Newsletter Oct 21

Upcoming Events

Monday 21 Oct

Yearbook - Sport team photos - 1500

Tuesday 22 Oct

Visit from Capt. Don Hughes (USN, Ret.), incoming Executive Director of the United States Naval Academy Foundation.
College Visit to University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
PG Basketball vs. Oak Hill (West Wilkes HS, Wilkesboro, NC) - 1830

Wednesday 23 Oct

Yearbook - Senior portraits and photos

Friday 25 Oct

PGBB vs. Patrick Henry CC - 1800 (tentative)
Football vs North Cross - 1900

Saturday 26 Oct

Cross Country @ V.I.C. Championship Meet (hosted by New Covenant School; Lynchurg, VA) - morning race time TBD
ACT (off-campus)
PGBB vs. SG Academy - 1300
Alumni Sabre Banquet - Berry Hill Resort - 1730
Manufacture Cup (Motocycle Drag Racing) - Rockingham, NC
Carolina Hurricanes v Chicago Blackhawks game

Sunday 27 Oct

Paintball on campus
Community church trips

Parents Weekend Recap

Parents Weekend was an opportunity for us to celebrate the love, dedication, and support provided to our cadets from their parents, guardians, and family members. Family members had an opportunity to meet with teachers, coaches, TACs, and mentors to discuss their cadets. During the parade, we were able to recognize the character and academic pillars. Bryce Atkins was recognized for earning the Eagle Scout rank. Several parents had the opportunity to pin an Honor Roll star on their cadet's dress uniform.

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President's List Honor Roll - Qualifying Cadets maintain all grades at B+ or above in a grading period, including both the military grade and the classroom performance grade:

Elijah Benjamin, Nicholas Brown, Gabriel Chester, John Coley, Maxwell Eskew, Ijomah Ezuma, Andrew Francis, Tristyn Gavulic, Connor Henretta, Samuel Hurt, Peyton Johnson

Dean's List Honor Roll - Qualifying Cadets maintain an overall GPA of 3.3 in academic classes and have not received any grade below a C in a grading period, including both the military grade and the classroom performance grade:

Mason Anderson, Kip Barksdale, Caleb Chester, Cameron Coburn, Gage Crisp, Adrien Dixon, Andrew Elizarraras, Grayson Emerson, Ben Gregori, Matthew Guentzel, Bennett Hubbard, David Hubbard, Malachi Jackson, John Paul Kapp, Joseph Kennedy, Kaden Knox, Jacob Korchmar, Dongjun Ma, Wes Marquardt, John Mauriello, Charles Moreno, William Nolan, Ethan Paige, John Perry, Parker Reeves, Sebastian Richardson, Christopher Roe, Stephen Scearce, Mason Schrage, Bennett Soles, Patrick Souza, Ethan Teluk, John Thompson, Aidan White, ZhengNan Xiao, Alex Zinke

President's Commendation List Honor Roll - While taking fewer than six traditional academic courses, qualifying Cadets maintain an overall GPA of 3.3 in academic classes and have not received any grade below a C in a grading period, including both the military grade and the classroom performance grade:

Jack Benjamin, Gregory Billups, Wesley Bongiorni, Matthew Brown, Bryson Childress, Donovan Creasy, Nathan Dunlop, Ashley James, Daiyon Jenkins, Jordan Johnson, Nathaniel Kania, David Kiesnowski, Abba Lawal, Zonghan Li, Charles Mayes, Daniel Pierce, Derrick Quansah, Mark Sears, Jared St. John, Caleb Walker, Reginald Walton, Jalen Ware

Capstone Events: Crest Ceremony and Parade

"The capstone events of the weekend were the Crest Ceremony held on the Chapel steps and the Parade in Honor of Parents held on Simpson Parade Field. Our new cadets earned their HMA crests, signifying their mastery of the basic skill and knowledge of Hargrave Military Academy. The parade demonstrated the Corps of Cadets' esprit de corps, discipline, teamwork, and hard work. While we have not reached the highest level of performance of which this Corps of Cadets is capable, their parade performance was crisp and disciplined - a fantastic display of growth building from the first days on campus. It was a fitting honor to our families and sponsors who share high expectations and hope for each young man and sacrifice so much for each cadet's success." -- LtCol Morris, Commandant

Letter from the Parent Council

A huge THANK YOU to all the parents and families who attended our Parents Weekend Silent Auction. We hope you went home with some fabulous items and we appreciate all of your generous donations. ALL proceeds from the Auction go to fund the activities and events Parent Council puts on throughout the year to support cadets, faculty and staff, and HMA. If you were unable to attend or were "out bid" at the Auction, we welcome your donations year round. Make checks payable to HMA Parent Council or call the billing office to charge by phone. THANK YOU for your continued support of the HMA Parent Council.

Exciting news: Parent Council has created a Facebook page for parents of current cadets! Follow these quick and easy steps to join:

Search Facebook for “Hargrave Parent Council”. (Type in the whole name. If at first you don’t see the page listed, click on “Groups”)
Click “Join”
Lastly, send an email to [email protected] with your name and your cadet’s name and year of graduation so we know you are part of the HMA family

Last Game of the Season - JV Soccer

"What a way to end the season. The boys came out determined to leave it all on the field from the get-go.

We decided to be more aggressive than usual and went with a 3-4-3 lineup. Having three strikers paid off. For a good chunk of the first half, we created many opportunities for goal. Unfortunately, we could not find the back of the net. The first half ended 0-1 as New Covenant managed a goal in the last minute of the first half.

With four minutes left in the season, we decided to go for the honor goal with everything we had left. We added an extra man to the midfield and asked the boys to push and pressure. That’s when Nicholas Brown was able to steal a ball and find space to bring it into opposite terrain. Nicholas gave a great pass to “Zeek” Umali, who dribbled past his defender into the box and shot hard and low. The opposing keeper deflected the shot, which was recovered by O’Connor, who gave a wonderful pass to Roe on the opposite post for the one tap-in.

Goaaaaaaaal !!!!!! What a way to end the season!

Congratulations to the young Tigers - they have come a long way from where they started.Many thanks to all who came to watch and support the team, most specially to all the parents for all your loving support.

God Bless you!" - Coach Zerpa

Chapel Band

Led by Cadet Tristyn Gavulic (lead vocals, guitar; Niceville, FL), the 2019-20 Hargrave Chapel band, Encounter, debuted this week by leading the Corps through two songs during the Thursday service. The current band members are Cadets Jack Benjamin (violin; Chapel Hill, NC), Greg Chester (keyboard, vocals; Chatham, VA), and Caleb Chester (guitar; Chatham, VA). MSgt Selden, our Music Director, accompanied the group on the Cajon box drum.

Flowers for Algernon Escape Room Activity

After completing a short story unit on Flowers for Algernon, the class completed an activity that mirrored the protagonist (literally and symbolically). The winning team successfully completed an escape room activity in Ms. Paton's classroom in which they had to demonstrate nonlinear thinking, mastery of basic knowledge, and teamwork.

Catchin' Up with Coach

Lee Martin, PG Basketball

Following the annual Meet The Tigers event, we had a chance to catch up with Head Post-Graduate Basketball Coach and Basketball Program Director Lee Martin (HMA '09) as he heads into his third year at the helm. Martin, who is entering his seventh season overall at Hargrave, offers his insight on a wide variety of topics from this current team, previous players, an NBA signing, and his own growth as a head coach.

Click Here for the interview.