Students’ Documentary Wins at Fulton Tech Fair

Jordan Walker (left) and Josh Helfman won 3^rd place in the Fulton County Technology Fair for their documentary project “Rivermuck.”  Jordan and Josh created the documentary as a class assignment in Audio/Video Technology and Film 1 and competed in the category of Digital Video Production. Congratulations!

 

Centennial Teachers Add Value to Chick-Fil-A

Student Program Development

 

Centennial teachers Jessica Barger and Lauren Ermlich attended a conference at Chick –Fil- A headquarters last week. Centennial is one of only three schools in Fulton County, 73 schools statewide, to pilot a student-led Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy. Ms. Barger and Ms. Ermlich were invited to participate in a full-day session to provide feedback and fresh ideas to the program managers. Next year, Chick- Fil- A plans to launch the program into over 150 schools nationwide to allow more student leaders the opportunity to have an impact in their community and in the world.  Our first group of Leader Academy students will carry out its first Impact Project this spring.

 

CHS Chorus Earns Superior Rating

 The Centennial Chorus traveled to Sandy Springs United Methodist Church this week for the Large Group Performance Evaluation where they earned a Superior rating in Overall Sight Reading and Excellent in Stage Performance.  Many of the chorus members began this year with no previous experience, and we are extremely proud of their success. Congratulations!

Students Selected for Campaign Internships

 

 

The Karen Handel for United States Senate campaign offered competitive internships and volunteer opportunities to the best and brightest high school students of Centennial. Five of our students have received the internships: Mia Murphy, Ben Bradley, Cassie Townsend, Chad DeKold, and Colleen Evans (not pictured).
This internship is a great opportunity for students to hone interpersonal/communication skills as well as learn structure in an office environment, depending on which task (field or office) works best with the student's individual schedule. This internship is for students interested in government, politics, or marketing, or general college prep, and resume building.

Students will receive letters of recommendation from Ms. Handel and the opportunity for paid internships in the future.

 

Collings Selected for All-State Chorus

 

 

 The Georgia 2014 All State Chorus was held in Athens, February 21- 22.  After completing and passing two auditions that tested his ability to sing, read, and understand choral music, senior Huston Collings was selected to sing in the Senior Men’s  2014 All State Chorus, comprised of approximately 150 high school male singers. Congratulations, Huston!

 

Centennial Orchestra Earns Superior Rating

Congratulations to the Centennial High School Chamber Orchestra and the Concert Orchestra on their straight Superior ratings at last week’s rescheduled Large Group Performance Evaluation.

Centennial Scores Big in Math Competition

 

 Justin Htay

 

 

                                                       CHS Math Team with Ms. Alexander

Centennial competed in the Georgia Tech High School Mathematics Competition Saturday, February 15^th!  Our team was made up of 8 students from the Math Special Projects Seminar and other math enthusiasts!  Over 300 students from across Georgia competed!  After a difficult multiple choice round, made up by Georgia Tech math grad students, only 70 students advanced, including our very own Justin Htay.  Justin then competed in a ciphering round and a proof-based round!  He received one of the highest proof-based scores in the competition, launching him into 9^th place overall for individual scores! 

Law & Justice Student Earns First Place

SkillsUSA Regionals

 

Law & Justice Department freshman student Rachel Howell competed against hundreds of students in SkillsUSA Regionals in Extemporaneous Speaking. Rachel demonstrated an effective and pleasing delivery style, effective use of verbal illustrations, examples, and demonstrated poise and self-control while presenting. She was awarded 1^st place and will go on to compete against the other winners in the State of Georgia!

 

 

 

 

Centennial Students Receive

Accolades at Regional Science Fair

                           

     

 

The Fulton County Regional Science and Engineering Fair was hosted on February 8, 2014.  Centennial sent five projects, and we had two projects qualify for the state fair.

Justin Htay and Mika Tokutake (top left photo): First Place in Biochemistry and Headed to State

Andrew Wittschen (bottom photo): Second Place in Chemistry and Headed to State

John Verch and Jessica Bonin (top right photo) placed third in the Physics and Astronomy category.

Hunter Doster and Dalton Moore represented Centennial in the Chemistry category and Jessica Diaz and Elika Uphadhyay represented Centennial in Plant Sciences.

