Chad Hoge Named Georgia's

History Teacher of the Year

 

 

 

Congratulations to Centennial teacher Chad Hoge. Out of 461 Georgia High Schools, Centennial's own Chad Hoge won the whole state!

 

 

Centennial Athletes Help Special Olympians

Earn Medals

 

 

Congratulations to Centennial sophomores Brandon Semones (#663) and Phillipe Lamarche (#1006) for their efforts at the Georgia Special Olympics Summer Games at Emory University.  The boys competed as unified partners, non-disabled peers of traditional Special Olympians, pairing with their teammates to take gold and silver in long distance running.

 

Brandon and Phillipe ran as part of the Special K's - http://specialksgeorgia.weebly.com/,

a local Special Olympics organization based in North Fulton.

 

 

 

 



CHS HOSA Graduates Continue to Serve

HOSA graduates Cassidy Buck and Boyd Sutton remain dedicated after graduation!  Today the pair donated their time to teaching life saving skills to the Holcomb Bridge Middle School 6th graders for Survivor Day.

 

FBLA and 21^st Century Leaders Fight Hunger

 

The members of Future Business Leaders of America and 21^st Century Leaders want to thank all of you who gave to our Peanut Butter Food Drive.  With your assistance we were able to collect over 160 jars of peanut butter.  The peanut butter is being sent to a Roswell area food pantry.  Thanks again, as we work to fight hunger in our community.

                                                                                                        

Leader Academy Donates to Homestretch

Last week the Centennial Chick Fil-A Leader Academy sponsored a fun afternoon and evening of Moe’s chips and salsa plus Bingo.  The group raised $350 for Homestretch, an organization providing help to the homeless. Members are pictured above with their sponsors, Ms. Michael (left) and Ms. Fudal (right).

 

CHS Students Win in French Competition

Centennial students had an excellent showing at Le Grand Concours, the National French Contest, an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students of French in grades 1-12, in all 50 states and abroad, take a written test and compete against students with similar educational background for prizes. 

 

 

Burney Elected District Chair

 

Centennial choral director, Chelsea Burney, was recently elected the District V Choral Chair for the next two year term.  District V includes Fulton County Schools, Atlanta Public Schools, and local private schools.  Congratulations, Ms. Burney!

 

 

 

 

CHS Cadets Join Roswell FD for Ceremony

Cadets MacKenzy Davis and Noah Goodwin were a part of a joint Color Guard with the Roswell Fire Department at the Roswell 65^th Annual National Day of Prayer Ceremony at the Roswell City Hall on Thursday May 5^th, 2016.

 

 

Centennial AVTF Department Accomplishes

Industry Certification

 

 

Congratulations to Mr. Buechner for many hours of hard work and dedication to achieve industry certification for the CHS Audio Visual Technology Film Department.   The Media Education Foundation presented the award to the AVTF program at Centennial, after the team found the program to be strong and well-implemented; the facilities were found to be admirably well equipped and organized.

 

 

 

 

AVTF Produces L.I.F.E. Video

In one of the CHS AVTF Department’s recent projects, Tommy Fuentes , Julia Couch, Gillie Barber, and Mr. Buechner travelled to the Ritz Carlton, Georgia State, Siemens, Verizon, and Kimberly-Clark to film the L.I.F.E. Program, the work program for our CBI students. The picture above is the CHS crew with CBI students who work at Kimberly-Clark. The link will take you to the video they produced.

https://vimeo.com/165877489

  

 

 

Murray-Williams Honored as Eagle Scout

Congratulations to Emmanuel Murray-Williams on reaching the coveted rank of Eagle Scout. He joins an elite group of young men who achieve this honor; in fact, only 6% of the total number of eligible scouts last year.  Emmanuel built a fence at Homestretch's Roswell community for his Eagle Scout project.  HomeStretch gives homeless parents and their children a safe and comfortable place to live while simultaneously helping them address the root causes of their situation and return to a life of self-reliance and stability. 

 

 

Doster Honored as Academy Appointee

 

 

Last Sunday, April 17, Centennial senior Hunter Doster was honored at the Academy Appointee Salute with United States Senator Johnny Isakson.  Hunter will be attending the Air Force Academy this fall after a rigorous application and highly selective admissions process.  Congratulations, Hunter!

