| Paul J. Hagerty High School | |
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| Location | |
| 3225 Lockwood Blvd. Oviedo, FL 32765 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 2005 |
| School district | Seminole County Public Schools |
| Dean | Paula-Rae Cruickshank |
| Principal | Sam Momary |
| Enrollment | 2,600 (2008-2009) |
| Color(s) | Black, Silver and Blue |
| Mascot | Husky |
| Assistant Principals | Shanon-Thomas Eaton, Barry Coleman, Juliene McDonald, and Kelly Thompson |
| Website | www.hagertyhigh.scps.k12.fl.us |
Hagerty High School is a public secondary school in Oviedo, Florida, United States. The school is part of Seminole County Public Schools. It is the academic and athletic rival school of Oviedo High School.
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Paul J. Hagerty High School opened in 2005 with a freshman class. A year previously, a competition was opened to Seminole County Public school students that would be attending the school to name the mascot and decide the school colors. Student Emma West won this writing competition, giving the school the mascot of the Huskies and the school colors of blue, black and silver. Every year up until the 2008-09 school year, a new grade was added. As of the 2009-2010 school year, the second senior class was in place. The Seminole County School Board named the school for its school superintendent Dr. Paul J. Hagerty who retired in 2003 having served as superintendent since 1992.
Before the school became a high school, it was Lawton Chiles Middle School for several years while construction on several buildings continued. Principal Sam Momary oversaw all construction. During the 05-06 year, Hagerty was opened and new lines were drawn for the county. Many middle school students were switched to Jackson Heights Middle School or the newly constructed Lawton Chiles Middle School.
Hagerty High School has athletic programs in lacrosse, volleyball, tennis, swimming, golf, football, cheerleading, cross country, bowling, weightlifting, track and field, basketball, water polo, soccer, softball, wrestling, baseball, and JROTC. Hagerty is in the Seminole Athletic Conference.
The Hagerty High School marching band received "Superior" ratings at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 6 marching band evaluations in years 2005-11. In 2008 the Husky Band received first place and became the Grand Champions of the Durant High School Marching Competition. This was a first for the Husky Band, because not only was it the first competition they have won during the 2008-2009 Marching Season but it was also the first first-place win the Husky band has ever received. In 2011, the band participated for the first time at FMBC State Championships. They finished the night as Class 5A State Champions with a score of 93.4. The band is also well known for its famous "Rhapsody In Blue" concert. The Band was under the direction of Mike Rice between the years of 2005-2009. Later in the year of 2009, Director Todd Leighton - previous Band Director of Lake Howell High School - took control and was assisted by Associate Director Chris De Leon, who had joined the Husky Band earlier that year.
The Hagerty High School Women's volleyball team has acquired five (5) of the eleven (11) student/athlete graduates of HHS Women's Volleyball Program to the next level, college volleyball. The recipients of these scholarships include Mandy McIntosh (2010), Lauren Colton (2010), Anna Volz (2011), Allison Maurer (2011) and Candice Johnson (2011).
Each year Hagerty plays crosstown rival Oviedo High School for "Oviedo's Annual Football Challenge Cup", which was established in 2008. Hagerty emerged victorious and won the inaugural cup game. Oviedo won during the second year of the Cup, beating the Huskies. Hagerty once again won the third year. The Oviedo–Hagerty varsity football rivalry is currently at a record of 2-2, with Hagerty winning the cup twice and Oviedo twice.
The Hagerty High School newspaper, the Blue Print, gained the "All Florida" rating (with a score of 962 out of 1000) for outstanding achievements for the first two issues of the 2007–08 year.
FOCUS Photography Club, Academic Team, American Sign Language/ASL Honor Society, Anime Club, Asian Club, Band, Best Buddies, Beta Club, Book Club, BPA, Cheerleading, Chess, Chorus, Color Guard, Dance Team - "Unleashed," FCA, FEA, Four-Square Club, French Honor Society, Freshman Class, German Club/German Honor Society, GSA/Gay Straight Alliance, HHS Newspaper "Blue Print", HHS Teenage Republicans, Husky Mentors, Interact Club, JROTC, Bowling Junior Class, KEY Club, Media Club, Mu Alpha Theta, Multi-Cultural Experience, National Art Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Honor Society, Computer Club, Psi Eta Science Honorary Society, Scrapbook, SECME, Sophomore Class, Spanish Club, Spanish Honor Society, Step Club, Student Government Association (SGA), Teen Trendsetters, Theater Productions, Thespian Society, World Language Club, Yearbook - "Fusion," Young Democratic Club, as well as the new student-founded Four Square Club.
The Hagerty Theater department consist of Theater I-IV and Comprehensive Theater II-IV and is run by Dr. Michelle Backel, who formerly taught at LHS and was district chair until 2009.
The Thespian Troupe that is currently active at Hagerty is Troupe 6885. In the past years 6885 has collected a variety of awards from Thespian District and State competition including straight Superiors for their One Acts "The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-The-Moon-Marigolds"(2009), as well as winning best in show tech at districts for "Greater Tuna"(2008) and "The Shadow Box"(2010). At state 08-09, "Greater Tuna" received straight Superiors and Lauren Reed won Best in Show for her Costume Design. At the 2009 District 5 Thespian Festival, Kayli Carter received Best in Show for her monologues. At the 2010 District 5 Thespian Festival, Troupe 6885 received 5 best in shows, the most out of any troupe, for the following events- Kayli Carter, Monologues; Kailee Brooks, Costume Design (Pride and Prejudice); Darianne Contreras, Publicity Design (Boeing-Boeing); Kayli Carter, Playwriting ("Cloud Watching"); K.Satterfield, K.Carter, N.Shif, A.Vinti, C.Hentz, G.Gonzalez, A.Whitaker, A.Walter, J.Smith, C.Johnson; Large Group Musical ("On My Way" from Violet). Although a new school and a new troupe they are faring well. Troupe 6885, along with many other Thespian Troupes in the Seminole County area, was relocated from District 5 to District 3 with Volusia County in the 2011-2012 school year. At the 2011 District 3 Thespian Festival, hosted at Lyman High School, Troupe 6885 took home 22 superior ratings and Coletyn Hentz won Best in Show for his playwriting ("Pushing Daisies"). The one act, "The Boys Next Door", got a Superior rating in acting and technical. "The Boys Next Door" is one of four one-acts out of twenty chosen to advance to the state level in March.
Productions which have been included are Snoopy, The Miracle Worker, Cheaper by the Dozen, Bye Bye Birdie, You Can't Take With You, Footloose, Rumors, Beauty & The Beast, Is He Dead?, Seussical, Arsenic and Old Lace, Sweet Charity, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Hagerty's upcoming show is The Wizard of Oz, which will open in April of 2012.
Every year is followed by a play in the fall and musical entertainment in the spring.
The school also has a showcase at the end of the year showing what classes have been able to do throughout the year having ensembles, musicals, mime, monologues, etc.