Congratulations!

Centennial Makes International Headlines

 

 

CHS students and teachers who visited Gemany last week made international headlines when reporter Ronja Hois interviewed them for a local newspaper in Essen.  They were featured in print and online.  Enjoy the great article! J

 

 

Borbeck hat Besuch aus den USA
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Die Austauschschüler aus Atlanta waren zu Gast am Gymnasium Borbeck.

Essen-Borbeck.
Gymnasium begrüßt Austauschschüler aus Atlanta in Georgia. Die mögen keine Doppelstunden, genießen ab

„Welcome in Germany“. Das heißt übersetzt: „Willkommen in Deutschland.“ So steht es auf dem Schild am Eingang des Gymnasiums Borbeck. Im letzten Oktober waren 16 Schüler der Oberstufe des Borbecker Gymnasiums Gast an der Centennial High School nahe Atlanta im US-Bundesstaat Georgia. Zehn Tage lang wohnten sie in amerikanischen Gastfamilien, besuchten den Unterricht und lernten die Millionenstadt Atlanta kennen.vtbox();Jetzt stand der Gegenbesuch an: die Schüler der US-High-School besuchten für neun Tage Borbeck. Die Amerikaner Schüler wurden nach ihren Deutschnoten ausgesucht. Nur die Besten, die es sich leisten konnten, den Unterricht in AFtlanta zu verpassen, durften nach Deutschland reisen. Jane Voss (17) und Michael Morgan (16) sind zwei der US-Gäste. Sie schwärmen: „Es ist wunderschön hier in Essen, die Leute sind so nett und das Essen ist lecker. “Auf dem Programm standen neben dem Unterricht eine Führung im Kölner Dom mit anschließendem Besuch im Schokoladenmuseum sowie Indoor-Skifahren in Neuss. „Alles toll“ sagt Jane Voss. „In Atlanta liegt kein Schnee.“ Auch die Besichtigung des Parkleuchtens im Gruga-Park faszinierte die US-Schüler. Auch unabhängig von der Gruppe haben die Austauschschüler viel unternommen. Jane Voss erzählt vom Shopping, Michael Morgan erinnert sich an die Rundfahrt im Doppeldecker-Bus. „Die Straßen hier sind verrückt. Es ist verwirrend, nicht so ein System zu haben, wie bei uns.“In Atlanta können die Schüler schon mit dem Auto zur Schule fahrenAuf der Schule in Atlanta besuchen über 2000 Schüler den Unterricht. „Am meisten vermissen wir unsere Freunde. Aber wir haben hier in Borbeck so viele neue Freundschaften geschlossen. Wir bleiben auf jeden Fall in Kontakt und werden uns auch noch öfter besuchen“, sind sich die Gastschüler sicher. So toll sie es in Essen finden, das Schulsystem in den USA mag Jane Voss lieber. „In Amerika haben wir die ganze Woche denselben Ablauf und keine Doppelstunden. In Borbeck ist bis 17.45 Uhr Unterricht und jeden Tag gibt es andere Fächer.“ Auch der Schulweg ist eine Umstellung. In Atlanta können die Schüler schon mit dem Auto zur Schule fahren, während sie in Essen mit dem Bus fahren müssen. Michael Morgan dagegen ist durchaus begeistert vom deutschen Modell:„Hier gibt es so viele Pausen. In Atlanta haben wir gerade Zeit, den Raum zu wechseln.“Wie die Borbecker Schüler in Atlanta, wohnen auch die US-Amerikaner bei Gasteltern. Auch dort haben sich Freundschaften entwickelt: Jane Voss und Michael Morgan sind sich einig: „Wir werden Deutschland und unsere Gastfamilien vermissen, denn wir werden vorerst nicht mehr zu Besuch kommen können.“
Ronja Hois

 

 

Star Student:  Dorothy Cannella

Star Teacher:  Brad Davis

 

 

Dorothy Cannella has been named Centennial’s 2014 STAR Student. Dorothy selected Brad Davis, her AP Physics teacher, as her STAR teacher. ­

The PAGE Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program, in its 56^th year, has honored more than 24,000 students and the teachers they have selected as having had the most influence on their academic achievement.  To obtain the STAR nomination, high school seniors must have the highest score on a single test date on the three-part SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average.