 

 

GADOE Honors CHS Senior

The Georgia Department of Education ESOL/Title III Department has recognized CHS student Brittany Jimenez for her excellence in academic achievement as one of Georgia’s 2016 Star English Learners.  The “Star English Learner” award is given to ESOL students who are in their senior year of high school and have maintained a 3.0 GPA or higher. The award ceremony will take place at State Superintendent Richard Wood’s annual “Excellence in Achievement” next May.

 Brittany is pictured above with her nominating ESOL teacher, Marcelle Male.

Star Wars Visitor Arrives for Disney Day

 

Senior Class sponsor Sheila Jimenez suited up to actively enjoy Senior Disney Day.

Flynn Receives Award for Excellence

Last night CHS senior Bailey Flynn received a Yes I Can! award in the area of vocational skills for his excellent work at his off-campus jobsite. Bailey is pictured above with his parents. Below is a blurb from his nomination:

“Bailey has been working at the Fulton County Administrative Building for his jobsite this year. He had extreme anxiety about working off campus and meeting new people, but he was able to overcome that and excel. He has exceeded all expectations! He is excited to go to jobsite every day, has become much more social with his supervisors, has almost memorized all of the schools on every mail route for the county, and looks forward to delivering mail to employees throughout the building. Bailey has made tremendous progress, and his self-confidence has come a long way!” 

Congratulations, Bailey!

 

Girls’ Lacrosse Featured in

Roswell Neighbor Newspaper

 

 

 

 

Girls’ lacrosse schedule enters heart of season

by Marcel Pourtout

Neighbor Newspapers

03.28.16 - 01:19 pm

The end of March brings the lacrosse regular season to its midway point with local programs rounding into form.

The Milton girls’ lacrosse team, the defending state champion, has dropped only one contest this season highlighted by a 14-9 road win at Walton on March 10 in a rematch of last season’s state championship game. Jessi Masinko scored a team-high five goals and two assists while Sophie Baez had three goals and two assists in the victory. Sydney Catts won 13 draws.

“It took a while for our offense to get settled and execute,” Milton head coach Tim Godby said. “We were turning the ball over early in the game trying to force things.  Once we settled down, we were able to make plays and score.  We have a lot of tough games ahead of us and lots of things to work on to improve both offensively and defensively.”

Milton will return to action on Thursday at home against Lassiter.

Centennial sees its girls’ team playing well with a 7-3 mark overall and undefeated in area play. The Knights won at Lambert 15-14 on March 24. Senior captain Julia Couch has led Centennial’s offensive effort, scoring a team-high 55 goals along with 30 draw controls and 28 assists. Junior midfielder Abigail Bergman has a team-high nine caused turnovers and 11 goals while junior goalkeeper Celia Senerman has a 49-percent save percentage.

“The team has been doing really well this season and I’m proud at the improvement it’s shown so far,” Knights’ head coach Emily Perling said. “We focus on getting better each half we play and the girls have done a great job of achieving that goal. Julia’s determination and hustle are contagious while Abigail’s shifty moves on attack mixed with her amazing defensive footwork makes her a threat. Celia spent a lot of time this offseason preparing to take on the starting role and it’s shown.”

Centennial will face Creekside out of Jacksonville, Florida in a non-area contest on April 1.

Blessed Trinity is undefeated through nine contests including a 16-1 home win over Holy Innocents’ in an area contest on March 22. Junior Mary Markwordt leads the team in scoring followed by seniors Regan McGovern and Mary Deatrick. Senior Payton Fadem has the most assists while junior Sarah Flatt leads the team in groundballs.

“I’ve been very pleased with our team’s performance so far this season,” Blessed Trinity head coach Liz McFarland said. “They are working together as a unit and are very supportive of each other. We have a terrific group of seniors that are providing great leadership and we have quite a bit of depth. We have great expectations for this season as well as future years.”

The Titans will host Woodward Academy on Thursday.  

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SkillsUSA Students Place in Top 3 at State Level

 

Alex Larsen, Jake Wehr, Jason Scott (all three pictured top right) and Zach Armbruster (not pictured) won Bronze medals after winning 3rd in the Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl competition.  Brayan Enriquez and Tommy Fuentes (bottom left photo) won Silver medals for placing 2nd in the Television Video Production competition.  

Swiss Exchange Field Trip March 24^th

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

The Swiss Exchange students, along with their teachers and Mrs. Skrok, went on their first field trip this week to Roswell for the Roswell Ghost Tour then lunch at Swallow at the Hallow. Students enjoyed the trip very much and really enjoyed the pies for dessert!

