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The BluePrint Online

The student news site of Hagerty High School

The BluePrint Online

The student news site of Hagerty High School

The BluePrint Online

Why black hair matters

Why black hair matters

Isaiah Macri, Staff Reporter | March 8, 2024

“Who does your hair?” “How does it stay like that?” “How do you wash it?”  Black hair has always been a subject of compliments, controversy and confusion with people of other cultures...

Pride flags symbolize diversity and hope in  the LGBTQ+ community. The theater and band programs had to remove the flags that had previously hung in their classrooms.

Removal of pride flags raises questions

The BluePrint Staff | February 27, 2024

On the morning of Feb. 6, band students gathered in their classroom as usual. And it was a pretty typical morning—except for one unsettling change.  “Some people came with a ladder,” sophomore...

America is one of the leading consumers of pharmaceutical medication, raking in half of the global industrys revenue. However, this poses the question of how much is too much.

Pill paradox

Josephine Lim, News Editor | February 20, 2024

Tylenol. Robitussin. Venlafaxine. Hydroxychloroquine.  From the local pharmacy down the street to the staple pill cabinet, medicine is a fact of American life. Every hour, 80 pharmaceutical ads air...

In recent years, SCPS policies have become increasingly cautionary, ultimately at the cost of students and teachers. SCPS must start thinking beyond what the state wants, and focus  instead on what their students need.

Seminole County needs to think for itself

Blueprint Staff | February 7, 2024

No books. No movies. And now, no social media. For two years, state laws, and Seminole County’s interpretations, have gotten increasingly restrictive. With the pretext of giving rights back to parents...

Junior Callan O’Connor makes last minute adjustments to team 4772’s robot before their qualifying match. Teams had been working on their robots since the beginning of the school year, and the league championships were the place to showcase their skills.

Robotics hosts Space Coast League championships

Josephine Lim, News Editor | February 6, 2024

While most people spent their Saturday morning sleeping in, junior Callan O’Connor walked into the school cafeteria with butterfly wings strapped to his back and toolbox in hand.  “I’m just really...

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