Congratulations!

 

Centennial Group Arrives in Spain

 

Centennial students and their Spanish teachers (Arnett, Power, and Vera) arrived safely in Valencia last Friday night.  They were greeted with sunny, warm weather plus a welcome celebration from their Spanish exchange counterparts.

 

 

Model UN Wins Awards

This past weekend, 35 students from Centennial competed against over 400 students from all over the southeast. Each student represented Centennial very well and every student did a fantastic job. Congratulations to the following students for either winning a group delegation award or various individual accolades:

 Individual Awards:

Trisha Dalapati, Colleen Evans (Outstanding)
Adrian Hoefer, Ashwin Rathie (Distinguished)
Emma Smith, Indeara Cogdell (Distinguished)
Jacob McConaghie, Morgan Wilsmann (Honorable Mention)
Sohil Shyamsundar, Nate Bramel (Honorable Mention)
Monica Bhatia (Honorable Mention)
Justin Htay (Best Position Paper)
 

Israel (Outstanding Small Delegation):

Brandon Bierbaum
Erin McCall
Sohil Shyamsundar
Nate Bramel
Trisha Dalapati
Colleen Evans
Chris Robb
Colton Mack

Iran (Honorable Mention for Large Delegation):

Jacob McConaghie
Morgan Wilsmann
Hannah Kitzmiller
Bea Dias
Emma Smith
Indeara Cogdell
Meghan Rathie
Caroline McCall
Monica Bhatia

BVP Students Compete

 

Broadcast Video Production students competed in Digital Cinema Production, Broadcast News, and TV (Video) Production at the Skills USA Regional Competition last week. Pictured are Andrew Robertson, Kenneth Blackwell, Trent Rabern, and Janie Bohlmann.

 

 

JROTC Impacts Our Community

 

           
  

 

As part of their Service Learning/Community Service projects, two different groups of Army JROTC students worked to positively impact our community. Fourteen students spent 4 hours on Wednesday, February 7^th donating their time at the North Fulton Community Charities in Roswell.  They separated, sorted, and hung clothing items;  moved, loaded, and unloaded large furniture pieces; sorted and displayed shoes and miscellaneous items. Additionally they organized, coordinated and planned all the logistical aspects of this project to include transportation.

Twenty one students spent 5 hours to help feed the homeless on Sunday, February 9^th in downtown Atlanta. They planned, organized and helped coordinate the event through the I Care Atlanta Program. The JROTC team unloaded two vans of food, set up tables, and served food, pastries and fresh vegetables to over 300 people in a vacant parking lot in the heart of Atlanta.

 

 

 

Whitaker Headed to West Point

 

Last week, hometown Congressman Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-GA) personally notified Centennial senior Will Whitaker that he had earned an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Both Rep. Price and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) nominated Will. Tens of thousands of students compete each year to be one of the approximately 1,100 freshman admitted to the Academy. Required for appointment are a rigorous application process, congressional nomination, both medical and physical exams, top-percentile SAT and ACT scores, top-tier in class rank, proven leadership roles in athletics and extracurricular activities, academic honors for extraordinary performance, exhaustive writing assignments, and an interview by a congressionally-appointed team – all of this required before the candidate is even considered by the Academy for an appointment. Centennial celebrates Will’s tremendous accomplishments!

 

 

 

CHS Students Arrive in Germany

Fourteen Centennial students, along with their German teacher Ashley McCarty and teacher chaperone Stephany Tighe, safely arrived in Germany on Friday.  Pictured are our students along with their German friends who visited CHS earlier this year.  Ms. McCarty and Ms. Tighe are front left in the photo.

 

 

 

Seaver and Hosseini Earn Gold

 

 

Congratulations to Thomas Seaver and Zack Hosseini who earned gold medals in Digital Cinema Production last week at the Skills USA Regional Contest.   

 

Centennial Cafeteria Earns 100%

 

 

Centennial congratulates Marva Fahie, cafeteria manager, and her entire team for yet another score of 100% after a surprise health inspection today.  Way to go!

