Eagle News:

 

We hope you had the opportunity t attend one of the winter concerts this week. The students gave outstanding performances last week.

 

Centennial High School is a top 25 Engineering Source School for the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland.

 

Congratulations to Camryn Allen. She was recognized as the National Dig Pink Award Winner. She will also receive a $3500.00 scholarship!

 

Congratulations to Sydney Grossman. She is our winner for the Poetry Out Loud Contest.

 

Start the holidays with Krispy Kreme Donuts! The Make-A-Wish Foundation club will be selling 1 dozen Krispy Kreme Donuts for $5. Students can pay during lunch shifts or online starting December 12th-21st. Donuts will be delivered December 23rd, 6th period.

 

Our G/T Parent Information Night will be on Thursday, 1/5 at 7 PM in the Media Center. 

The G/T Research Program includes two college-level courses, Independent Research and Intern/Mentor, in which students design an original research study or creative production in a self-selected area of interest. Student research or creative production focuses on contributing new knowledge to the field of study.

The G/T Resource Teacher facilitates classroom and internship experiences, focusing on advanced-level research methodologies, college-level writing, and oral presentation skills. Students in the Independent Research course receive professional feedback from project advisors, while Intern/Mentor students apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in an authentic, professional environment.

 

Mr. Rus VanWestervelt released his latest and most significant publication in five years: Faith, Hope, and Legacy: A Collection of Christmas Reflections. It includes three short stories and a collection of essays and intimations on the holiday season, all original and composed over a 16-year period. The featured story, "Gretchie's Gifts," was inspired by a dying friend's wish to have the story told of her "greatest gift ever received."

http://www.lifestorylighthouse.com/faith-hope-and-legacy-a-collection-of-christmas-reflections/

 

The It's Academic Club and Team is very happy and proud to announce that two of our recent alumni, Clarissa Santori (2013 Baltimore It's Academic TV Champion) and Gary Tse (2015 and 2016 Baltimore It's Academic TV Champion and 2015 Superbowl Champion) were selected to be among the 15 finalists in the nation to compete on TV on Jeopardy during their annual College Tournament. The taping will occur in January and we will inform everyone of the TV dates.

On Saturday December 3, three teams from Centennial qualified for the History Bowl National Tournament after competing at Thomas Jefferson in Virginia.

Also 5 Centennial students were invited to try out for the Maryland All Star Team, which will compete at the NASAT Tournament in Lexington Kentucky in June 2017:

Rohan Laljani (senior), Jason Li (senior and on the All Star Team team last year), Siri Neerchal (senior and on the All Star Team last year), Jakob Boeye (junior) and Emmy Alme (junior).

We are sending four teams to the Novice Tournament at Richard Montgomery High School this coming weekend, three teams to a tournament near Philadelphia on January 7, our TV taping at WJZ TV studios on January 14th, and the Hammond Tournament on January 21st.

Stay tuned. Thank you Eric and Sara Seifter

 

Congratulations to the CHS athletes…

Baltimore Sun All Metro:

 Girls Cross Country:  2nd Team, Alison Betler

 Boys Soccer:  2nd Team, Ammar Narmouq

 Girls Soccer:  2nd Team, Jasmine McCree

 

Howard County Times All County:

 Field Hockey:  1st Team, Olivia O’Connell, Mary Margaret Baldy

                              2nd Team, Jenna Dietrich

 Boys Golf:  2nd Team, Kenneth Chaplain

 Girls Golf:  1st  Team, Isabel Trojillo

 

The Class of 2016 has given a wonderful gift to our school!  A newly mounted LCD projector with great sounding speakers has been installed.  The HCPSS carpentry shop crew designed and created a drop-down shelf that is mounted on the column facing the projection screen.  Electrical outlets have been installed and a lock box, for audio and VGA inputs.  This gift is a great addition to our building and will provide a location for presentations by staff and school groups. Thank you.

 

Next week is Holiday Spirit Week:
Monday – Holiday PJ Day

Tuesday – Season Switch Day

Wednesday – Ugly Sweater Day

Thursday – Snow Gear Day

Friday – Holiday Character Day

 

Have a Great Week

Claire Hafets