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Dr. Nancy Graham begins
her sixth year
at Naples High School having worked with middle and high
school students since
1979. Since coming to Naples High School Dr. Graham has
challenged and
encouraged students and staff to learn and grow while they are
here. In
addition to serving as principal, Dr. Graham is a mentor to
other Collier County
administrators new in their position and participated in the
Strategic Planning
process for the school district. She is also actively involved
in the community
as a member of the Rotary Club of Naples and its Board, a
member of her
church’s choir, and a Leadership Collier graduate (Class of
2011). Dr. Graham remains
most enthusiastic about her work with high school students
whom she enjoys because
“they know everything”! Dr. Graham earned her bachelor’s
degree in
English/Secondary Education from Taylor University and
master’s and doctorate
in Educational Leadership from the University of South
Florida. During her
career as an educator, Dr. Graham has held a variety of roles
including high
school English teacher, middle and high school principal,
supervisor of high
school principals, and Director for Quality, Continuous
Improvement, and
Planning. Dr. Graham is excited about the current success of
Naples High School
while she remains focused on what it is yet to be! She is
proud that Naples
High School is recognized by the Washington Post as one of the
top Public High
Schools in America. Dr. Graham knows that there are only two
kinds of people in
the world… and she is excited to be a Golden Eagle!
Ernie Modugno is
beginning his 23rd year
as the Athletic Director and Activities Director at Naples
High School. Before
becoming AD, Mr. Modugno taught social studies at NHS and in
1988 was the recipient
of the NSDAR State of Florida American History Teacher of the
Year award. In
1981 he became the first boys’ varsity soccer head coach at
Naples High School
as well as coach of the boys’ tennis team and an assistant
coach in the Golden Eagle
football program.
During Mr. Modugno’s
tenure as the
Athletic Director at Naples High School, Golden Eagle athletic
teams have
achieved 120 District championships, 53 Region championships,
30 State championships,
and two National championships. Naples High School is
regularly among the top,
or THE top performing high school among public high school
athletic programs in
the FHSAA’s (Florida High School Athletic Association) annual
All-Sports
competition and during the 2008-09 school year, ESPN ranked
Naples High School
as the #16 best high school athletic program in the United
States and the # 1 high
school athletic program among all schools (both public and
private) in the state of
Florida. Many Naples High School athletic teams are also
regularly among or THE
top performing athletic team in the state in the FHSAA’s
Academic Team Champion
Awards program—which ranks athletic teams in all sports based
on team
cumulative grade point averages. It should also be noted that
since 1988 close to 250 Naples High
School student-athletes have gone on to participate in
athletics at the
intercollegiate level and many coaches in a variety sports
have earned local,
state, and even national recognition.
Mr. Modugno is active
in the Florida
Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (FIAAA)
and from 2006-2009
he served as a Board Member on the FHSAA (Florida High School
Athletic
Association’s) Board of Directors. He
has earned B.A.’s in both history and education and a Master’s
Degree in Ed
Leadership, all from the University of South Florida.
Robert (Bob) Bowe was the
Golden Eagles’
head wrestling coach for six years from 2003 until 2009. Before
teaching and
coaching at Naples High, Bob was the Dean of Students in
Kenosha, Wisconsin,
were he was the head wrestling coach for over 30 years. Bob
currently teaches
at Mike Davis Elementary School. Career coaching highlights
include winning a
wrestling team State Championship in 1978, and coaching twelve
individual State
Champions and many place winners. Coach Bowe’s teams won 16
Milwaukee area Conference
titles, 10 Sectional crowns and 8 Regional championships. Bob
finished his
coaching career with 299 wins and 59 losses. He was elected to
the Kenosha
Unified Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 and also the St. Joseph
High School Hall
of Fame in 2000. Bob also received the Distinguished Service
Award for his role
as a leader in the Dean of Students program. In 1992 Bob
received the Mayor and
School Board Award for saving the life of a student. Bob has an
extensive
background in athletic event organization, serving as the
tournament manager of
countless Regional, Sectional, and Conference events in
Wisconsin, and he has
also been a State Finals wrestling official on many occasions.
Bob’s spouse
Mary is a teacher in the ESE Department at NHS.
They have one son who is also a teacher and a football
and wrestling
coach in Greenville, SC.
Trish Hendry is beginning
her fifth year
at Naples High School as the athletic/activities office
assistant. She works
with coaches, club and class sponsors, and student-athletes and
their parents
to provide the best possible support and service for all. Her
duties are varied
but include: preparing and maintaining the online eligibility
database for all
NHS athletes, processing all athletic and non-athletic, extra
and co-curricular
transportation requests for coaches and sponsors (school buses,
charter buses
and activity vans), preparing and maintaining accurate and
up-to-date sports
rosters for all sports teams, maintaining accurate and
up-to-date physical, insurance,
academic eligibility and parent consent information for all
student-athletes,
processing all reserved seat season ticket sales every football
season,
preparing game-day programs for non-football sports teams,
preparing all
athletic awards (letters, pins plaques, and certificates, etc.)
for all NHS
sports teams, and assisting in the coordination of all school
facilities usage.
Trish’s daughter Tori is a senior this year at Naples High
School. Trish is
excited and proud to be a part of the Golden Eagle family and is
looking
forward to yet another exciting year of Naples High athletics
and activities!
Go Eagles!!
Hail to thee dear Naples High
Hail dear Blue And Gold
We thy sons and daughters cherish
Memories never old
Naples High, Naples High
Faithful guide and true
Though we wander far away
We will honor you
Set amid the swaying palm trees
With the Gulf close by
In our stately halls of learning
Dear old Naples High
Naples High, Naples High
Faithful guide and true
Though we wander far away
We will honor you
Scream Eagles Scream
Go Naples Team Tonight
Loyal Eagles Sons and Daughters
Rally to the Fight Fight Fight Fight
Fly Eagles Fly
Soaring Through the Sky
Never Yield
Fight Down the Field
for Dear Old Naples High
