The CBI Spanish Connection

 

 

 

Last Friday,  Ms. Power’s and Dr. Darrow’s Spanish I class had visitors from Mr. Stone’s and Ms. Coleman’s CBI classes.  The Spanish students practiced what they had learned in class as well as spent quality time with new friends. Last week’s lesson included five of the Spanish students performng a skit about two people meeting each other for the first time then the students taught their special visitors how to say “hello” and “My name is ___.”  Pictured are members of both classes (and Ms. Power kneeling second from the left) holding their “Hola! Me llamo ___” signs.  Ms. Power and Dr. Darrow had students tell them the experience was “awesome,” and one said, “It made my day!”  They are excited to see where the program can go from here and plan to continue the lessons twice a month.

 

CHS Football Players Rally Elementary Students

 

 

 

Last Friday Centennial football players started the day spreading goodwill while opening car doors at our feeder elementary schools.  Three football players were assigned to each school:  Barnwell, Ester Jackson, Hillside, Northwoods, and River Eaves. The gentlemen did a great job promoting Elementary Schools’ Night for our football game last Friday night while greeting the children upon arrival at school.  All of the players had a blast at the schools, and the elementary kids loved seeing high school football players opening their doors. Pictured above are Malik Muhammed (top) and Cadin Herring (bottom).

 



 

Centennial Fencers Shine in Season Opener

 

 

The Centennial Fencing Team competed today in the first tournament of the season at Roswell HS.  The Georgia High School Fencing League is comprised of 14 schools in the greater Atlanta area.

The first tournament is for experienced fencers only. The Knights men’s team was led by Senior captains Peter Wolff and Kenneth Blackwell. Both placed in the top 32 in a field of 104 fencers.  Veteran Junior fencers include Simon Miller, Jackson Barnes, and Joshua Yao.  Miller and Barnes fenced well in the preliminary rounds but were eliminated in their first direct elimination (DE) bout.

The Knights are coached by Fencing Master Gene Gettler.  Coach Gettler was especially pleased with the performance of his 9^th grade class of “veterans”.  Six freshman have several years of experience at Haynes Bridge Middle School, and three had sufficient competitive experience to be eligible for the first meet.  Duncan Hemauer was awesome, winning 3 bouts in the preliminaries and also his first DE bout.  He was closely followed by fellow freshmen Nick Bray (son of teacher-sponsor Chris Bray), and Joshua Agri.

Senior Women’s captains Holly Nichols and Debbie Lowder also performed well.  Nichols won 4 bouts in the prelims and Lowder won 3 bouts.  In the DE’s, Nichols won 2 DE bouts, and finished 14^th overall after losing a close match to the eventual silver medalist.  Lowder dropped her first DE and finished 38^th.

Next up: a tournament for the new fencers only, to get some experience.  The team is still accepting newcomers.  Fencing is an exciting sport, come give it a try!  We practice Mondays and Wednesdays after school.

 

 

 

 

Exchange Students Featured on

US Embassy Website

 

Embassy of the United States

Bern, Switzerland

http://bern.usembassy.gov/mobile/ev_090414.html

 

Ambassador Suzi LeVine met with students from

Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia

and the Lycée collège des Creusets in Sion

 

 

                

 

On September 4, 2014, Ambassador Suzi LeVine met with students from Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia, USA, and the Lycée collège des Creusets in Sion, Switzerland, at her Residence in Bern.

Last April, students of the Lycée collège des Creusets spent two weeks at the U.S. high school to experience the American way of life, by attending school and meeting U.S. students. In September, the American students made a return visit, staying in Sion for two weeks to learn about the Swiss school system and Swiss culture.

During the meeting, Ambassador LeVine commented on how such exchanges help foster mutual understanding between the U.S. and Switzerland, and was very pleased to hear about the students’ experiences and views on each other’s countries. The students took the opportunity to ask the Ambassador about her work as a diplomat and her goals as Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein.

 

 

FBLA Donates to The City of Refuge

Last week FBLA students purchased school supplies to be donated to The City of Refuge, a homeless shelter for women and children.  The complex has a school, medical facility, cafeteria, recreation area, a small vegetable garden, and a fishery.  Each family is housed in one room, and parents are given training and assistance in finding work.  The donations from FBLA will be used by the children who live there and attend area schools.

 

 

 

Centennial Football Players Find

 Inspiration in Lutzenkirchen Story

Yesterday the CHS football team heard a message from Mike and Mary Lutzenkirchen, parents of Philip Lutzenkirchen, a Lassiter High School graduate and Auburn football player, who was a passenger killed in an alcohol related car crash in June.  The speech encouraged the players to always wear a seatbelt and to make good choices about riding with others who may be impaired by alcohol use. The young lady in the photo is Bailey Moody, who attended yesterday along with her parents and siblings. Bailey is just one of many children Philip befriended as he visited hospitals to spend time with kids who were struggling with catastrophic illnesses. Bailey met Philip while undergoing cancer treatment a few years ago; although her treatment required amputation of her leg at the knee, she plans to continue her sports career.  

 

 

 

 



 

CHS Youth Action Center Provides Opportunities

Centennial is now a Youth Action Center (YAC) in affiliation with 21^st Century Leaders.  A YAC provides opportunities for service and leadership training for all students.  Centennial students will be able to build connections between the school and the community by meeting real needs in Roswell and areas throughout the world.  Lauren Williams will serve as the group’s president, and Mrs. Robinson will be the sponsor.  Plans are in place to hold a Leadership Forum later this month and to get more students involved in giving back.

This weekend, Lauren and Mrs. Robinson attended a Back 2 School event sponsored by 21^st Century Leaders at the City of Refuge in Atlanta.  The event highlighted the year-round schedule of service projects that schools can adapt to the needs of their community.  Additionally, presentations and activities were conducted by students from Georgia Tech to emphasize the importance of service learning.  The participants were able to network and make plans for the current school year.