Hawk News 3/28/2025

From the stage to the weight room, from the pitch to the podium—Hawks soared far and wide over Spring Break and beyond!

Ryan Doggett once again claimed the title of State Champion in Powerlifting. The One Act Play team delivered a stunning performance of Big Love, securing the 23-5A District Championship. Both our Girls' and Boys' Soccer teams take the field tonight in the Regional Semi-Finals, fighting for a spot in the Regional Finals.

Making history, The Hawk Newspaper earned its first-ever Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association—an honor shared by only six newspapers nationwide. Meanwhile, the Hawk Color Guard is gearing up for the State Championship on Saturday before heading to Ohio for the World Championship next week.

Much like yesterday’s downpour, when it rains, it pours...Hawk Yeah!

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Besides teaching academic content at Hendrickson, we pride our work on teaching life skills that students can take with them into the real world. One of those skills is being early or on time. We have reset tardies for the new year, but have noticed that more students than normal are showing up late for class, especially for the start of the day. We will be closely monitoring the list of students who show up late and assign the appropriate consequence. Please help us remind students that being early or on time is a huge life skill.

The Anonymous Alerts is an anti-bullying and safety app reporting system that helps combat bullying and other negative activity in schools by empowering students to speak up. Social and peer pressure are some of the hardest obstacles for students to overcome. Students or parents can submit reports such as bullying, cyber bullying, depression, dating violence, drug or alcohol use, threats against the school, weapons on campus, and more.

The system allows for 1-way or 2-way anonymous encrypted communications between the submitters (students, parents, or community members) and District administration and/or school staff. Users of the system have the option to remain anonymous or reveal their identity when submitting a report.

https://www.anonymousalerts.com/pfisd/

Color Guard Sendoff Show 8:30 pm (Small Gym)

V Baseball at WHS

Job Fair 9am-12pm at PHS

Color Guard at State (College Station)

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Golf at District Tournament at Shadow Glen

Band Pre UIL Concert 6:30 pm

JV Baseball vs. Georgetown

Baseball vs. Georgetown

Golf at District Tournament at Shadow Glen

One Act Play at Bi-District (CHS)

Track Field 18-5A Prelims @ East View

Track Field 18-5A Prelims @ East View

Color Guard Prelims at WGI World Championships 4:53 pm

JV Tennis @ Marble Falls

V Tennis @ Marble Falls

JV Baseball vs. Georgetown

V Baseball at Georgetown

Softball at WHS

Please join me in congratulating the staff of the Hawk Newspaper. Last Friday, they were awarded a Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The newspaper has earned a Silver Crown many times, but this is the first ever Gold.

The Hawk is only one of six high school print newspapers in the nation to win this award.

"Big Love" took home district in the UIL One Act Play. Bi-District Round will be April 2nd at CHS. Congratulations!

This past month, the Hendrickson Speech and Debate team has been hard at work at four different high stakes tournaments. They competed at the Harvard Tournament, TFA State, our NSDA National Qualifier, and UIL CX State.

Please congratulate the following students on all of their success and hard work!

TFA State:

Waleed Haider- Congressional Debate STATE CHAMPION, 2nd Place International Extemporaneous Speaking, 4th Overall Individual Sweepstakes (4th out of 900 entries across all state qualifiers)

Natalie Mathews- 5th Place Original Oratory and Congressional Debate Semifinalist

Emerson Growt- Original Oratory Quarterfinalist

Frances Morales-Davila- Informative Speaking Quarterfinalist

Harvard:

Waleed Haider- 3rd Place Extemporaneous Speaking

Natalie Mathews- Original Oratory Quarterfinalist

Rin Moore- Congressional Debate Quarterfinalist

NSDA National Qualifiers:

Waleed Haider- International Extemp

Rin Moore- Congressional Debate

Natalie Mathews- Original Oratory

Emerson Growt- Original Oratory

Frances Morales Davila- Informative Speaking

Marvellous Ajie- Big Questions Debate

UIL Cross Examination Debate State:

Marvellous Ajie & Ilhaam Hassan- Top 32

Devin Walker & Maanit Somani- State Qualifiers

Chloe Youngblood & Yuan Tong- State Alternates

The Hendrickson Varsity Color Guard had their best run of the season so far this week at our West Area Championships allowing them to advance to the State Championship Finals next week at Reed Arena in College Station! This past weekend marks the highest score for the team in 5 years

The 2025 powerlifting season has come to an end.

On the girls side:

7 Ladies qualified for the state Equipped and Unequipped meets. 4 medaled. Lauren Riojas earned 5th place in the 148lb Unequipped class. Kensey Kalstad earned 5th place in the 114lb Equipped 5A Large class, Holley Matthews earned 4th place in the 165lb Equipped 5A Large class as well as Best Deadlift (410lbs) in the Heavyweight platforms. Ryan Doggett repeated as the 148lb Equipped 5A Large State Champion as well as setting the 5A state bench press record (315lbs) and earning best bench press for the lightweight platforms. Jordyn January finished 6th place in the 198lb Equipped 5A Large class, Mia Ndika finished 13th in the 181lb Equipped 5A Large class, and Rebecca Burkhard finished 7th in the 148lb Unequipped class.

On the boys side:

3 boys qualified for the state meet. Ayden Kamenicky earned 5th place in the 132lb Division 1 class. Artis Duncan and Larry Woodrum finished in the top 25 in their respective weight classes.

22 HHS Artist took home prizes at VASE. Way to go!

Dear families,

We’re going to Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary in Summer 2026, and you’re invited!

We’re excited to tell you more about the trip we’re planning with EF Tours, our educational travel partner. Please be sure to register for this info session to be considered for this opportunity: https://rsvp.eftours.com/cs2rcrf

When students travel, they expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, and grow more confident. These skills are critical for creating the global citizens of tomorrow, and we would love to have your student join us on this adventure.

In this info session, we’ll talk about:

• How this opportunity will benefit your student
• What we’ll see and do on our trip
• Everything that’s included in this experience
• How your child can earn academic credit
• How we’re keeping this safe and affordable
• How to enroll on this trip (before it fills up!) during EF’s risk-free enrollment period

There are limited spots on this trip, so we would love to have you attend this meeting to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

Thanks,

Carmen Tydings

Please note this is a non-school sponsored trip.

Time is running out to apply for Code2College’s transformative coding program! Our application for the Summer 2025 Term closes on Monday, April 21st, at 9:00 AM CST.

Apply now by clicking HERE (linked).

Why Apply?

• Boost Your Skills: Learn practical coding skills employers are looking for.

• Network with Professionals: Connect with corporate volunteers and potential future employers.

• Earn While You Learn: Opportunity to interview for paid internships with our corporate partners.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gain invaluable experience and a head start in the exciting field of technology.

We are changing photo companies for senior portraits and underclassmen pictures next year to Photo Texas. This change will include on campus senior portraits during the school day next fall. If you want to schedule an appointment at the studio, you can. Information will be coming soon about that. Our former company, Cady, has been sending out info about scheduling senior portraits. You do not need to schedule with them unless you want to use them for personal portraits. Sorry for any confusion on that.

Easter Seals Truck Donation Pick up

April 26th

11-3pm

Seniors and Parents/Guardians,

Graduation ordering time is officially here!

Please take the time to go online and order your official Hendrickson graduation items as soon as possible. Items can be ordered individually or as a graduation package as seen online.

We encourage orders be placed online ASAP.

Follow the below link to order your items today.

Congratulations to the Class of 2025 & Go Hawks!!

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2- Attendance letters are also posted on the student Skyward profile.

Yearbooks are available for pre-order at this site.

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