HOSA Students Visit Bodies Exhibit

Thirty-seven Centennial HOSA students visited the Bodies Exhibit and the new Dinosaurs display at Atlantic Station this week.  They were accompanied by teachers Christina Branch, Jama Cochrane, and Matt Miles, as well as chaperone  Jodi Strauss.

 

SkillsUSA Officers Attend Conference at Jekyll

 
Centennial High School’s SkillsUSA Officers participated in the SkillsUSA 50^th Anniversary Fall Leadership Conference at Jekyll Island, G.A. The students attended a variety of leadership trainings, workshops, and team-building activities. Ten out the 14 received the Statesman Leadership Award!

 

Centennial Student Artists Win at GANF

 

The Georgia National Fair Student Art Contest has just finished and the works have been judged and returned.  In September, students submitted works by grade levels and in categories based on what material was used to create the work of art.  Just to show at the Georgia National Fair is a big accomplishment, because only about 10% , or 1000, of the submitted works are actually shown from the different grade levels and categories.  We had 25 works submitted: 17 of them placed in the show and several works were awarded 1st through 3^rd place.  This showing is a huge accomplishment for our student artists!  The works are on display near the front office. 

 

GANF 2014 Results

 Charlotte McDonnold

Baseball, Altered Photo, won 1^st Place and Best in Category “Georgia Grown” Award

Old Timer, B&W Photo, Showed at the Fair

Dripping Squares, Pen & Ink, Showed at the Fair

 

Maile Edwards

Candles at the Notre Dame in Paris, Color Photo, won 1^st Place and Best in Category “Georgia Grown” Award

Monument at the cemetery of WW2 in Caen, Normandy, Showed at the Fair

 

Addison Edenfield

Salon Visions, Altered Photo, won 1^st Place

Balancing Light, won 3^rd Place for Painting on Canvas

Ugly People, B&W Photo, Showed at the Fair

 

Erika Morale

Wood Table, B&W Photo, won 1^st Place

French Horn, Color Photo, Showed at the Fair

 

Charlotte Smith

At the Sea, Color Photo, won 3^rd Place

 

Marisa Beasley

Somewhere we only know, Painting on Paper, won 3^rd Place

 

Kevin Schoenblum

Transformation, Pen & Ink, Showed at the Fair

 

Alana McLean

Mimi, Color Photo, Showed at the Fair

 

Mimi Watson

Kates wonder, Painting on Canvas, Showed at the Fair

 

Jacob Smith

Angel, Painting on Paper, Showed at the Fair

 

Hannah Chan

Failing into Light, Painting on Canvas, Showed at the Fair

Freshman Centennial Fencers Stepping Up

The CHS fencers competed last week in a nine-school meet at Milton High School.  Coach Gettler is extremely pleased with the progress of the teams 9^th graders, who make up more than half of our roster.  Freshmen Nick Bray (14^th out of 77 men) and Maggie Fritz (15^th out 42 women) earned points and qualified for the Individual Championships by placing in the top 16.  Other 9^th graders with multiple victories include Simone Katz, Duncan Hemauer, Daniel Sandfelder, Joseph Dorfman, and Dean Bowler.  Their quick progress indicates that Centennial will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.

 

The Men’s team was led by junior Simon Miller, who placed 9^th (his best finish ever) after narrowly losing 15-14 to get in to the top 8.  Close behind was  captain Kenneth Blackwell at 12^th, Bray at 14^th,  captain Peter Wolff 23^rd , and freshman Duncan Hemauer 31^st.

 In the Women’s event, Fritz won 4 preliminary bouts and finished 14^th.  Sophomore newcomer Karla Chavez won 3 bouts and finished 25^th, followed by Simone Katz at 29^th.

 Centennial will host the next tournament November 1^st.  This will be a great opportunity to see fencing action first-hand and cheer on the Knights!

 

FBLA Attends Fall Rally

Centennial High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) attended the Fall Motivational Rally held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry on October 9^th along with more than 7,000 other FBLA members from around the state. The students enjoyed an informative meeting and a joggling presentation made by motivational speaker.  Members also competed in the team open testing events and the chapter spirit t-shirt and banner contests.  Results from the testing and the contest will be announced at the Fall Leadership Conference in November. Members also interacted and networked with many other Georgia FBLA members and had some free time to enjoy the Georgia National Fair festivities. Future Business Leaders of America is a career and technical student organization for students affiliated with the business and computer science pathway.

JROTC Presents Colors at Willow Springs

 

The Centennial HS Army JROTC Color Guard presented the Colors on Saturday October 18^th, 2014, at the Willow Springs Subdivision Annual Picnic. This year’s picnic was dedicated to recognizing veterans. Pictured from left to right are: Cadet Private First Class John Cronley, Cadet Captain Jeffrey Proffitt, Cadet Private First Class Felix Severson and Cadet Private Mackenzy Davis.

 

Business and Technology Students Begin

Semester Book Talks

 

Introduction to Business and Technology students have just completed their first book talk of the semester.  Students read "Eat That Frog" by Brian Tracy to help them prepare to become better managers and employers.  They were able to understand the importance of utilizing a system of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly planning.  Students were able to recognize that the “frog” to be eaten (completed) first is the most important task to be achieved.  Students shared the most significant points made in the book through presentations and discussion.  Finally, students were served frog shaped cupcakes and gummy frogs.  The students can truly say that they did learn to "Eat That Frog"!

