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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nFor the past month, Mr. Mike Carpenter has been Pueblo\u2019s newest campus monitor, replacing Ms. Vickie Bellay who retired at the end of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If he looks familiar to some students, he should\u2014as Carpenter has been coaching Pueblo\u2019s junior varsity football team for the past three years, although he boasts 29 years of football and baseball coaching experience. He can also boast about his JV football Warriors experiencing a very successful (6-2) season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been building relationships with students for a long time as a coach,\u201d Carpenter said, \u201cso my approach to being a security monitor is the same\u2014we\u2019re all like one, big team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that interacts with students to guide them to create a safer place. By focusing on an inclusive environment, Carpenter said that he can easily connect with students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to blow my whistle in students\u2019 faces,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to interact negatively with students, and I\u2019ve found that using words works better to motivate them to get to class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carpenter said that he uses the skills he learned during his 24-year military career to become a better coach and now a monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was a Resource Protection Officer in the military as well as a security police officer for the Arizona National Guard\u2014and this has made me alert and observant,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m here [at Pueblo] to protect people and to keep everybody safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added, \u201cMy favorite part of being a monitor at Pueblo is being able to interact with students. I can easily make their days better with a simple, \u2018Hey, how are you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although Carpenter did not graduate from PHS, he has family connections to Pueblo. His father graduated from PHS in 1969, and his wife was a Class of 1998 Warrior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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