 

Interact Members Meet with North Fulton

Rotary Club

 

This week some of our Interact Club students meet with the Rotarians from the Rotary Club of North Fulton to present the community work and projects they have been working on as well as their fundraising plans for the North Fulton Relay for Life event in May. The students in the left photo are Andrea Laredo, Andre Dias, and Lisbeth Guerrero



Swiss Exchange Students Arrive at CHS

 

The World Languages Department is happy to announce the arrival of the Swiss Exchange Students from Sion, Switzerland. We waited anxiously at the airport for their arrival, and were thrilled when they had finally made it to Atlanta! They will be with their American partners until April 1^st. Please welcome them to Centennial during their visit!

 

 

 

Swiss Exchange Students Arrive at CHS

CHS Artists Contribute to NASA

 

 

Ms. Turner's art students were quick to jump on board last month when NASA invited artists to send their artwork on a journey aboard NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft.  OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in September and travel to the asteroid Bennu.  This will be the first U.S. mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for study.

 

The #WeTheExplorers campaign invited the public to take part in this mission by expressing, through art, how the mission's spirit of exploration is reflected in their own lives.  Submitted works of art will be saved on a chip on the spacecraft.

 

"The development of the spacecraft and instruments has been a hugely creative process, where ultimately the canvas is the machined metal and composites preparing to launch in September," said Jason Dworkin, OSIRIS-REx project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.  "It is fitting that this endeavor can inspire the public to express their creativity to be carried by OSIRIS-Rex into space."

 

Contributing Centennial artists took the opportunity to connect art and science as they learned about the details of the mission and the orbiting asteroid Bennu.  The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft launches in 2016, rendezvous with asteroid (101955) Bennu in 2018, and returns its sample to Earth in 2023.

 

To see all of the contributions, including those from our CHS artists, visit #WeTheExplorers on Twitter. 

Davis' Photo Selected for Publication

and NYC Gallery Show 

 

 

 

 

 

JROTC Cadet Mackenzy Davis (pictured above in a CHS JROTC photo), along with other female cadets (pictured in the group photo above), were professionally photographed (not shown) by Kate Parker, a professional photographer who is currently photographing strong girls for possible inclusion in her new book, "Strong is the New Pretty." Mackenzy's photo was selected to appear in Parker's New York City gallery show last week. The photograph of Mackenzie selected for inclusion cannot be shown yet, since it is now the property of Parker.  Below is the press release for Parker's NYC gallery showing.

 

"Special K is launching the “Nourish Your Next” project to recognize and celebrate get-after-it, bring-it-on, ready-for-what’s next women, and nourish what they have their sights set on next. Throughout the year, Special K will be on the lookout for women who are rocking it, and celebrating their strength in ways big and small.

To kick things off, Special K is elevating the story of a woman worthy of recognition, “Strong is the New Pretty” photographer Kate T. Parker. What started as a personal photography project for the mother to two young daughters is now a mission to combat the messages often sent to women and girls by showing that true beauty is not in a hairstyle, outfit or body type, but in being yourself 100%.

Inspired by her mission, Special K is helping Parker reach a new audience with her message, starting with her first-ever New York City photography exhibit where she’ll showcase that strong is indeed the new pretty and unveil #whatsnext – a “Strong is the New Pretty” book and charity. Proceeds from the sale of select images will also help Parker further her mission to nourish future generations of strong women through her charity."

 

Bray Defeats College Fencers

 

 

Congratulations to Nick Bray (second from the left)for taking the Bronze at the Yellow Jacket Open Fencing Tournament at Georgia Tech.  Bray overcame an initial seeding of 59 in the 60 person field, defeating fencers from Georgia Tech and Clemson on his way to the semifinals.  In the semis, Nick lost a tough 14-12 decision to the number one seed and eventual champion from the University of Florida. 

AP Bio Students Successfully Engineer

Jellyfish Gene

Mr. Kuhn’s AP Biology students have had another year of success engineering the jellyfish gene for bioluminescence into E. coli.

 

 

Orchestra Members Perform

for Music Conference

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to members of the Centennial High School Orchestra who performed as part of the keynote address for the National Foundation for Music Education Research Conference in at the Westin Hotel in downtown Atlanta. It was an honor to perform for over 300 music researchers from across the country! Performers- Olivia Chapman, Sarah Leftwich, Jason Li, Darcy Malec, Sarah Maitland, Kyle Qian, David Wen and Caroline Wittschen.

 

Centennial High School 

Class of 2016

Valedictorian and Salutatorian

 

Salutatorian: Mary Stephens

Valedictorian: Justin Htay