 

Student Leadership Johns Creek

Tours Capitol

 

On Tuesday, CHS students who were selected for Student Leadership Johns Creek attended Government Day at the State Capitol.  IN addition to touring the Capitol, the students met with State Senator John Albers; State Representative Lynne Riley; Roger Wise; Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann; Colonel Mark Adger, Chief Jailer; and Tracy Flanagan, Public Affairs  Officer, Sheriff’s Office.

 

Freshmen Film Students Hired by FCSTV

 

 

Duncan Hemauer (pictured left) and Jose Carrasquero (pictured right), two of our AV Tech & Film 1 students, have successfully interviewed and been hired as paid interns for Fulton County Schools TV.  They will be editing on air content and other projects as assigned by the FCSTV Digital Video Specialist. 

 

Senior Service Day 2014

While 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders take the PSAT, Centennial seniors offer their service in a variety of locations in our community. The seniors (plus Mr. Price and Mr. Rigsbey)in these pictures are working at Safe House in downtown Atlanta.

Safe House has reported that the Atlanta Falcons, who served the pancake breakfast yesterday, didn't have ANYTHING on our Centennial seniors today! The Falcons used ready-made Bisquick; Mr. Price and his group of students whipped up homemade batter and cooked the pancakes on bacon grease! The students walked out to Centennial Olympic Park to speak to the homeless, play chess with those who were willing, and invite many of them for breakfast.

 

Senior Service Day 2014

 

 

 

While 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders take the PSAT, Centennial seniors offer their service in a variety of locations in our community. The seniors in these pictures are working at a foster care facility.

Senior Service Day 2014

 

While 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders take the PSAT, Centennial seniors offer their service in a variety of locations in our community. The seniors in these pictures are working at a foster care facility.

Senior Service Day 2014

 

 

 

While 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders take the PSAT, Centennial seniors offer their service in a variety of locations in our community. The seniors in this picture are working at Kindness Matters Ferret Rescue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centennial Marching Band Takes First Place

 

 Congratulations to Mr. Reid and the Centennial Marching Band for earning first place in the senior division of the Roswell Youth Day Parade last weekend.

Senior Service Day 2014

 

While 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders take the PSAT, Centennial seniors offer their service in a variety of locations in our community. The seniors in this picture are working with rescued animals at Furkids.  

 

Senior Service Day 2014

 

 

While 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders take the PSAT, Centennial seniors offer their service in a variety of locations in our community. The seniors in these pictures are cleaning up Island Ford Park on the Chattahoochee River in Sandy Springs. 

 

Senior Service Day 2014

While 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders take the PSAT, Centennial seniors offer their service in a variety of locations in our community. The seniors in these pictures are working on the Centennial campus.

 

Students Prepare for Robotics Competition

 

 

Students interested in learning to build VEX robots are part of a seminar held in Centennial Engineering's Robotics room. A majority of the students in this year's seminar are Technical Student Association members who are using this time to work on competition robots and practice with this year's TSA engineering challenge specifications for competition. Our goal is to place at State and travel to the TSA National Competition. Let's go Centennial Engineers!!

 

 

 

International Night Celebrates Diversity

 

 

Thursday evening over 100 people enjoyed International Night as Centennial celebrated cultural diversity with food, fun, and festivities from 18 countries:  Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Russia, Ukraine, India, Brazil, Haiti, Senegal, Kenya, Cameroon, Laos, USA, Peru, Colombia, and Uruguay.

Centennial’s JROTC presented America’s flag, and the chorus sang the National Anthem.  Performances included students demonstrating a mixed Latin dance and Urban Village Media performing a Capoeira demonstration (Afro Brazil martial arts dance).  Participants had the opportunity to support Centennial and our ESOL families while expressing pride in their cultures.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingrid Cai Wins Position with State Orchestras

 

 

 

Last April, Ingrid Cai competed in and won the Georgia Music Teachers Association Piano Concerto Competition. She will be featured performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Southern Crescent and Clayton State Symphony Orchestras on Friday, November 6, as part of the GMTA Annual Conference. Way to go Ingrid!

 

 

 

 

Boyd Sutton Honored as Eagle Scout

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to Boyd Sutton who was honored as an Eagle Scout last weekend at his Court of Honor. The Johns Creek City Council also honored Boyd at a council meeting in September with a Proclamation entered into the record in his honor.   Boyd completed his project for the Board of Review in July after leading a team of volunteers who constructed a six foot wide stone fire pit at the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center.  Boyd is a frequent volunteer at the Nature Preserve and  currently serves there as an intern.

 

 

Mentor Seminar Kicks Off With Great Success

 

 

  

 

Tuesday morning Ms. Jiram and Dr. Harris kicked off the first of many seminars geared to inspire, motivate, and mentor a select group of students at Centennial. Our students are enthusiastic to be a part of this one of a kind seminar and look forward to receiving additional support from athletes, former students, and organizations such as the Atlanta Dream and State Farm. 

Today's guest speaker, Markeith Wood, is the parent of a former Centennial graduate, Malik Wood. Mr. Wood has been a mentor for 19 years and is the founder of storiboardnation.com, an online social network that provides students with the opportunity to connect with mentors around the world in a cool space.

 

English Teachers Show Homecoming Spirit

English teachers Allison Scenna, Shaun Manny, and Stephany Tighe dressed up for pajama day to show their school spirit during Homecoming Week.