2010-2011 Awards and Recognition

FCAT Perfect Score Report

PTA Reflections Program

Congratulations to the Seminole County PTA Reflections Program winners and

honorable mentions from HHS for this year’s theme “Together We Can…”

Abagail Lacaillade – Senior Division, Dance Choreography, Winner

Kae Lorentz – Senior Division, Literature, Winner Justin Hughes – Senior Division, Visual Arts, Honorable Mention

Bridget Hanratty- Senior Division, Photography, Honorable Mention

An additional round of applause goes out to Abagail Lacaillade who is also a Florida PTA Award of Merit Winner who is advancing to the National Level of Competition!

We are so proud to have her represent HHS nationally!

The PTA Reflections Program theme for 2011-2012 is “Diversity Means…” We

are looking forward to another award winning year and to all the wonderful interpretations of this theme using Visual Arts, Film Production, Dance Choreography,

Musical Composition, Photography, and Literature. The talented students at HHS have so much to offer to this amazing cultural arts program! Watch or more information next

fall!

Congratulation to the Hagerty Debate team who competed for the first time at the

Florida Forensics League State Novice Tournament this weekend at Timber Creek High School.

Overall, eight students competed in various speech and debate events, and select junior

and senior members of the team were given the opportunity to judge at the tournament as well.

Chris Reilly was awarded for making it to finals to compete in super congress. Daniella Hankey double entered at the tournament competing in Dramatic

Interpretation and made it to the Semi Final round of Oral Interpretation of Literature.

Snigdha Ila placed 6th overall in Declamation. Snigdha will compete at Nationals in

Washington, D.C. later this month. RJ McGregor and Keanu Richardson made it through all preliminary rounds of

Public Forum Debate and made it to the quarter final round. Congratulations to all of our first year competitors! We are proud of all you have

accomplished this year.

Congratulations…to Hagerty High School’s

newest members of the National Technical Honor Society

Career Education students who have completed

three or four years within the same Career Education course of study, and who haven maintained a 3.0

overall GPA with a 3.5 GPA within their course of study were invited to become members.

In addition, many of these students recently completed Career Pathways testing, allowing them

the opportunity to receive college credit for select courses within their area of study at Seminole State

College. Congratulations to: Graciana Berlin, Abigail Jameson, Shante Middleton, Monica Pappalardo,

Deena Sayyed, Nicole Hockman, Shannon Rashid, Tahyler Greenwald, Aracelis Bellorin, Sarah Bittman, Erica Garcia, Kimberly Halpin, Melissa Hughes, Rianne Lyew, Morgan

Samuelson, and Ashlyn Szymanski from the Early Childhood Education program, Caitlyn Daugherty, Katherine Heriot, Andrea LaRocca, Kaitlyn Provenzano, Dakota Skipper, and

Sara Watkins from the Interior Design program, and Michael Bush, Lindsey Culbreth, Sydney Gabel, Brandon Hart, Andrew Myerson, John Reyenga, and Gian Tucciarone from

the TV/Video Production program.

Congratulations to our students and staff for their outstanding work in preparing for the FCAT Writes assessment.

Our students once again performed at a very high level. Eighty-eight percent of our

tested 10th grade students scored a 4.0 or above. This places Hagerty tied for the top spot in the District in this category. We met our goal to increase the number of students

who obtained a perfect score of 6.0 on the FCAT Writes resulting in the second highest increase in the number of students scoring a 6 in the District. This ranks Hagerty in

second place in the District for the number of students scoring a 6 on the FCAT Writes exam.

The District Writing Plan mandates that all students taking the FCAT Writes exam receive a major grade in their English class that reflects the student’s score on the FCAT Writes

assessment. During the week of May 9th, English 2 teachers will be informing students of their scores and the grades earned as a result of the score. All students should be

informed of their score by Friday, May 13th.

FCAT Writes score reports for parent distribution have not yet been received. Once these score reports become available, we will distribute them.

Again congratulations to our students and staff for all their hard work.

HHS Wins 1st Place in SECME

Hagerty High School, Team Huskies, (Allegra Kaufmann, Savannah Merckel, and Andrew

Hamilla) won 1st place in the SECME National Engineering Design: Water Bottle Rocket/High School Division. Hagerty's SECME Sponsor is Mr. Matthew Myrick.

Congratulations to the newspaper staff!

The Blue Print staff traveled to the FSPA state convention with 1100 other journalism students in Orlando this past weekend. They received recognition as an All-Florida

newspaper, FSPA's highest distinction, as well as a Best of Show award, naming them the 5th place newspaper at the convention. Members competed individually as well, with

Sammy Salinas earning fourth place in Advertising, Sean Donovan earning fourth place in

Sports Column Writing, and Sabrina Chehab earning the top spot, a first place award, in Illustration.

Hagerty Wind Ensemble Receives Superior Rating at FBA State Concert MPA

I would like to congratulate the Hagerty Wind Ensemble for being Superior rated at the 2011 FBA State Concert MPA. The Wind Ensemble received Superior, Superior, Excellent,

for an overall Superior rating. This was the first time a Hagerty concert ensemble has participated in a State level festival and to receive an overall Superior rating is

phenomenal. We are so proud of these student's accomplishments this year. This festival has capped off a year where the Hagerty Band Program had a Jazz, Concert and Percussion

Ensemble receive an overall Superior rating at the highest music performance assessment in the State of Florida. Congrats to the Hagerty Band Students!

