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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

Matilda von Kalm

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief

Matilda von Kalm is the Editor-in-Chief of The Blueprint. She has been a member of the Blueprint Staff for three years and also is a member of the lacrosse team.  She has most recently attended the University of Florida Journalism conference this summer to further her journalism career. Last year she won first place in the Disney Media Day Storytelling competition and an All Florida award for column writing on the hypocrisy of anti-bullying.

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AP Environmental experiences Florida nature

AP Environmental experiences Florida nature

Matilda von Kalm, Editor in Chief
April 8, 2014

Instead of learning about the natural world through their AP Environmental Science textbook, AP Environmental Science students traveled to the Lake Lotus Learning Center March 31 and April 1 to experience...

First annual prom dress drive

First annual prom dress drive

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
March 26, 2014

It started with a female student who had a tough choice to make. She could only afford either her senior prom ticket, or dress, but not both. After hearing the girl’s problem, Guidance counselor Erin...

Teacher evaluations under radical change

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
February 18, 2014

Florida teachers used to be evaluated based on their respective school’s FCAT scores. This determined the effectiveness of both the school and individual teachers, regardless of which teachers taught...

Dual enrollment gives head start for college

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2014

Because dual enrollment offers available college courses for free, students like senior Brad Bentz could save between $3,000 and $12,000 in college expenses [based off of UCF’s average semester tuition]...

Athletes asked not to drive themselves to competitions

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2014

For the first time in the program's history, student athletes and their parents received an email requesting that the parents of the students sign waivers in order to be eligible to be transported to and...

Dual enrollment gives head start for college

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2013

Because dual enrollment offers available college courses for free, students like senior Brad Bentz could save between $3,000 and $12,000 in college expenses [based off of UCF’s average semester tuition]...

Girls lacrosse wins Fall Ball championship

Girls lacrosse wins Fall Ball championship

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
December 2, 2013

On the Saturday morning of Nov. 23, the Hagerty girls varsity lacrosse team, under their club name of Pack Black, got up for their first 11 a.m. game at the Oviedo Mall fields for the fall season championship....

Dangerous driving outlawed

Dangerous driving outlawed

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
November 18, 2013

As of Oct. 1, Florida became the forty-first state to make texting while driving a crime with the passage of the Florida Senate’s bill SB 52. The crime is a secondary offense, meaning a driver cannot...

UF implements SAR for student-reported transcripts

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
October 22, 2013

High school seniors applying to University of Florida for the 2014-15 school term will be completing the academic record portion by hand this year. As of Sept. 19, UF implemented a Self-reported Academic...

Top ten guarantees UCF admission

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
October 8, 2013

With the help of an initiative launched last month, students who are in the top ten percent of their senior class could be automatically accepted to University of Central Florida though the Top Ten Knights...

School spirit for Lake Brantley game intensifies

School spirit for Lake Brantley game intensifies

Matilda von Kalm, Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2013

In addition to the usual drumline performance celebrating the biggest football games of the season, a DJ was featured in the main cafeteria, courtesy of Principal Mary Williams, during first and second...

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