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Pueblo County High School is a public high school that is located in Pueblo, Colorado, United States.

History
Pueblo County became a high school in 1954. In 54 classes were held outside on the grass, in buses, Boiler room, and ditches. Having classes outside helped bring the class together and not so diverse. Back then there were only 89 students in the 1954 class. County had the normal core classes such as English, History, Science, and Math. PCHS offered welding, photography, home economics, and mechanics. Their schools were from 8-3 and after school the students went home and worked on their farms.

Notable alumni

 * Andrea Neu - Miss Colorado, Miss USA International
 * Casey Colletti - Rodeo
 * Jessica Hartman - Miss Colorado, Miss Missouri
 * Joe Pannuzio - DI Football Coach, NFL Front Office Staff
 * Josh Peek - Rodeo
 * KC Pigg - Miss Rodeo CO
 * Kory Sperry - NFL Player

School of Engineering and Biomedical Science
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The School of Engineering and Biomedical Science (SEBS) is a school inside of a school at County High. Enrolling in this program/organization will help you prepare for college. It is ran by 7 teachers; Mrs. Perry, Mr. Musso, Mrs. Musso, Mrs. Walter, Mrs. Bowker, Mrs. Long, and Mr. Froman. Currently there are 164 kids enrolled in the SEBS program from 9-12 grade. -Mrs. Perry teaches Biology, Chemistry, CADD 2 (Computer Aided Draft Design), Physics, Sports Medicine, POE (Principals of Engineering), and CPT (Certified Personal Trainer). -Mr. Musso teaches (Civil Engineering and Architecture) CEA, (Computer Aided Drafting and Design 2) CADD 2, (Engineering Design and Development) EDD, (Introduction to Engineering Design) IED. -Mrs. Musso teaches IED, TSA, POE, Digital Media, Video Broadcast Production, Science Technology Lab, Computer Science-A and Cyber Security. -Mrs. Walter teaches PBS (Principals of Biomedical Sciences), HPS (Honers Physical Science), and BI (Biomedical Interventions). -Mrs. Bowker teaches MI (Medical Interventions), ES (Environment Sustainability), HBS (Human Body System) and Honers Biology. -Mrs. Long teaches TSA (Technology Student Association), English 1, English 2, Honers English 1, Honers English 2, and Accelerated English 4. -Mr. Froman teaches AP Government, Economics/Government, US History, World History, and Computer Science Principals.

Career Technical Education Programs
Career Technical Education (CTE) Courses allow students to jump start their careers in academics and technical skills. Pueblo County High and SEBS are both packed with CTE Programs. The courses throughout County that are CTE certified are DECA, Agriculture, Future Farmers of America (FFA), Woodshop, and Computer Business Applications (CBA). Within SEBS, just about every majoring elective being CTE Certified.

Choir
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Currently directed by Mr. Nathan Borntrager, the Pueblo County High Choir is _.

Concert Band
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Currently directed by Mr. Nathan Borntrager, the Pueblo County High Concert Band is _.

Distributive Education Clubs of America
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Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) is an organization provided for both boys and girls. DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. Being a DECA member you learn how to communicate ideas and thoughts, how to organize a presentation and more about what businesses expect from employees, while gaining problem solving skills. It is a national career and technical student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education Division of ACTE. Mrs. Lewin the DECA administrator has been around for 9 years.

Drama
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Future Business Leaders of America
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Future Farmers of America
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Health Occupations Students of America
[PICTURE] Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) is a club for students wanting a future health profession. The students that compete in this competition pick a medical category to learn about and become greatly educated about, so they can compete and try to make it to the next round of the competition. HOSA is a very small club, but is a huge benefit to those who want to be a future health professional.

Jazz Band
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The Pueblo County High Jazz Band is _.

Knowledge Bowl
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Skills USA
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Speech & Debate
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Student Council
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Technology Student Association
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Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps
[PICTURE] The Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC) is an organization to help students become better citizens. The program is was created in

National Honor Society
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National Honers Society is ran by Mrs. Cheral Sherwood. NHS is a nations premier organization establishment to recognize outstanding high school students. It is more than just Honor Roll; NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character.

Stellar Explorers
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Baseball
[PICTURE] County's baseball team is only available to boys. Their practices are after school from 4-5(?). The coaches are Dan Ochs, Mr. Timmins, Edes, and Wigner. There Varsity team has accelerated this year. The boys Varsity team got a chance to play against Legacy Lightning at Coors Field in Denver. Pueblo County national rank has moved +615 and their state rank has moved +22. They have won 9 games out of 15 games so far.