Bon Appétit Team Takes 1st Place

The Bon Appétit Culinary Team of Hagerty High School recently took 1st place in the annual Altamonte Springs Chapel Shrimp Cook-Off with their original recipe "Shrimp

Confetti Oushi-Zushi". Team members Dawnyelle Jenkins, Nathan Chancellor and Christoper Bracci competed against culinary teams from both Seminole and Orange

counties to prepare "the best shrimp recipe". Their entry showed outstanding plate presentation, with exceptional culinary technique and taste. This is the second consecutive

year the Bon Appétit team has been selected as 1st place winners.

Jazz Ensembles have successful performances at Lakeside Jazz Festival

On Saturday April 16th, Hagerty High School’s Jazz Ensemble I & II performed at the 14th

annual Lakeside Jazz Festival, in Port Orange, FL. Lakeside is the largest Jazz Festival in the State with over 70 Middle School, High School, and Collegiate Jazz Ensembles

performing over two days. After two impressive performances, both groups received Straight Superior ratings from all three judges giving them the distinct honor of being the

the only high school to receive this rating for both groups. In addition, the JE1’s saxophone section receive the “Most Outstanding High School Saxophone Section” award.

Also recognized for their improvised solos were Brittany Zembower (JE1) and Ryan

Morrison (JE2).

Please come support the Jazz Ensembles, along with the Concert Bands, Winter Guards, and Percussion Ensembles, at our Spring Concert Series on May 4th-5th at the Hagerty

High School Auditorium.

Congratulations to Caitlin Waller who is one of 10 finalists worldwide and to Tori Kirkland who is one of 12 Honorable Mentions worldwide in the Florida Studio Theater's Playwriting Contest.

The Florida Studio Theater in Sarasota received over 4000 playwriting entries from

across the United States, Russia, Canada and Scotland. Each of these ladies have been

invited to go to Sarasota in May to have their plays professionally performed. Both Caitlin and Tori are Theater 1 students who wrote plays and submitted them as a part of

the Theater curriculum. Congratulations ladies!

AP® Scholar Awards

The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’

performance on AP Exams.

One hundred fifty-five students at Hagerty High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams.

Click here for more details.

Hagerty Percussion Ensemble performs

at Florida Day of Percussion This past Saturday, the Hagerty Percussion Ensemble 1 performed at the PAS Florida Day

of Percussion, which was held at the University of Central Florida. The PAS Florida Day of Percussion features some of the top percussion clinicians in the world, plus performances

from great ensembles in the State of Florida. The Hagerty Percussion Ensemble 1 was honored to be one of the few high school ensembles invited to participate on a concert

series with all of the major university percussion groups. The Hagerty Percussion Ensemble

impressed all of the college professors and entertained the audience with a wonderful

performance. Congrats to the Hagerty Percussion Ensemble 1!

76 members of the Hagerty High School chapter of the National Beta Club participated in

the Oviedo Relay for Life this past weekend, selling bottled water and Gatorade to help benefit the American Cancer Society. Beta Club's efforts helped raise $860.00! Go Beta!

Jazz Ensemble 1 & Percussion Ensemble 1 Receive Superior Ratings at State Contest

This past weekend the Jazz Ensemble 1 and Percussion Ensemble 1 traveled to Miami, FL to perform at the FBA State Music Performance Assessment Festival. This was

Hagerty High School's first State Level Performance in our 6 year history. The students represented their school and community with class and professionalism. Both

ensembles performed extremely well earning them the highest rating of Superior. This rating gives the Jazz Ensemble the unique honor of being only the second Seminole

County High School Jazz Ensemble to attend state and earn a superior rating - the first

to earn this rating on their first State appearance!

Winterguards Earn High Honors at State Circuit Championships

On Saturday and Sunday, both our winter guards participated in the State Circuit

Championships held in Flagler County. Our B Guard (JV) had their best performance of the season and earned 6th place in their class - placing higher than many other varsity

groups!! The A Guard (Varsity) also had their best performance of the season and were one of the crowd's favorites. This performance earned them the 2011 Scholastic A Class

Bronze medal - the highest class placement for Hagerty in the National A Class division. Please join us in congratulating Ms. Williams, the staff and all winterguard

members. Great Job!!!

The Hagerty Band Program Makes History

This past week, the Hagerty Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band participated in the FBA

District 6 Concert MPA at University High School in Orange City, Florida. For the first time in school history, both bands received straight superior ratings. The Hagerty Band

Program was one of only two schools to receive straight superior ratings in Seminole and Volusia county, Lake Brantley being the other. This is an incredible accomplishment and

the growth of both bands has been amazing. Congratulations to all of the Hagerty Band students!

Congratulations to Justin Hughes

who represented Hagerty yesterday in the Central Florida Shakespeare competition.

Justin competed against students from Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties and won

first place. He took home a $1000 check and will have an all expense paid trip to New York in May to represent Hagerty and Central Florida at the National Shakespeare

competition.

Yearbook recognized:

The 2010 Fusion was named a National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker finalist, a

first for the yearbook staff at Hagerty High School.

Only 51 books nationwide, two in Florida, received the distinction, given for "unique and school year-specific themes, sophisticated and consistent design, thought-provoking and

well-researched copy, balanced and thorough coverage, beautiful photography and

effective reader services." Pacemaker winners will be announced in April at the national convention.

Good luck and congratulations to the yearbook staff! (and if you haven't bought a 2011

yearbook yet, you still can at www.yearbookforever.com)

Congratulations go to Samantha Somers for placing 3rd in the Seminole County Science Fair for her experiments on the effect of block scheduling on attention

processes. Lauren Herny also received an Honorable Mention for her work on how the use of Facebook negatively impacts young adult/adolescents ability to communicate. Their

work is on display in the media center.

