JROTC Hosts CHS Veteran’s Day Ceremony

 

 

 

The Centennial High School Army JROTC hosted a Veteran’s Day Ceremony on November 11, 2015 at the CHS flagpole.  Over 90 Cadets participated in the ceremony which included the color guard, the history of Veteran’s Day, the singing of the National Anthem, remarks by the cadet commander, and the playing of Taps.

 

Wish Comes True for Max

      Pictured above: Max and his parents; Max and his dad;

Max making a presentation for his class

Max Sweeting just returned from the trip of a lifetime, made possible by the Make a Wish Foundation.  On October 22, the Foundation sent Max and his whole family to the Talladega Superspeedway. They met several drivers, attended the drivers’ meeting, and were there for the race. Everyone at Talladega, including the drivers, were amazing and incredibly nice to Max. Max is actually quite shy but was so excited about his trip that he gave a presentation to his peers to share the details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish Club Hosts Fiesta

 

Spanish Club hosted our annual fiesta for Dia de los Muertos this afternoon. Members and friends enjoyed authentic Hispanic food, music, dance, games and lively conversation in Spanish and English as well as the opportunity to get to know newer members and make friends. Thanks to all who contributed and attended!

 

 

CHS Students Selected to Honor Orchestra

 

Congratulations to our Centennial Orchestra students who were selected as members of the 2015 Fulton County High School Honor Orchestra!

From left to right: Andrew Zhang, Jason Li, Kyle Qian, David Wen, Darcy Malec and Sarah Maitland

HOSA Students Capture Second Place

                                                                       

 

 

 

Fifteen Health Occupation Student Association (HOSA) leaders attended the HOSA Fall Leadership Conference On November 2 and 3, 2015 at the Sheraton in Downtown Atlanta.  Olivia Datta took second place for Public Speaking.  Olivia McDonnold, Noor Khan, Elika Upadhyay, and Jessica Diaz earned second place for their Recruitment Display.  There were over 100 entries in each of these competitions. Students attended a variety of sessions on topics such as telehealth, biomedicine, open heart surgery, neurology, and leadership skills.

 

 

 

 

 

Miller Medals, CHS Fencers Continue

to Climb State Rankings

 

 

The Centennial Fencing Team competed in their fourth tournament at Lambert HS on Saturday, October 21st.  The Knights Men were led by Senior Captain Simon Miller, who achieved a personal best, medaling at 3rd place out of 83 competitors.   Sophomore Nick Bray achieved his second consecutive top 8 finish, placing 7th.  Senior Captain Joshua Yao was close behind at 10th place.  Yao has been the most consistent fencer on the Men’s Team, placing in the top 16 at all four tournaments to date.  Also notable was first-year fencer Joshua Bailey at 34th.

 For the Lady Knights, Sophomore Maggie Fritts led with a 6th place finish out of 77 competitors, followed by Junior Casey Archambault at 8th place.  Both have finished in the top 12 at all four tournaments so far.  Personal bests were also achieved by Sophomore Simone Katz at 22nd, and first year fencer Cursten Howard at 26th place.

Coach Gene Gettler is pleased with the steady improvement of the team.  The athletes are rapidly filling in the blanks in their skill sets, and stepping up.  With Saturday’s performance, the women’s team moved up to 5th place in the state.  The men improved their GHSFL rank to 8th, just 1 point behind Lassiter HS. 

 The Knights next tournament is hosted by Dunwoody HS November 14.  Go Knights!

 

 

 

CHS Students Earn Honor Band Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

Placing third in the county for the most students selected, Centennial can boast 15 students who make the Fulton County Honor Band.  Congratulate these students who will be participating in the Fulton County Honor Band and Orchestra on November 16 and 17 here at Centennial.

Ally Hawkins

Brandon Crowe

Carson Coldren

Christina Tamba

Eli Rickles

Georgia Harper

Grace Wyner

Jacob Martinez

Jonah Bergman

Keyshaun Scott

Kyle Howard

Madeline Baer

Matthew Gilmore

Mika Tokutake

Nicole Stetzer