Paul J. Hagerty High School

Infobox School
name = Paul J. Hagerty High School
type = Public high school
established = 2005
district = Seminole County Public Schools
colors = Black, Silver and Blue
principal = Sam Momary
free_label = Assistant Principals
free_text = Shanon-Thomas Eaton, Mike Kotkin, Juliene McDonald, and Kelly Thompson
dean = Paula-Rae Cruickshank
mascot = Huskies
enrollment = 2,276
location = 3225 Lockwood Blvd.
Oviedo, FL 32765
country = USA
website = [http://www.hagertyhigh.scps.k12.fl.us/ 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.Fact|date=March 2008

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, and baseball, 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. The band is also well known for its famous "Rhapsody In Blue" concert. The Band is under the direction of Mike Rice.

Hagerty 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 cross town 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 07-08 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.

External links

* [http://www.hagertyhigh.scps.k12.fl.us/ Paul J. Hagerty High School (home page)]
* [http://www.hagertyhigh.scps.k12.fl.us/band/index.htm Hagerty Husky Band]
* [http://www.hagertyhigh.scps.k12.fl.us/chorus/index.htm Hagerty Chorus]
* [http://www.hagertyhigh.scps.k12.fl.us/theater/index.htm Hagerty Theater]
* [http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/ Seminole County Public Schools]