Paul J. Hagerty High School

Paul J. Hagerty High School
Paul J. Hagerty High School
Location
	3225 Lockwood Blvd.; Oviedo, FL 32765; United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	2005
School district	Seminole County Public Schools
Dean	Paula-Rae Cruickshank
Principal	Sam Momary
Enrollment	2,276
Color(s)	Black, Silver and Blue
Mascot	Huskies
Assistant Principals	Shanon-Thomas Eaton, Mike Kotkin, 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. Hagerty High School is the academic and athletic rival school of Oviedo High School.

History

Paul J. Hagerty High School opened in 2005. Every year up until the 2008-2009 school year, a new grade was added. As of the 2008-2009 school year, the first senior class was added. 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 born 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.^{[citation needed]}

Extracurricular activities

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.

The Hagerty High School marching band received "Superior" ratings at the Florida Bandmasters Association District 6 marching band evaluations in 2005 and 2006, and in 2007. In addition, the Husky Band received 4th place at the "Ancient City Marching" competition and 5th place at the University High School Competition in 2007. 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. The band is also well known for its famous "Rhapsody In Blue" concert. The Band is under the direction of Mike Rice.

Hagerty has freshman, junior varsity, and varsity football teams. The varsity football team is coached by Nate Gierke, who is a member of the famous high school football Gierke family. Hagerty's district includes Lake Howell High School, Lyman High School, Mainland High school, and Pine Ridge High School. Hagerty is in the Seminole Athletic Conference.

Each year Hagerty plays crosstown rival Oviedo High School for "Oviedo's Annual Football Challenge Cup", which was established in 2008. Hagerty won the inaugural cup game with a score of 35-28. This brings the Oviedo–Hagerty rivalry to a score of 2-2 (each winning one varsity game).

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.

Clubs

Academic Team, American Sign Language/ASL Honor Society, Anime Club, Asian Club, Band, Best Budies, Beta Club, Book Club, BPA, Cheerleading, Chess, Chorus, Color Guard, Dance Team - "Unleashed," FCA, FEA, French Honor Society, Freshman Class, German Club/German Honor Society, HHS Newspaper "Blue Print", HHS Teenage Republicans, Husky Mentors, Interact Club, JROTC, The only winning team hagerty has: Bowling Junior Class, KEY Club, Media Club, Mu Alpha Theta, Multi-Cultural Experience, National Art Honor Society, National English Honor Society, National Honor Society, Programming 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,

Theater

The Hagerty Theater department consist of Drama I-IV and Comprehensive Theater.

Productions which have been included are Snoopy, The Miracle Worker, Cheaper by the dozen, Bye Bye Birdie, You Can't Take With You and Footloose.

Every year is followed by a play in the fall and a musical in the spring.

The school also has a showcase at the end of the year showing in what classes have been able to do throughout the year having ensembles, musical, mime, monologues, etc.

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