Tina Gervais honored for her years of dedication to Hagerty High School!

HHS Wrestling Update!

Richard Perry became Hagerty Wrestling's first ever multiple state placer by placing 3rd this past weekend at the 3A State Wrestling Tournament. Richard went 4-1 in the

tournament and ended the year with a 46-6 record. He finishes his high school career with a 103-25 record, joining Joe Wagstaff in the 100+ Career Wins Club. With a record

setting 8 Finals Appearances, Richard became the program's 2nd Conference Champion, 4th District Champion and first ever Regional Champion in addition to becoming a 2X State

Placer (5th in 2010; 3rd in 2011). The wrestling team finished 27th out of 137 schools.

Hagerty Band Program Shines at FBA District Festivals

This past Thursday, February 10th, the Hagerty Jazz Ensemble I and Jazz Ensemble II

performed for evaluation at the FBA District 6 Jazz Music Performance Assessment. For the second consecutive year, the Hagerty Jazz Ensemble I received Straight Superior

ratings. In its' first evaluation, the Hagerty Jazz Ensemble II performed wonderfully and

received straight excellent ratings. With their Superior rating, the Hagerty Jazz Ensemble I has qualified to perform in the State Jazz MPA in early April in Miami.

Over Friday and Saturday, February 11 and 12, Hagerty Band Students participated in

the FBA District 6 Solo and Ensemble Festival. 66 Hagerty students were rated Superior by their adjudicator. Hagerty's two Percussion Ensembles were rated Superior for the

first time in school history. 44 students have qualified to participate in the State Solo and Ensemble Festival in late March at Freedom High School.

Congratulations to all of the students who participated!

Avalanche was a guest "reader" at Evans Elementary last night for their Read-a-Rama.

Also with Avalanche was the Mayor of Oviedo, the OHS Lion, Chick-Fil-A Cow, the Chef

from Marco's Pizza and Lt. Lynch from the Oviedo Police Department.

The 2011 edition of the Husky Trot 5K showcased over 500 entrants in the 6th annual community run held last Saturday.

With outstanding weather, Peter Licari and Bryce Seymour established new course records

enroute to overall victories in times of 15:59 and 18:34 respectively. Both times stood at the top of the student divisions of the race as well. In the adult divisions, Kelley Getty

and Sean Mendes, a 2010 HHS graduate, earned the top awards with times of 22:02 and

16:23. The annual race helps raise funds for the HHS Athletic Booster Club and the HHS

Athletic Department. A special thanks to all who participated in this year's event. For a complete listing of the top ten in each division, please click here.

Hagerty's Math Team Does It Again!

Hagerty had an outstanding showing at their second regional competition of the year, held at Oviedo High School. Each team had great results with Calculus coming in 6th place,

Statistics and Algebra 2 in 5th place, and Precalculus in 1st place, out of over 40 teams from Central Florida. Many of the the mathletes achieved their highest individual

scores. Congratulations to Adam Berlinski - 18th place (Algebra 2), Shannon Rashid - 10th place (Statistics), Andrew Gisel - 20th place (Calculus), Alyssa Latrobe - 9th place

(Precalculus), Dean Edun - 10th place (Precalculus) and Eric Anschuetz - 1st place (Precalculus). We are excited about our statewide competition being held on Saturday

2/26 at Seminole High School. Congratulations to all the math huskies!

HHS Wrestling Team in Top Ten!

The wrestling team finished in the top 10 at the Class 3A Region 1 tournament for the 2nd

year in a row, placing 8th out of 35 teams, just 1/2 a point outside of the top 5. Richard Perry became the wrestling program's first ever Regional Champion with an 8-2 decision

over Trent McDade from Lyman. Joining Richard at the State Tournament this year will

be Chris Green, who placed 3rd with a pin over Tony Butera (West Orange) in 2:13.

Richard and Chris are now among the top 16 wrestlers in their weight class in the entire state of Florida. They will head to the Lakeland Civic Center this weekend as the wrestling

team participates in the State Finals for the 4th consecutive year.

Congratulations to the Hagerty High School Academic Team for winning the 2011 Seminole County Commissioners' challenge. This is the first academic team

championship in Hagerty High School history.

Branden Oliver and Paul Jaskowski were chosen for the county all star team and will compete in the state competition at Walt Disney World in April. Also scoring for Hagerty

were Anthony Weishampel, Brent Minnis, and Patrick McCormack.

Congratulations on a great season!

Unleashed Dance Team Varsity Squad Nationally Ranked!

This past weekend the Varsity Squad competed at the National Dance Team Competition at Walt Disney World. The ladies competed in both the large varsity jazz category as well

as the high kick category. With 36 teams from all over the country the ladies scored high enough in the semi final round in the jazz category to move on to the finals. This is a first

in Hagerty High School history. The ladies competed again Sunday evening where they ended up placing 14th out of 36 teams. This is a huge accomplishment for the dance team

since they have only competed at this level for 3 years. Congratulations ladies! The entire dance team will compete one last time on March 5 at Seminole High School.

Congratulations to the Hagerty Debate Team who competed at Buchholz High School in the Florida Forensic League Qualifiers. The following students received trophies for their

outstanding performance. Jim Daniel- Student Congress

Jake Teixeira- Dramatic Interpretation

Taylor Scimeca and RJ McGregor - Public Forum Sara Gomez and Vanessa Margraf - Public Forum

Nick Maier - Lincoln Douglass The Hagerty High School Debate Team will be traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts on

Feb. 18 to compete for the second time in the 37th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament.

