Hagerman High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Hagerman High School
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district = 1
city = Hagerman
state = NM
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country = USA
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type = Public, General
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faculty = 10 full-time [ [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/53971 Public School Review web site] ]
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enrollment = 141 [ [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nm/423 Great schools web site] ] [ [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/53971 Public School Review web site] ] to 150 [Editorial, "Albuquerque Journal", November 19, 2007, p. A8.]
grades = 9 - 12
address = 406 North Cambridge, 88232, Chaves County
district = Hagerman Central
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mascot = Bobcat
colors = Kelly Green and White
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free_label_1 = Phone
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free_label_2 = Admission
free_2 = Open
free_label_3 = Tuition
free_3 = None
website = [http://www.bobcat.net/]
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Hagerman High School is a small yet notable high school, located in Hagerman, New Mexico, Chaves County, southwest of Roswell, New Mexico. The current enrollment of students is between 140 and 150 students, of whom 55 % are Hispanic and over 90 % are eligible for a free school lunch. [ [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/53971 Public School Review web site] . Accessed January 8, 2008.]

ports

Hagerman High School has a gymnasium with a seating capacity of 600, over four times its enrollment, for its teams, the Bobcats. [ [http://www.nmact.org/schools/55 New Mexico Activities Association official web site] . Accessed January 8, 2008.]

Awards

"US News & World Report" awarded its Bronze Medal to Hagerman High School in 2006, for "successfully meet(ing) ... two key performance indicator criteria." [ [http://www.bobcat.net/ Hagerman High School official web site] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] [ [http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/new_mexico/hagerman_high US News official web site Hagerman High School page] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] [ [http://www.ped.state.nm.us/press/2007/december/USNEWSWORLDRecognition12-14-07_dm_2_.pdf New Mexico Public Education Department press release] . Accessed January 8, 2008.]

Jesus Trujillo, an agricultural teacher, FFA advisor, and basketball coach at the high school, won a US$25,000 award from the Milken Family Foundation, which was, according to the "Albuquerque Journal", for his "exceptional educational talent and ... student achievement". [Editorial, "Albuquerque Journal", November 19, 2007, p. A8.] [ [http://www.nmact.org/schools/55 New Mexico Activities Association official web site] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] [ [http://www.mff.org/mea/mea.taf?page=notif2007_recip Milken Family Foundation official web site List of Grantees for 2007] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] [ [http://www.mff.org/mea/mea.taf?page=recipient&meaID=21050 Milken Family Foundation official web site Listing for Jesus Trujillo] . Accessed January 8, 2008.]

Another coach, Harvey Wilson, of the varsity track team, won a "Character Counts!" award as "coach of the year" for New Mexico. [ [http://www.charactercounts.chaves.nm.us/coaches/2005-2006/spring.htm Character Counts web site] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] Unfortunately, just days after the Hagerman boys track and field team won the 2007-08 Class 1A state championship, Wilson passed away at age 66.fact|date=June 2008

Hagerman High School is considered a "great school" by a national poll. [ [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nm/423 Great Schools web site] . Rank: 8 out of 10. Accessed January 8, 2008.]

Partnership with Eastern New Mexico University

The high school has a "partnership" with Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). Hagerman High students attend workshops at ENMU, [ [http://www.nmsu.edu/~ucomm/Releases/2001/October2001/BEST.html NMSU Press release] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] and have access to special scholarships from ENMU. [ [http://bobcat.net/content/view/38/70/ Hagerman High School offcial web site shcoalrship page] . Accessed January 8, 2008.]

Art

The Senior Class of 1919 commissioned a landscape by noted artist Herbert A. Collins of Stanley Lake in the Sawtooth Range, which was presented to the school.Biography of Herbert Alexander Collins, by Alfred W. Collins, February 1975, 4 pages typed, in the possession of Collins' great-great grand-daughter, D. Dahl of Tacoma, WA]

References

External links

* [http://www.bobcat.net/ Hagerman High School official web site]

ee also

* Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell, NM - partner college
* List of high schools in New Mexico
* Roswell