Basketball
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Cross Country
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Cheer Leading
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Pueblo County also has a Cheerleading Team that has been around for generations. Both girls and boys are accepted onto the team. They recently placed 11th out of 38 teams in 3A cheerleading at the CHASSA State Spirit Champions held in 2016 in Denver, Co. There practices are on school weekdays for two hours including Fridays. The season starts at the beginning of the year and doesn't end until the end of the school year. Cheerleading is coached by Della Tafoya and her son Jordan Tafoya.

Dance
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Pueblo County has a dance team that is available to both girls and boys we are a 3A team. The season starts in the beginning of the school year which is in August and ends in May. Practices for dance team are from Monday-Thursday from 3:45-5pm. Sometimes Friday morning practices are needed before a competition. Usually the competitions are on Saturdays. The coach for dance team is Ursaline Paradiso. The team is very competitive and they placed 8th out of 24 teams at CHASSA State Spirit Champions in Denver, Co in their 2016-2017 year, 1st at Rumble in the Rockies Cheer and Dance Competition 2016 in Colorado Springs, and 2nd at Elitch Garden Theme Park 19th Annual Spirit Fest 2016 in Denver, Co Dance/ and Cheer Competition.

Football
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Golf
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Pueblo County has a golf team since about 1967(?) and is available to both boys and girls. The boys season starts during the beginning of the school year and ends in fall. The girls season starts in Spring and ends towards the end of the school year. Practices for both teams take place over two hours every week day, and competitions are held mostly on Fridays. The coaches for boys golf are Scott Egan and Zach Koshak and the girls coaches are Zach Koshak and Sam DeCarlo. Both teams are very competitive and place as one of the top schools in the city.The entire boys team qualified for State Competitions this past 2016-2017 season, while the girls team has showed great improvement so far this season.

Ice Hockey
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Pueblo County has a Ice Hockey Team that is only available to boys from 9-12 grade. The season starts in the winter and ends at the end of the year. The coaches for hockey are Lee Lajeunesse, Grant Hankins, and David Mattson. Their practices are held from Monday-Saturday after school. There games are usually held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm. PCH ice hockey team won Tuesdays neutral playoff game against Cheyenne Mountain by a score of 6-4, it was part of the 2017 CHSAA Ice Hockey Tournament- Ice Hockey State on 2/21/2017. PCH also won Thursday's home conference game against Mullen by a score of 9-4 on 2/16/2017. PCH won Tuesdays home non-conference game against Standley Lake by a score of 7-1 on 2/7/17.

Marching Band
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Soccer
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Softball
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Pueblo County's Softball team is available to only girls. Their season starts the first day of school and finishes out in fall. Practices are held for two hours every evening, Monday through Friday. Their are four coaches: Melissa Stecklein, Boysan Argueno, Gerald Gomez, and head coach Karen Macaluso. The girls are very competitive and had qualified for Regional Competition this past season, beating almost every school in the chapter.

Swimming
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Pueblo County's swim team is available for boys and girls. They have separate teams for each. Their practices are held after school and meets are all through out the week and some on weekends. Swim is a winter sport. The girls took home the state championship this 2017 school year in the 200yd Freestyle Relay which consisted of Amanda Blickensderfer, Anna Maurello, Julianna Krinsky, and Alexa Musso which took 1:41:06 to complete. Amanda B. also took home the state championship for the 100 yd Breaststroke in 2017 which she took 1:05:26 to complete. The coaches for both girls and boys swim are Dan Radiff. The PCHS girls swim team placed 5th of 30 at their conference meet in 2017 CHSAA 3A State Championship on February 10th, 2017. The PCH girls swim placed 1st of 7 at their conference meet against South Central League Meet on Febuary 4th, 2017.

Lacrosse
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Tennis
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Pueblo County's Tennis team is available to both girls and boys. The boys' season starts at the beginning of the school year and takes place through out the fall. The boys' team is usually very small and only have won one Regional Champions in 2012, with the coach Ken Osborne. The girls' tennis season begins in the spring and ends at the end of the year. The girls' tennis team is always a large group of girls, and every year County sends girls to State Competitions.

Track & Field
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Pueblo County Track and Field team is usually very large and ranges from all ages and grades. It is a sport that is available to both boys and girls. There are many events that are involved in track such as; 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m 1600m, 4x1 relay, 4x2 relay, 4x4 relay, high jump, long jump, triple jump, 100m hurdles, 200m hurdles, shot put, and discus. Track and Field coaches are Dan Radiff, Billy, and Katie Ryan. Track season usually begins in the spring and ends at the end of the year.

Volleyball
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County High School has a great volleyball program

Wrestling
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