Hagerty High School Jefferson Awards

Hagerty High School proudly implements the Jefferson Award program here on our

campus. The Jefferson Award program recognizes students across the nation for their outstanding achievements in service, leadership, and ethics.

Today, their primary purpose is to serve as a "Call to Action for Volunteers" in local

communities. Final winners are selected by various club and organization sponsors on the Hagerty campus, who each nominate a student who has done an exceptional job in the

area of community service.

The third quarter finalists of the 2010-2011 school year are the following: Coren Duren,

Dakota Skipper, and Kadieann Tighe.

Congratulations Huskies, keep up the good work!

The wrestling team placed 4th at the District Tournament this past Saturday, putting a program best 4 wrestlers in the Championship Finals while advancing 6 wrestlers

overall to next week's Regional Tournament.

Top row (l-r): Jake Rasberry (2nd), Ryan Palmer (4th), Chris Green (1st) Bottom row (l-

r): Richard Perry (1st), Alex Wiggins (2nd), J.J. Lopez (3rd)

Congratulations to the students who participated in the Seminole County World

Languages Competition Saturday, January 29th. Click here to for full story

Hagerty High School Top Ten Seniors 2011

Jordan Burns

Kirsten Burns

Kristin Elias

Chelsea Liles

Vanessa Markgraf

Salutatorian

Cody McMahon

Branden Oliver

Valedictorian

Shannon Rashid

Tara Scott

Anthony Weishampel

Congratulations to the Hagerty Debate Team who competed at Timber Creek in

Avalon Park on January 22. The following students received trophies for their outstanding performance.

Will Henken and Paul Jaskowski-1st Place Varsity Public Forum

Jake Teixeira and Joanna Puccio-Ball -2nd Place Duo Interpretation

Jim Daniel -2nd Place Student Congress

The Hagerty High School Debate Team will be traveling to Buchholz High School on Feb. 5 to compete in their first Florida Forensics League Regional Qualifier. The team will also

be traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts on Feb. 18 to compete for the second time in the 37th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament.

Congratulations to the students who participated in the

Seminole County World Languages Competition Saturday, January 29th.

All who participated were scored “Good, Excellent or Superior” ratings and were awarded

trophies and ribbons. We would like to especially recognize the following American Sign Language, French and Spanish students who participated.

Competing in American

Sign Language: Ariel Belisle

Kiberley Halpin Kalie Makowski

Amanda Chaves Morgan Breunle

Vanessa Schuchart Michael Corley

Jenna Fahnestock

Victoria Scott

Competing in French:

Ashley Matos Colon Dawnyelle Jenkins

Maria Barroso Michelle Laborde

Katrina Matias

Competing in Spanish

Colby Arrigo Jordan Beach

Emily Cornelius Anna Diatzikis

Christian LeCreux Briana Polanco

Alexis Rossow Ryan Zarbo

Congratulations to Estrogenius, Hagerty's All-Girl Robotics team!

Estrogenius competed this past Saturday in the USF Polytech FTC Robotic competition in Lakeland. Team mates Christine Stock, Claire Parsons, Samantha Collin, Aubrey Coffey,

Courtney Mang and Andrea Colon overcame many problems in their first competition to earn a 10th place finish. The girls took home the award for Most Spirited Team which

earned them a slot to compete in the Florida State FTC Robotic Finals to be held at Embry Riddle on February 12th.

Congratulations to Hagerty High School's Math team for their 5th place overall finish out of over 40 teams in this weekend's Mu Alpha Theta Central Florida Regional

competition held at Vero Beach High School.

We are very proud of all of our competitors.

Congratulations to Jordan Burns and Dean Edun for placing in the top 15 in their divisions, as well as the Statistics and Precalculus teams placing in the top 5.

We are also very proud of Eric Anschuetz for placing first in the Precalculus division and

beating out Seminole for the first time in the history of Hagerty High! We are looking forward to a very successful season with our next competition at Oviedo High School on

February 12th.

Hagerty High School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll Announced

Congratulations to all 1236 Hagerty High School students who qualified for one of our three Honor Rolls!

This academic achievement is a testament to their individual hard work, parental support, and teacher instruction. We are proud of each student who made the honor roll. They

represent our school and community in the most positive way and set the standard of excellence that we have come to expect from our students. Honor Roll certificates will be

handed out Friday.

Silver Honor Roll (GPA 3.0- 3.59................. 493

Black Honor Roll (GPA 3.6-3.99)................. 347 Blue Honor Roll (GPA 4.0+)...................... 396

Wrestling Team Update

Senior Kaitlan Aries finished her wrestling career by placing 5th at the Girl's State

Tournament this past Saturday. Kaitlan's achievement makes her the program's 3rd consecutive state placer as she joins past Hagerty alums Rachel Martin (State runner-up)

and Chelsy Richardson (3rd).

The varsity wrestling team finished in 3rd place at the Seminole Athletic Conference wrestling tournament this past Saturday. Richard Perry (160 lb.) became the program's

2nd Conference Champion, going 3-0 on the day with 3 pins. Richard's record for the season is now 35-5. Chris Green (112) was conference runner-up, while Alex Wiggins

(119), Thomas Hale (130), Jake Rasberry (145), J.J. Lopez (152), and Ryan Palmer (189) all earned 3rd place medals. The team's 7 place-winners were a program best.

The J.V. team had 5 individual placers at the SAC Tournament as well: Allen Martin (2nd place; 103 lb.), Sebastian Midtvaage (2nd place; 112 lb.), Anthony Camarato (2nd place;

119 lb.), Ryan Jackson (4th place; 130 lb.), Leo Ayala (3rd place; 135 lb.) and Jack Schwartz (4th place 145 lb.)

