The unique sound of a steel band playing “Pomp and Circumstance” heralded the beginning of the PUHS graduation ceremony on Friday evening, May 22, at the school gymnasium. Family, friends, and well wishers filled the seats, and as the senior class made their entrance, their faces radiated with excitement and pride. The eight boys and […]
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PUHS Grads Receive 337k in Scholarships and Awards
An Outpouring of Scholarships and Awards For PUHS Class of 2015 The Patagonia Union High School Class of 2015 received an amazing number of scholarships and awards, both from local organizations and outside institutions. Among the local organizations giving awards were: Patagonia Community Garden and Borderlands jointly gave Verena Miller $500Elgin Community Club gave Carlos […]
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Lobos News – April 2015
Spotlight on Seniors Lobos News continues its tribute to our graduating class with six more profiles… Greg Zapata By Sabrina Mendoza In May, Gregory Isaac Zapata will be leaving high school and entering the real world. He is more than excited. He hopes to be part of Pima Community College’s football team, but he will […]
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How Much Is Too Much? Superintendents Blake and Bonn Talk About Homework
Elgin School District Superintendent Christopher Bonn Asian students spend 3.5 more hours on average doing homework per week than students in the U.S. Oak Knoll Elementary School in Menlo Park, California, is considering eliminating homework altogether. Duke University reviewed numerous studies and found almost no correlation between homework and long-term achievement in elementary school and […]
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Lobos News – March 2015
Contributed by Patagonia High School Journalism Class Spotlight on Seniors Jorge Martinez Moving to the Next Chapter By Christopher Quiroga Seventeen-year -old senior Jorge, “Jorgie” Martinez, is moving on to the next chapter of his life. The five-year-old basketball player is no longer a little kid. He is a young man that awaits the new […]
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Student News – Feb. 2015
By Exelee Budd and Juliana Quiroga Students Go Head to Head at the Annual Spelling Bee Every year, the Patagonia Middle School and Elementary School has a Spelling Bee for grades 1-8, and on Wednesday, January 7, the kids finally went head to head in the big competition. With excitement in the air, the time […]
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Lobos News – Jan. 2015
Contributed by Patagonia High School Journalism Class High Expectations By Chris Quiroga Every year, The Gregory and Greenfields schools host the Boyd Baker basketball tournament for many teams from Southern Arizona. Our Patagonia Lobos boys’ and girls’ teams take part in this tournament. It takes place before the regular season starts for most teams who […]
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Lobos News – Dec. 2014
Contributed by the Patagonia High School Journalism Class Different Angles of the NBA By Alexis Montañez At the high school everyone everyone has an opinion on how the NBA season will go and why they’re so excited for the start up. Here’s a sampling of comments. Freshman, Chris Miranda, commented, with no hesitation whatsoever, that […]
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PRT Teams With PUHS Journalism Class
You may have already noticed a new addition to Patagonia Regional Times—Lobos News—which first appeared in our previous issue. The journalism class at PUHS, taught by Journee Hayes, is going to contribute student articles each month, in a special section that will replace the monthly PUHS newsletter mail-out. The arrangement will give the class a […]
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PUHS Students Dig In to Improve Water Retention on Campus
Borderlands Earth Care Youth Institute Interns work on the pollinator garden they are creating at PUHS. Keeping landscape lush in the high desert is a perennial challenge. Some areas demand irrigation, while others can be sustained by other means. The Patagonia Union High School is trying to find ways to cut back on irrigation, and […]