I want to help them realize that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I want to help them find solutions to their problems.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cI want our students at Pueblo to know that they can do anything with their lives\u2014they have the potential to achieve greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Adamaris Castillo New this school year to the administrative family at Pueblo High School is former English teacher Ms. Kathryn Gunnels, who officially begins as assistant principal with a long list of responsibilities, including the planning of meetings for teachers (Professional Learning Communities), supervising advanced learning opportunities, finalizing the master schedule and organizing student-testing … Continue reading \u2026And Assistant Principal Gunnels Makes Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,256,208,286],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pA2u4-Me","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2992,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions\/2992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}