The Huskies travel to Gateway High School (Kissimmee) this Wednesday and looks to

complete their 2nd consecutive winning season.

Congratulations to Unleashed! The Unleashed Dance Team attended the UDA Florida Regionals this past Saturday at

Seminole High School and brought home many wins! The JV Squad brought home a 3rd

place for their kick routine as well as a 2nd place for their jazz routine along with a choreography award for that routine. The Varsity Squad also brought home a 3rd place

for their kick routine but placed 1st for their jazz routine over both Oviedo and Seminole High School. Sophomore Ashley Sherman placed 5th for her solo and Junior Madison

Daniel placed 3rd out of 30 soloists. Next up the Varsity Squad will perform pregame at the January 29th UCF Mens' Basketball game and then head to Walt Disney World

February 4-6 to compete at the National Dance Team Competition. Congratulations ladies and good luck with the rest of your season.

Congratulations to the Unleashed Dance Team Varsity Squad for being invited to perform during the pregame show of the UCF Men's Basketball Game on Saturday,

January 29!

If anyone is interested in attending, discounted tickets are available through Ms. Hasenbank.

Please email her at diane_hasenbank@scps.k12.fl.us for more information.

Girls Weightlifting Champs!

Congratulations to Cristina Valdes and Kaitlan Aries for their outstanding performance at the Seminole Athletic Conference Weightlifting Championships yesterday.

Cristina won the 129 pound weight class with a total lift of 245 pounds while Kaitlan won

the 139 pound weight class with a total lift of 275 pounds.

Both Cristina and Kaitlan are our first Seminole Athletic Conference Weightlifting

Champions!

Thanks to our Community

Through the support of parents and students, Mrs. Hamilton received over $1500 in

donations to use in her classroom from DonorsChoose.org and Borders bookstores. Donations have allowed us to attain a new classroom library filled with the top young adult

literature of the past few years, classroom sets of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, materials to enhance student writing through the 6+1 Traits, and are just $100 short of

completing a project requesting supplies to aid in the instruction of vocabulary and grammar.

We would like to thank our parents for their overwhelming support in the enrichment of their child’s education, without you these projects surely would not have been possible.

For more information on DonorsChoose.org or to make donations to a classroom project,

please visit www.donorschoose.org.

Congratulations to Ann Trausi,

HHS Teacher of the Year!

Congratulations to Christina Westley, HHS School Related Employee of the Year!

Congratulations to David Posso and Jason Surh for finishing 1st in the Seminole County division of Florida’s Stock Market Challenge.

David and Jason edged out all of the competitors from the private schools in the area as

well. They finished 7th overall in the state which fielded over 3,000 teams this fall in its competition. The Florida Council for Economic Education is awarding David and Jason’s

AP Macroeconomics class a pizza party in recognition of their hard-earned efforts.

Paul J. Hagerty High School Standout Named Gatorade® Florida Football Player of The Year

CHICAGO (December 2, 2010)- In its third decade of honoring the nation’s best high

school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced Jeff Driskel of Paul J. Hagerty as its 2010-11 Gatorade Florida

Football Player of the Year. Driskel is the first Gatorade Florida Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Paul J. Hagerty High School.

Click here to read the entire story

Hagerty All-County Honor Band Members!

18 Hagerty Band Members were chosen by audition to participate in the 123 member Seminole County All-County Honor Band. This is the most students to be selected from

Hagerty High School in the band program's history. Congratulations on this great accomplishment!

Alex Christodoulides Nikki Nowotny

Christen Fraas Kristen Lichtenthal

Carly Sherlock Taylor Carroll

Kailey Krupar Christopher Lee

Brittany Zembower Rachel Nowotny

Jennifer Swenson

Todd Leighton Erin Hughes

Devin Meineke Tyler Schulte

Thomas Newman Colin Tardrew

Sara Elias-Rodriguez

Hagerty High School Cross Country Results

In CC action at the FHSAA State Championships, the girls cross country team completed

their 2010 season with a 5th place finish in the 24 team field. The girls were led by All-State team members Bryce Seymour (13th Place - 2nd Team) and Amy Ankli (16th Place

- 3rd Team). Seymour and Ankli finished the race in times of 19:07 and 19:13 respectively. Rounding out the team score were Shannon Dunne (20:17), Sarah Ankli

(20:25), and Tayler Johnson (20:27). Haley Albers and Tiffany Gargiulo also competed for the Huskies.

The boys cross country team finished 15th in the 24 team field and was led by Peter Licari

(16:34 - 56th Place). Rounding out the team score was Evan Binder (16:48), Brendan Lomago (16:55), Justin Smith (17:00), and Ben Kutz (17:04). Hunter Menning and Matt

Gargiulo also competed for the Huskies.

The meet concluded the 2010 season and capped off a year that included SAC Conference

Championships for both teams, a District Championship for the girls, and a Regional Championship for boys.

Congratulations are in order for Hagerty's first Robotics Team 4227, Kiss My Bot,

as they competed in the Greyhound Challenge Qualifying Tournament on Saturday Nov. 6th. The team placed fourth out of ten teams during qualifying rounds. The team also

received the "Motivate Award," which is a great honor considering they are a rookie team. The next competition will be in January 2011 and the team hopes to qualify for the state

championship at this tournament. If you are interested in viewing the team video

submitted for part of the judging criteria, please visit this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLvO1Fxf5xQ

Please note that you can only view this video from your home computer.

