Swimmers Excel at Metro Invitational

Centennial’s swim team had a great overall performance this weekend at the Metro Invite!  Friday night began the meet with great diving from all, led by Chase Barron and Kristen Drexinger.  Saturday morning saw a lot of swimmers getting new best times - as well as Mason Gay and Drew Calvario getting their first state cuts.  And to wrap things up, the team had a great night at finals with both the boys’ and girls’ teams finishing 9th.  Our combined team score brought us to 10th place out of 24 teams.  Congratulations to all on a great day of swimming!

Pictured: Anna Truax, Karin Sowieja, Gage Lignugaris, Mason Gay

 

Students Selected for Prestigious

All-State Orchestra

 

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent Centennial High School in the prestigious GMEA All-State Orchestra. Students had to pass two strenuous audition rounds and get the highest scores out of hundreds who auditioned in order to make the orchestras. Ingrid Cai ranked 8^th out of the entire 11/12 violins, with over 100 auditioning. Kyle Qian ranked 3^rd out of the more than 150 9/10 violins who auditioned. They will represent our school in Athens February 27-March 1, 2014.

Amanda Hamilton- Viola- Alternate for All-State and Section Leader for Statewide Honor Orchestra

Ingrid Cai- First Violin- 11/12 All State Orchestra

Caroline Wittschen- Second Violin- 9/10 All State Orchestra

Kyle Qian- First Violin- 9/10 All State Orchestra

 

Barber Awarded Championship Game Puck

 

 

Centennial ninth grader Emily Barber was awarded the game puck last weekend after her youth hockey team won the Championship Game in the Hemby Cup Midwinter Classic in Charlotte, NC. Next month, they head to Pittsburgh, PA to take on some teams from the North and Canada.  Emily is the only girl on her team, and most often she is the only girl in the tournament. Congratulations, Emily!

 

 

 

 

Centennial Science Fair Winners 2014

 

 

Centennial hosted its annual science fair on Thursday, January 9^th.  We had great participation with twenty-three projects presented by thirty-nine students.

The category winners were:

Animal Sciences: Michelle Mangeniello & Jordan Reidy

Biochemistry: Justin Htay & Mika Tokutake

Chemistry: Andrew Wittschen

Health and Medicine: Katie Meyer

Microbiology: Ayan Gilbert & Ally Hawkins

Physics and Astronomy: Jessica Bonin & John Verch

Plant Sciences: Jessica Diaz & Elika Uphadhyay

 The students with the top six overall projects were chosen to continue to the Fulton County Science and Engineering Fair. 

Students	Category
Andrew Wittschen	Chemistry
Hunter Doster & Dalton Moore	Chemistry
Justin Htay & Mika Tokutake	Biochemistry
Jessica Bonin & John Verch	Physics and Astronomy
Jessica Diaz & Elika Uphadhyay	Plant Sciences
Ashwin Rathie	Physics and Astronomy

 

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Centennial Boasts Two New Eagle Scouts

 

                                                                                                                                              

 

 

David LeBaron (above top) and Steven Rigsby (above bottom) were honored as Eagle Scouts this month upon completion of the performance-based requirements, including a service project, to become an Eagle Scout.  These young men join the elite group of Scouts who have earned this recognition; only about 5% of all Boy Scouts reach this goal. Congratulations!

 

Centennial Reading Bowl Team Places Third

 

Centennial's Reading Team placed 3rd out of ten high schools in the Fulton County Reading Bowl held at Centennial High on January 11. The Reading Bowl is a competition between teams competing to test their knowledge of 20 selected books. Every March Reading Bowl team members find out the names of the selected books which they should read by the following January.  Centennial's Reading Bowl team meets during seminar then after school as the competition date becomes closer.  Congratulations!

 

Fencing Kicks Off New Year with Wins

The Centennial Fencing Team began the new year with excellent performances at the January Lassiter High School meet.   One of the highlights was junior Holly Nichols (pictured right)making her first top-8 placement, finishing 7^th overall out of 50 fencers.  Senior Captain Dorothy  Cannella (pictured left)continued to show she is one of the most dominating fencers in the league, placing 2^nd while still nursing an ankle injury.

The entire men’s squad fenced superbly in the preliminary round of 5 touch bouts (called pools), with a collective record of 23 victories against 12 losses.  They faltered in the Direct Elimination Round of 15 touch bouts.  Junior Captain Kenneth Blackwell finished 14^th overall followed by senior Captain Nick Summers at 19^th and junior Peter Wolff at 21^st out of a field of 76 competitors.

The Fencing team has one more regular season meet at Milton HS Feb. 1^st, followed by the Individual Championships at Northview HS Feb 22^nd and the Team Championships at Pope HS March 1^st.

 

Gerasimenko Selected as Student Senator

 

 

Congratulations to Katia Gerasimenko on being selected as a “Student Senator of the Day” for the 2014 Legislative Session.  Next semester she will be representing Centennial High School at the Capitol and serving as Senator Hauser’s personal aide for the day. 

Centennial Senior Delivers Introductory Speech

 

 

 

Centennial senior Josh Helfman delivered the introductory speech for Dr. Avossa, Superintendent of Fulton County Schools, at the December 2013 State of Our Schools address. Josh inspired over 500 guests with his message of perseverance.  He credits much of his success to the excellent support system established for students at Centennial.

 

 

 

 

Centennial Players Score Big

Four Centennial football players participated in the North Fulton Forsyth Touchdown Club Chamber Bowl All-Star game.  Christian Robinson's 55 yard touchdown reception and Devin O’Neill's 30 yard field goal were just two highlights from the winning team’s statistics.  Pictured are Elijah Colon, Christian Robinson, Devin O’Neill, and Coach Daniel Brunner.  Not pictured:  Stefan Young who sustained an ankle injury.

 

Thomas Awarded Scholarship

 

 

 

Before our holiday break, a representative from Georgia College and State University presented Evan Gardner Thomas with the Dean's Merit Scholarship, which is one of the awards from the President's Scholarship Competition that is held every year for potential incoming freshmen. His scholarship is for $3000, which goes on top of his HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship. He has also been accepted to the Honors Program and has a spot in Bell Hall, the only centrally located residence hall on campus.

Be sure to congratulate Evan!