Make A Wish Kick Off Assembly

​By Colt Antle

On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Pueblo County High School held its annual Make A Wish kick-off assembly to announce the start of Make A Wish week. 
DECA Sponsor Ms. Sandusky and DECA students are starting Make A Wish by informing and reminding everyone about why we participate in Make A Wish. 
This year, PCHS’ “Make A Wish Kid” is 14-year-old Jesus with a nervous system disorder. The school halls were decorated with Jesus’s favorite hobbies, cartoon characters, football team, and favorite wrestler. Jesus’ wish is to meet famous WWE wrestler John Cena. 

Also, two fathers, Karl Streyle and Carlin Pino, previous recipients of Make A Wish Kids grants, came up to speak to everyone about the power of a wish and how their kids’, Kinsley Streyle and Poppy Pino, wish being granted has impacted them. 

At the end of the assembly, all the events featured for the week were announced, with the DECA duck hunt, teacher Cheeto's Beard, guess the amount of candy in the jar, and the Texas Roadhouse event being the ones to start on Wednesday. 

For Jesus to get his wish granted, PCHS needs to raise $250,000. There are ways to donate online as well as in person. 

There are posters around the school with QR codes where people can donate and posters advertising all the fundraising events and opportunities on the horizon. Come on, Hornets, we can do this. As Mr. Dilka, the principal, stated, “Hornets grant wishes.”