Coaches for the team are Po Dickison, Charles Lynch, and Yvette Pigott. Our team mentor

is Mr. Eric Anschuetz. Thank you to all the members, parents, and administration for their support as we continue to strive for excellence!

Senior Anthony Weishampel has been named Outstanding High School Student

of the Year by the Orlando Section of the American Chemical Society.

Anthony was nominated by Dr. Jannotti for his extensive body of experimental research, for his Chemistry aptitude, and his leadership in the National Science Honor Society. This

is the fourth year in a row that an HHS student has been honored with this distinction.

HHS Art Students Win!

Congratulations to Sarah Aristizabal for winning the top Scholarship awarded by the

Oviedo Women's Club this past Saturday!

Hagerty artists also won the top 2 awards and an honorable mention at the student art show at Oviedo's Great Day in the Country!

Congratulations to Tori Gonzalez for her First Place Award for her watercolor of campus

and Eric Pagan for his Second Place Award for his ceramic tree sculpture. Tori also earned

an honorable mention for her self portrait.

Congratulations to the both the men’s and women’s swim teams for their outstanding performance at this weekend’s state championship swim meet.

The girls team was represented by Natsuko Worrell (7th place in both the 200 IM, and the 100 Breast Stroke) and Danielle Nuszkowski (5th place in the 500 Free).

The boy’s team was represented by Jason Coombs (1st place, state champion in the 100

breast stroke), Matt Curby (1st place, state champion in both the 200 IM, and the 100 Back Stroke), Takashi Worrell (5th place in both the 200 free and the 500 free), and Zack

Edgar.

The boys were also members of the 200 200 medley relay team that finished 3rd in the

state, and the 400 free relay team that finished 1st…State Champs!

The boys team finished in 4th place, overall in the state…Just 6 ½ points behind 3rd place. Great job everyone!

Congratulations to the Hagerty Debate Team who competed at Eastside High School in Gainesville, FL this past Saturday.

The team of Jake Teixeira and Jojo Puccio-Ball –Won Best Novice and 1st place in

Duo Interpretation Taylor Scimeca-Won 1st Place in Student Congress

Michael Scimea-Won 2nd place in Student Congress

Tyler Yeargain and James Daniel – Won 3rd Place in Student Congress The team of Aidan Coffey and Sara Gomez- Won 1st place in Varsity Public Forum

Debate The team of Will Henken and Calum Farley-Won 3rd place in Varsity Public Forum

Debate Nick Maier-Won best novice in Lincoln Douglass debate

Jimmy Kernek-won 1st place in Varsity Lincoln Douglass debate

The debate team’s next tournament will be on Saturday, December 11. If interested, debate team members need to sign up for the tournament with Mrs. Fitzgerald in room 2-

219 by Friday, November 19.

Ms. Cristina Strassel congratulates Hagerty's Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen, Vanessa Markgraf.

Vanessa was chosen because she exhibits, to an outstanding degree, the qualities of a

DAR Good Citizen: Dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. We are all very proud of Vanessa and wish her good luck in her quest to earn a DAR sponsored scholarship.

The tradition of excellence continues.

Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Bowling Team, who finished 5th in the State

Tournament this week at Boardwalk Bowling Center.

A congratulations is also in order for Robert Mills who finished 34th and Daniel Kosiba who finished 37th out of more than 170 bowlers. What a terrific end to a great

season!!

Congratulations to Sarha Aristizabal who has earned a scholarship award sponsored

by the Oviedo Women's Club.

On to the NCAA!!

Hagerty High School is proud to present the first round of athletes who will take their skills to the NCAA level of competition next year. Pictured left to right: Tyler Marlette

(University of Central Florida - Baseball), Veronica Gajownik (Jacksonville University - Softball), Matt Curby (Univeristy of Florida - Swimming), Kelsey Carpenter (Florida Gulf

Coast University - Softball), and Gabe Rivera (Florida Gulf Coast University - Baseball). All student-athletes have signed scholarships at their respective institutions. Congratulations

Huskies!

The 2010 Hagerty football team has secured the Class 5A-District 3 runner-up and will make it's first playoff appearance in school history!

The Huskies open the playoffs at 6-time State Champion Lakeland on Friday, November

19 at 7:30pm. Playoff T-Shirts will go on sale beginning Wednesday, November 17 for $10 at the front desk and at all lunch shifts. Buy a shirt and make the trip to Lakeland to

support the team in this historic game.

Congratulations to our Hagerty artists for the recognition the earned at Heathrow - Lake Mary Art Festival this past weekend.

Tori Gonzalez received a First Place in painting for her self portrait, Madison Koo earned a Merit Award for her colored pencil drawing and Justin Moser earned a Merit Award for

his digital painting!

Congratulations to Hagerty Band Students selected for the All-State Band!

Alex Christodoulides, Carly Sherlock, Nikki Nowotny, and Todd Leighton for being selected for the 9 & 10 grade All-State Band. Students auditioned in September

amongst hundreds of high school musicians from across the State of Florida. These Hagerty Band students were selected as one of the top musicians on their particular

instrument. This is one of the highest honors a band member can achieve and this is the most All-State students in school history. Congratulations and we are very proud of

you!

Congratulations to the boys bowling team for their Conference Championship and

their 3rd place finish at Districts. Daniel Kosiba and Robert Mills will represent Hagerty at the State Tournament next week at Boardwalk.

Congratulations are also in order for the girls bowling team who Conference Runner-up and were District Champions. The entire girls team will represent Hagerty at

states.