Centennial Cross Country Raises $13,000

with Memorial 5K

 

 

On February 1^st, the Centennial Cross Country team hosted their 6^th annual Sam Robb Memorial 5K & Fun Run at Newtown Park. This race was started by Andy George, a 2010 Centennial Graduate to honor the memory of Sam Robb, a 2005 Centennial HS Graduate.  Andy is the son of Sam’s doctor, Dr. Bradley George, Oncologist at Children’s Health Care of Atlanta Scottish Rite. When Sam relapsed in 2007, Andy (a member of the Centennial Cross Country Team) wanted to do something in Sam’s memory to benefit CURE Childhood Cancer. Andy’s younger brother Ian, currently a Centennial junior, served as this year’s race organizer as the run brought in over $13,000. To date, the Sam Robb Memorial 5K & Fun Run has raised almost $70,000 for CURE Childhood Cancer.

Centennial Athletes Sign

Seven Letters of Intent

Pictured: Jake Sadd, Cole Woodward, Bryan Barnett, Diego Torres,

Hunter Phillips, Ryan Tillman and Chad Foster.

Centennial High School is proud to have seven students sign letters of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. These student-athletes have worked hard and have been rewarded for all of their hard work as well as their success during their time at Centennial. Signing February 5 were three baseball players, 1 tennis player, 1 soccer player, and 2 players from the 2013 State Champion lacrosse team.

From the baseball program, Chad Foster signed with West Georgia University, Ryan Tillman signed with Sewanee University of the South, and Hunter Phillips signed to play at Alabama State University; tennis player Bryan Barnett signed to play at Piedmont College; Diego Torres signed to play soccer at Southern Polytechnic University; and finally, lacrosse players Jake Sadd and Cole Woodward both signed to play at Guilford College.

Congratulations to all players and good luck to them in their collegiate careers.

Ninth Graders Meet Freedom Rider

 

  

Ms. Barger’s ninth grade TAG language arts students visited the Atlanta-Fulton County Library this week for a Freedom Riders event.  Accompanied by Ms. Barger and Ms. Yelvington, the group watched the movie Freedom Riders then heard Dr. Bernard Lafayette, an actual Freedom Rider, speak about his experiences during the Civil Rights Movement.

Centennial ROTC Presents Colors for Hawks Game

 

 

The Centennial High School Army JROTC presented the National Colors at the Atlanta Hawks basketball game on January 8^th. The Color Guard members from left to right are Cadet Captain David Baghdasarian, Cadet Second Lieutenant Jeffrey Proffitt, Cadet Captain Jeremy McClure and Cadet Captain Chris Baez. Thirty five members of the JROTC program also attended the game and cheered as the Hawks defeated the Indiana Pacers 97 to 87.

 

 

 

 

 

Barnes Wins Scholarship

 

 

Julia Barnes recently won an academic and housing scholarship for Georgia Southern.   As stated on the Georgia Southern website, students in the University Honors Program can apply “for the full-tuition 1906 Scholarship, the most prestigious academic scholarship at Georgia Southern University.”  Julia won the competitive scholarship for tuition and won a separate scholarship for housing, as well.  Congratulations, Julia!

 

 

 

Law & Justice Students Visit Correction Facility

 

Last week Centennial’s Law & Justice Program participated in a field trip to Georgia’s Diagnostic State Prison. (GDCP) is a Georgia Department of Corrections prison for men in unincorporated Butts County, Georgia, near Jackson. The prison, the largest in the state, consists of eight cellblocks containing both double-bunked and single-bunked cells. There are also eight dormitories and a medical unit. The prison conducts diagnostic processing for the state correctional system, houses (2500) male offenders, houses inmates under death sentence (UDS), and carries out state ordered executions by lethal injection. The prison complex also contains a special management unit that houses some of the most aggressive and dangerous prisoners in the correctional system.

 

With armed officers by our side, we were able to visit two cell blocks, the execution chamber, have a question and answer session with two currently incarcerated inmates (one for theft-by-receiving and the other for trafficking methamphetamine), and a panel discussion with the Deputy Wardens and the Warden. The students received compliments regarding their ability to answer Law and Justice related questions and for representing Centennial in a positive light.