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    Congratulations to Ms. Eileen Stone, who was voted the
2010 Teacher of the Year
for Hammond High School by the 2010 Senior class.


Read more below about the outstanding achievements of Hammond High teachers and students in the 2009-10 school year!
   
 
 
 
Hammond High Achievements 2009 - 10
       
Congratulations to Hammond's Baseball Team for winning both the
Howard County and 2A South Regional titles with a 21-3 season record. Senior Travis Clark, RHP/3B, has been named the 2010 Gatorade Player
of the Year for the state of Maryland. This season Travis hit .456 with 6 doubles,
8 homeruns, with 35 rbi's. As a pitcher, Travis was 5-0 with a 1.98 ERA. Travis will continue his playing career next year at nationally ranked Division II University
of South Carolina Aiken
.
 
Congratulations to Hammond High School's It's
Academic
Team, David Kaiser-Jones, Caity Wallace,
Mika Adamson, and Steffi Murti, on their victory over
defending Baltimore Regional Champion Centennial
High School, and Archbishop Spualing High School
in the Final playoff round of It's Academic. Hammond's
team went on to compete in the championhsip round, finishing the season in 3rd place out of a field of
more than 80 highschools
, winning a $2500.00
 
scholarship from Giant Food.
 
Congratulations to the Music Department for a successful trip to Orlando, Florida! For the first time ever, all performing groups received Superior ratings!
The Symphonic Band received a Superior Rating and won
1st Place in their division, and Elizabeth Cerwonka and Eric Roher received Outstanding Soloist Awards. The Concert Band received a Superior Rating and 1st Place
in their division.
The Percussion Ensemble received a
Superior Rating and 1st Place in their division. The
 
Orchestra received a Superior Rating and 1st Place in their division, and Katie 
Lippit
received an Outstanding Soloist Award. The Concert Choir received a Superior Rating and 2nd Place in their division,  and Charles Freeman received
an Outstanding So
loist Award. The Madrigals received a Superior Rating and
2nd Place
in their division. The Guitar Ensemble received a Superior Rating and
1st Place in their division.
 
Advait Chauhan, one of 4300 gifted students from across
the country, has been named a 2010 Carson Scholar.
Advait's academic achievements and service to his community is what made him stand out as a future
leader.
Congratulations Advait!
 
Wrestling Team Senior Captain Sam Nuss placed 3rd at this year's MD/VA Senior All-Star Classic. The All-star Classic pit the top Seniors in the 1a/2a, 3a/4a, private schools, and Virginia against one another at the University of
Maryland's Comcast Center. Nuss fell to State Runner-up Chris Urps of
Chesapeake, then avenged an earlier season loss with a pin over Annandale's 5th Place State Finisher, Stacy Anderson. Congratulations to Sam for competing in the event and representing Hammond so well!
Congratulations to the Hammond High Symphonic Band for their performance at the Howard County Band Adjudication Festival held at Glenelg High School on Saturday, March 13, 2010. The band received a
Superior Rating earning straight One ratings from all of the judges! Again, congratulations to Mr. Eber and the Symphonic Band!
 
Congratulations
to Wrestling Team Senior Captain
Sam Nuss
, who finished 3rd in the 1a/2a State Tournament at Cole Field House at the University of Md. on March 5-7 at 171 lbs. Hammond sent 9 wrestlers to the state tournament and put through 6 to the 2nd day of wrestling. Payton Rose (215) and Ryan Norton (285) both went 2-2 in the tournament. Jonathan Goodwin (125),
Eric Roher
(135) and Baldwin Asala (189) each went 1-2. Brandon Campbell (130), Mathias Ngang (140) and
 
William Kelly (152) went 0-2 in the event. Hammond finished 20th as a team in the State Tournament. Congratulations to all state qualifiers!

On Feb. 28
the Wrestling Team tied a school record with 4 regional champions, including Mathias Ngang (140), Sam Nuss (171), Payton Rose (215), and Ryan Norton (285). Brandon Campbell (130) was a runner-up, qualifying for his 3rd state tournament. Jonathan Goodwin (125), Eric Roher (135) and William Kelly (152) placed 3rd with Baldwin Asala (189) placing 4th. Matt Beck (112) earned an alternate spot by placing 5th to bring Hammond's total to 10 Regional Placewinners.

Congratulations to Hammond music students who participated in the
Howard County Instrumental Solo and Ensemble Festival
on February 20, 2010, and performed so well! The following students received Superior

ratings of 1: Grace Owens - Trombone Solo; Christine Lindenmann - Flute Solo; Jenny Wegman - Clarinet Solo; and Nathan Morely - Trumpet Solo. Sarah Patishnock (Baritone Solo) and Samantha Vermillion (Trumpet Solo) performed for comments only.
 
Congratulations to the Hammond High Boys Varsity Basketball Team on winning the 2010 Howard County Championship outright on the regular season's final day, February 20, 2010!
 
Congratulations
to Hammond's It's Academic team
(Mika Adamson, David Kaiser-Jones, Steffi Murti, and Caity Wallace) for its decisive victory against Maryvale and Roland Park High Schools in a hotly contested match on the January 16, 2010 taping of It's Academic on WJZ TV. It was anyone's game going into the final round. Up
by only 10 points, Hammond surged ahead to win the match and advance to the
Baltimore region's semi-finals.
 
  Hammond High School Dance Company members Megan Giroux, Caitlin Rose and Abby Slavinsky, were each given the Maryland All- State Award at the
Maryland High School Dance Festival held on
January 8, 2010
.

Congratulations!
 
The Music Department congratulates
all of the students who auditioned
for Maryland All-State groups. Selected for All-State Senior Band were
David Kaiser-Jones
- tuba, Grace Owens - trombone, and Trevor Ward -
bassoon (alternate). Jenny Wegman - clarinet, was selected for Junior All-State
Band
and Tyler Garrison - Bass, (alternate) was selected for Senior All-State Orchestra. Andrew Murti was selected for Senior All-State Chorus, and Tracy Kamen was selected for Junior All-State Chorus.
 
Congratulations to all Hammond High World Language and ESOL students who participated in the 5th Annual World Language Poetry Alive Competition on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at Howard High School!
Many of our students participated in both the Recitation and Writing competitions. We are proud of all our students for a job well done!

Poetry Recitation County Winners
were: Nimisha Singh - Italian 2 and Hoa Tiem
Vo
- ESOL Advanced. School Level Winners were Tara Dhanraj - Italian AP, Samantha Gailey - Italian 3, Patrick Hogan - Spanish 4, Esther Kwon - German 3, Olivia Jones - Spanish 2, Monica Santizo - Spanish Native, Trevor Ward - French
AP, Jonathan Williams - Spanish AP, and Karen Wood -French 4.

Poetry Writing County Winners were Molly Bradtke - Italian Advanced, Brooks Owen - Italian 2, Britany Scible - Italian 3, and Jenny Wegman - Spanish 2. School Level winners were Funmi Adetunjii - Spanish 3 and Annie Jeon - Spanish AP.
 
Congratulations
to Charles Freeman, who has been named as a Finalist
in the Maryland Distinguished Scholar Award Talent in the Arts
Category.
 
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