Hagerty High School National Merit Students

Patrick McCormack

Shannon Rashid

Vanessa Markgraf

Zachary Hill

Congratulations to Hagerty High students who participated in the Altamonte Chapel Fall Festival Art Show this past weekend. Ashley Strawser earned the Second

Place Award for her Ceramic sculpture and Madison Koo earned a merit Award for her Mixed Media drawing!

Hagerty Marching Band earns STRAIGHT SUPERIOR RATINGS at FBA Marching

MPA

This past Saturday, the Paul J. Hagerty Marching Band traveled to DeLand, Florida to participate in the FBA District 6 Marching Performance Assessment. The Hagerty Marching

Band received straight superior ratings with all A and A+ marks from the judges. Congratulations to all of the band members for an amazing end to our marching season.

We are all very proud of your accomplishments and your commitment, dedication, and work ethic. GO HUSKIES!!!

Hagerty wins the Mayor’s Challenge Cup with its win over Oviedo High School!

Steve Henken, Dominic Persampiere, Sam Momary, Kathy Moore, Robert Lundquist.

Stephen Scheneck, Keith Britton

Congratulations to Jayme Jamison!

Jayme was honored recently by the Florida Council of the Social Studies as their Beginning

Teacher of the Year

Sarah Ankli was selected as a winner in the Seminole County Teen Read

Writing and Film Contest for her essay "Starks Funeral Home."

Sarah will attend the Teen Read Fest in Sanford on November 4 and will read her piece to the audience. Sarah will also receive a cash award. Congratulations, Sarah!

Congratulations to Colin Tardrew, Kristen Lichtenthal, and Brittany Zembower!

These three Hagerty Band Members were selected for the TRI-STATE HONOR BAND FESTIVAL being held at Florida State University between the dates of December 2nd

through the 5th. Students from Florida, Alabama, and Georgia were selected from

outstanding band programs to participate in week long instruction by incredible conductors, culminating in a concert in the new Florida State Recital Hall. Again, congrats

to Colin, Kristen, and Brittany for this incredible honor!

Hagerty Marching Band Excels at Competition

On Saturday, October 16th, the Hagerty Marching Band competed at the Tarpon Springs Outdoor Music Festival - the toughest competition that the program has ever attended. 22

of the state's best bands were in attendance, including the 5-time Tennessee State Champion Band. Following an exceptional performance that ended with a standing

ovation, Hagerty was awarded Best Over All General Effect and took home the 3rd place trophy.

The band will be performing at the Seminole County Marching Band Festival, along with every Seminole County High School, this Saturday at Lake Brantley High School.

Hagerty High School is proud to announce that we have 1,114 students who received a 3, 4 or 5 on BOTH the 2010 FCAT Reading and Math

For the fifth consecutive year the FCAT Partnership with the Orlando Magic is being

offered to SCPS qualifying students. A Certificate of Achievement is being given to every student who showed proficiency on BOTH the Reading and Math sections of the

FCAT last year (achieving a level 3, 4, or 5 on BOTH). The certificate is signed by Magic

Player Ryan Anderson and our superintendent. The bottom of the certificate acts as a voucher for a FREE Orlando Magic ticket for the recipient. Students must be

accompanied by a paying adult. Family and friends may purchase their tickets at a special FCAT discount ($15 or $20). There is also a $5 “service fee.” The games are

being played at the NEW Amway Arena! Ticket ordering is handled solely by the Orlando Magic Office.

Click here for a list of the students who earned this special recognition for their

academic accomplishment!

Commended Student in the 2011 National Merit Program

We are proud to announce that four Hagerty students have earned the title Commended

Student in the 2011 National Merit Program.

Only about 34,000 students in the country earned this distinction.

Our Commended Students are Colin Tardrew, Austin O’Connor, Vanessa Markgraf, and Adam Collin.

Two Hagerty students have earned the right to be called National Hispanic

Scholars.

Of the nearly 200,000 Hispanic/Latino students who took the 2009 PSAT/NMSQT, these

students’ scores placed them in the top 2.5% of all testers who identified themselves as Hispanic/Latino.

Our National Hispanic Scholars are Alison Pagan and Vanessa Markgraf.

We are very proud of these young ladies.

Hagerty art students participated in the Maitland Art Show this weekend.

Please congratulate Eric Pagan who earned a first place award for his wire sculpture and

Alex Cox who earned a merit award for her mixed media drawing!

Congratulations to the Hagerty Debate Team who competed at Trinity Prep in

Winter Park this past Saturday.

Daniella Hankey- Won 1st Place Novice Dramatic Interpretation Jason Green and Jacob Shuman- Won 1st Place Novice Duo Interpretation

Lisa Novak-Won 3rd Place Novice Lincoln Douglass Nicholas Maier-Won 1st Place Novice Student Congress

Vanessa Markgraf and RJ McGregor-Won 3rd Place Varsity Public Forum

The debate team will be traveling to Gainesville to compete in their next tournament on

Saturday, November 13. If interested, debate team members need to sign up for the tournament with Mrs.

Fitzgerald in room 2-219 by Monday, October 11.

The Husky Girl's Golf Team had a historic finish on Monday afternoon with a

second place in the Seminole Athletic Conference tournament held at Deer Run Golf Club.

The team finished second to defending Girl's State Champion Lake Mary and continues to

improve as it avenged earlier season losses to Lake Brantley and Lyman. The team was led by Freshman Cori Duren and Sophomore Amber Harman who were both named First

Team All Seminole Athletic Conference for their outstanding play. Other team members

contributing to this result were Junior Dayla Singleton, Senior Inca-Joy Gordon, and Freshman Jaime Benedict. The team record improved to 11-3 and looks forward to

competing in the District Tournament on October 18th.

