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The student news site of Hagerty High School

The BluePrint Online

The student news site of Hagerty High School

The BluePrint Online

Courtney Dziewior

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor

Courtney Dziewior, a junior, is starting her second year on staff, this year as HagertyJourn’s Managing Editor. She specializes in news writing and online design among other styles. This past summer, she attended the Journalism workshop, Camp Orlando and plans to attend the National High School Journalism Convention in November and the Florida Scholastic Press Association in the spring to expand her knowledge. Outside of journalism, Courtney is a member of Hagerty High School’s Tri-M Honor Society and National Honor Society as well as Secretary of Key Club. In chorus, she is a student director of Concert Choir and is also undergoing extensive opera training outside of school.

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Junior Tess Marvin explains her project to a judge at the 2016 SCPS Regional Science, Math and Engineering Fair on Feb. 13. Marvin's Molecular and Cellular Biology project was judged by a variety of experts in different fields.

Rising past benchmarks

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
May 18, 2016

Crouching over a lab table, junior Tess Marvin conducts her experiment targeting “bad” bacteria. Marvin traveled to Phoenix May 8 - 13 to share her project at the Intel International Science and Engineering...

Dance student performs a lyrical solo at the March 17 show.

Dance program closes out season

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
May 8, 2016

Dance invites students to join them at their spring show on Friday, May 13 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium for $5 by showcasing a variety of groups ranging from those in Dance Tech 1 to the Unleashed Dance...

Theater students from the competition class put on a one act for the Nov. 16 Thespian District Showcase. This one act was prepared for the Thespian District Festival.

Plot twist

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
April 26, 2016

The competition theater class will be breaking away from their usual routine for their free showcase, “Southworth Told Me So,” on Monday, May 2 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium for $5. Each year, the...

Starting close to home

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
April 13, 2016

Passion, potential, promotion and premise. These are all vital to each child, teenager, adult or elder, but even more crucial for students in high school, specifically in the arts. Students are reaching...

Optimist club maintains diverse focus

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
March 15, 2016

JOOI Vice President Trinity Turlington discusses the word disabilities.

Dance students perform a number at the winter show.

Dance classes spin a new show

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
March 9, 2016

Dance has pirouetted away from their traditional dance shows for the 7 p.m. performance on Thursday, March 17. This time, the routines in the spring show were choreographed by the performers with little...

Ceramics/Pottery 1 student, freshman Julia Plescha shapes and smooths her Native American wedding vase. Plescha made the base of her vase using a pottery wheel before creating the upper part via coils.

Molding a new program

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
March 8, 2016

Native American wedding vases and themed mugs are a couple of the projects completed in the new 3-D Art program, a big change from the old, broad focus on well-known projects like paper mâché and aluminum...

College Board’s timed testing induces student suffering

College Board’s timed testing induces student suffering

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
February 16, 2016

Pencils scribble across papers throughout the classroom as students rush from one question to the next in a frantic attempt to keep pace with the ticking clock. Throughout education, drastic changes...

Students pick carrots before washing them off to eat at the direction of Sundew Garden's Tom Carrey.

AP Environmental Science ventures to Sundew Gardens

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
January 10, 2016

Taking a break from classroom learning, Ecology and AP Environmental Science teacher Marc Pooler took his students out for hands on learning at the Sundew Gardens on Thursday, Jan. 7 and Friday, Jan. 8. Sundew...

Juniors Tatum Annan and Karly Harms organize the donated items in preparation of sending them off.

Class of 2017 sponsors holiday drive

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
December 15, 2015

Juniors Tatum Annan and Karly Harms organize the donated items in preparation of sending them off.

Seminole County’s Supervisor of Elections, Mike Ertel, presents a rousing speech about the importance of voting in young adults in the upcoming elections. Ertel then allowed students to share their own thoughts on today’s laws, politics and school system.

Voting registration on campus

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
December 8, 2015

  Voting is an important part of the American democracy, but often there is little participation from students due to their belief that one vote will not matter. American Government teacher...

Senior Claire Tendl performs on Oct. 15 at the chorus programs Fall Masterworks Concert.

A lifetime of dedication

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
November 3, 2015

Senior Claire Tendl is known as many things, the most well-known being Homecoming Queen and Unleashed Dancer. What people do not know is that Tendl is also an opera singer. Since a young age, Tendl...

JOOI members dance with the attendees at a Sunshine Dance.

Optimist club volunteers at community dance

Courtney Dziewior, HagertyJourn Managing Editor
October 16, 2015

With music pumping in the background, volunteers enthusiastically jump up and down to the beat. On Oct. 9, the Junior Optimist Octagon International club volunteered at Riverside Park for their costume...

Juniors from last year's Powderpuff game cheer on their team.

Senior Powderpuff cheerleading team loses interest

Courtney Dziewior, Hagerty Journ Managing Editor
October 14, 2015

Males dressed in short skirts, makeup and wigs raise their pom poms in the air as they perform chants and cheerleading moves for their class’s female football team. This has been a common sight at...

SAT undergoes drastic improvements

SAT undergoes drastic improvements

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
September 29, 2015

Legs bobbing anxiously up and down, fingers tapping on desks and pencils scratching across papers; the Scholastic Assessment Test may have undergone changes, but the stress stays the same. The SAT,...

Constant balance

Courtney Dziewior, Online Managing Editor
September 24, 2015

Upon Principal Mary Williams’ arrival at the school two years ago, she set about learning the system, familiarizing herself with the students and the staff, and settling in. Constantly striving to improve...

Summer of growth

Summer of growth

Courtney Dziewior, HagertyJourn Online Managing Editor
August 25, 2015

Feet dragging from exhaustion, junior Megan McKeel goes door to door in the slums of Guayaquil, Ecuador begging for work. Begging for work, scavenging for food and hiking through forest were all part of...

Cabaret raises funds for booster club

Courtney Dziewior, Staff Reporter
March 23, 2015

The couple stared into each other’s eyes as they clasped their hands, singing their duet “Somewhere” from the Broadway musical “The West Side Story.” Theater teacher Trevor Southworth and...

“The DUFF” wallows in clichés

“The DUFF” wallows in clichés

Courtney Dziewior, Staff Reporter
February 26, 2015

“The DUFF” rehashed the too-common story of a high school girl overcoming social stereotypes after realizing where she stands in high school compared to her more popular friends. The film was based...

Leadership hosts carwash for FIT

Leadership hosts carwash for FIT

Courtney Dziewior, Staff Reporter
February 26, 2015

Soapy water, wet sponges and colorful posters alerted passerby’s to Leadership’s carwash to raise money for the Families In Transition program at the 7-Eleven on Lockwood Boulevard on Saturday, Feb....

Chorus teacher hands over reins

Courtney Dziewior, Staff Reporter
August 25, 2014

Everyone smiled when senior Matt Workman, leading a group of boys, stepped up to the center of the circle and started singing “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey, harmonizing with the choir’s background...

Power in a rectangle

Power in a rectangle

Courtney Dziewior, Journalism 1
March 10, 2014

Not more than an arm’s length away, students have their phones with them at all times. “Ever since I got my 5s, it has always been with me,” freshman Jeannie Williams said. The iPhone 5s had a...

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