Marching Band Performs at 1st Competition of the season

On Saturday October 2nd, the Hagerty High School Marching Band traveled to Inverness, FL to compete at the Hurricane Pride Invitational. All 18 bands in attendance performed

in a preliminary round of competition. Following their prelims performance, the top 10 bands would compete in the Finals round. Hagerty came right out of the gate with their

strongest performance of the season, winning Best in Class Music, Visual and Color Guard,

as well as taking 1st place over all for the Prelims round and qualifying for the Finals round. During a very tough Finals round of competition, following a 30 minute rain delay,

Hagerty had another great performance, winning Overall Best Color Guard and placing 3rd Overall by 0.07.

The Directors, Instructors and Parents are extremely proud of the students'

accomplishments and more importantly their professionalism, poise, and confidence throughout the entire day.

Hagerty Senior Earns Recognition from the University of Florida

Anthony Weishampel, one of our outstanding seniors, recently completed the 2010

University of Florida Student Science Training Program (UF-SSTP), a seven-week residential summer program for gifted and academically talented high school

students. The program focuses on science, mathematics, computers and engineering. Students work with UF faculty members assisting in all aspects of graduate

level research affording them the opportunity to engage in an authentic laboratory experience. Seventy-eight UF faculty members hosted participants in their labs this year.

Anthony, the son of John Weishampel and Teresa Riedel, worked with UF scientist Dr. Jian

Ge on a project entitled Exoplanet Research Through the Use of Fiber Optic Based Instruments. Anthony also completed a three-credit hour Interdisciplinary Honors

Seminar entitled Introduction to Space Systems. At the program’s award ceremony,

Anthony was recognized for Best Research Paper.

We are all very proud of Anthony’s accomplishments. He is a prime example of Huskies “Working Together to Create a Tradition of Excellence.”

Congratulations to Mrs. Jane Palmer

Jane Palmer has been selected to represent Seminole County as the high school social studies teacher of the year for the 2009-2010 school year. She will be honored at the

Florida Council for the Social Studies conference banquet along with the other county teachers of the year from across the state.

Seven Hagerty Students Named National Merit Semifinalists.

With a selection index of 211 or above, seven Hagerty High School Seniors are among the 16,000 highest-scoring participants of approximately 1.5 million students who took the

2009 PSAT/NMSQT. These seven students represent some of the top scorers in

Florida. Only Semifinalists will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for about 8,200 Merit Scholarship Awards.

The administration, faculty, and staff extend our sincere congratulations to the following

students:

Kirsten Burns

Kristin Elias Zachary Hill

Paul Jaskowski Patrick McCormack

Alison Pagan Shannon Rashid

Hagerty's debate team hosted their first tournament this past weekend, and competitors, parents and spectators were in awe of Hagerty's beautiful and immaculate campus. In

addition to hosting the tournament on their own turf, the team also came home with an impressive spread of trophies. Joanna Puccio-Ball and Jake Teixeira won first place in the

event of duo interpretation and also won the best novice award for the event as well. Jim Daniel placed first in student congress, Nicholas Maier was recognized as best novice in

student congress and Tyler Yeargain received a trophy for placing third in the same event. Anthony Moncion won third place in novice Lincoln Douglass. The team's captains, Sara

Gomez, Aidan Coffey and Michael Scimeca worked tirelessly the past four weeks alongside the team's coaches, Vicki Browne, Megan Fitzgerald and Julie Love to organize all aspects

of the competition.

Yearbook and Newspaper Staffs Win Top Award

Congratulations to the Blue Print and Fusion for earning All-American status from the National Scholastic Press Association. Both the newspaper and yearbook received marks

of distinction in four of five categories and ranked in the top percentage of high school publications nationwide.

National Science Foundation Grant

AP/Honors Physics teacher, Ms. Zietlow is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation to collaborate with a Rollins College undergraduate student on researching the

use of lasers to detect buried landmines. Click here for more information.

Catcher Tyler Marlette's power on display at Aflac All-American!

Click here to read the full story

Congratulations to Senior Mattie King for being named Tremaine Dance

Convention's Senior Female Dancer of the Year!

Mattie auditioned with hundreds dancers from all over the world for this very prestigous

honor. During her audition Mattie had to demonstrate her abilities in both ballet and jazz, complete an interview and be watched by the faculty and staff in each and every class. At

the end of the process Mattie was able to perform for So You Think You Can Dance's Nigel Lythgoe, Tremaine's 2010 Entertainer of the Year, at their annual Gala. As part of the

honor of being a DOTY, she will have the opportunity this year to assist choreographers all around the country who have worked with such artists as Madonna, Britney Spears,

Gloria Estefan and Jennifer Lopez. She will also will perform along side these distinguished choreographers each weekend.

Tyler Marlette a 2011 Senior has made the AFLAC All-American baseball game.

Tyler is one of only 38 players in the entire country to be selected for this event. The

AFLAC All-American game will be played Sunday August 15th at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. Since this game began in 2003 it has seen 80 alumni drafted in the

1st round of the Major League Baseball Amateur draft. Tyler is only the second Seminole county student ever invited to this prestigious event. The game will be broadcast live

nationally on Fox Sports Net.

Tyler has Hagertys career and single season records for: Hits, Doubles, Home Runs,

RBI's, and Batting Average. He is a 2 time member of Seminole Countys 1st team All-

Conference. Tyler was also a 2010 first team All Central Florida catcher. Tyler was a

key member of the 2009 Regional finals team and 2010 District Championship

team. Congratulations to Tyler!