Eagle News:
Congratulations Kieran Newell on your selection as one of the students who will run for Student Member of the Board of Education! Eagle Pride.
Congratulations! Courtney Tse has been selected as a 2018 Maryland Affiliate Winner of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.
On Monday, February 26, Boys Basketball vs Atholton or Long Reach, 6:00 PM at Centennial. All tickets for the playoff games, home and away, are $6.00 for everyone over 7. Only blue MPSSAA passes will be accepted.
On Tuesday, February 27, Girls Basketball @ Reservoir, 6:00 PM. All tickets for the playoff games, home and away, are $6.00 for everyone over 7. Only blue MPSSAA passes will be accepted.
Congratulations to Eric Maher, Naige Correal-Winters, and Naomi Smith who scored in the top 2.5% on the PSAT/NMSQT among all Hispanic and Latino test-takers. As a result, these three CHS students have been invited to participate in the National Hispanic Recognition Program. Participation in the National Hispanic Recognition Program will enable students to highlight their outstanding educational achievements to top colleges and universities. Felicitaciones! Enhorabuena!
This year over 26,000 students took the 2018 National German Exam. At Centennial, fifty German students took the exam on February 1 and performed extremely well.
Gold medalists: Naige Correal-Winters, Anjali Gajendiran, Madeline Harris, Adam Hawtof, Lucas Jones, Thomas Luo, Jessica McCarthy, Emil Przybyla, Carolyn Reynolds, Lucrezia Righi, Malika Shah, Maximilian Shen, Madison Wirebach, and Matthew Zhang.
Silver medalists: Elif Akbas, Joshua Braun, James Daly, Lauren Herr, Saraf Islam, Jason Kraisser, Nadine Meister, Erebus Oh, Ethan Steuernagle, Jerry Sun, Brian Tran, and Binderiya Undrakhbold.
Bronze medalists: Chris Agnew, Dominic Cangialosi, Diana Dinh, Alexandra Fang, Noah Hanssen, Abigail Hill, Hannah Murphy, Simone Sabnis and MegThompson.
Congratulations to these students and all other students who took the exam! We are so proud of all of you!
On February 17, 2018, Centennial sent their A team with Emmaline Alme and Jakob Boeye (seniors), Adam Knox (sophomore) and Carter Matties (freshman) to the quizbowl tournament at Georgetown University. Centennial came in 2nd place. Jakob Boeye was the 3rd highest scorer and won a book on Sartre. The team qualified for Nationals.
On February 10, 2018, Centennial sent 3 teams to Johns Hopkins University. Our A team came in 4th with Jakob Boeye (senior and captain), Adam Knox, Peter Wilschke, and Ian May (sophomores).
Our TV show will play on Saturday April 21 at 10AM on WJZ TV channel 13 where we defeat Fallston and Bryn Mawr to move into the Semifinals on TV.
We are hosting 2 tournaments at Centennial in early March, the USABB for Middle and Elementary students (staffed by our high school students and parents) on March 3 and a History Bowl DC area Championship for all grade levels on March 11.
Congratulations Team Virus! Matthew Zhang, Andrew Zhao, Keertik Bacon, Philip Wang, Diego Montemayor, Carlos Montemayor, Anika Huang and Shreya Vallimanalan and their robot competed at the FIRST Tech Challenge Maryland/DC Championship on Saturday Feb 17th. Team Virus won the Control Award. The Control Award celebrates their incorporation of sensors and software to increase the robot’s functionality on the field. The award recognizes their innovative thinking in the control system design to improve autonomous operation, improving mechanical systems with intelligent control, and using sensors to achieve better results on the field. The Team’s Engineering Notebook contains details about the implementation of the software, sensors, and mechanical control.
Congratulations! Srija Makkapati has been selected as a 2018 Maryland Affiliate Winner of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.
The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is the only national non-profit focused on women's participation in computing across the entire ecosystem, helping more than 1,100 organizations recruit, retain, and advance women from K-12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers by providing support, evidence, and action. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) honors women in grades 9 through 12 who are active and interested in computing and technology, and encourages them to pursue their passions. AiC recipients are chosen for their demonstrated interest and achievements in computing, proven leadership ability, academic performance, and plans for post‑secondary education. To date, nearly 8,600 women have been honored with the Award for AiC.
The “Awkward Troupe did a wonderful job of Improv at Miller’ Grant. The audience was very receptive and enjoyed the performance. Noah Katz was terrific in his leadership, keeping the program moving, and selecting players for each game to spread the talent. Thank you for offering such an entertaining afternoon.
Congratulations to Jacob Blyukher (138) and Jason Kraisser (145) Howard County Wrestling Champions! Eagle Pride
Congratulations to Andrew Hohmann - Player of the Week. He's been the Eagles' offensive catalyst during their current win streak.
The United States Marine Band, President's Own String Quartet performed at Centennial High School February 22, 2018 for our orchestra students.
Since November Centennial students have been planning a "One Centennial" to address and discuss concerns that are student selected and student led. The topics are cultural issues, race issues, stress, mental health, gun control, and school safety. These workshops will be opportunities for students to have discussions, give opinions, and hopefully, provide some solutions for Centennial. Our One Centennial will be from 8:00-2:10 on March 29th and we are very excited about it. Students and SGA are also planning an organized event for March 14th in solidarity with Stoneman Douglas High School. Centennial students are passionate and compassionate and truly want to help create change... the students feel strongly about meaningful and purposeful events. Our Student Services, SRO, as well as administrators, are always available to speak with students. We are looking forward to our open dialogues...
Congratulations:
3A East Region Championships, top 8 placers:
Boys:
300m
Juan Parra, 1st, Region Champ (Qualified for State Meet)
500m
Juan Parra, 1st, Region Champ (Qualified for State Meet)
Tyler Dan, 7th
1600m
Jacob Cole, 8th
3200m
Greg Costello, 1st, Region Champ (Qualified for State Meet)
Zach Deming, 6th
55m Hurdles
Jason Sallitt, 2nd (Qualified for State Meet)
4x400m Relay
D'Javan White, Tyler Dan, Greg Costello, Juan Parra, 2nd (Qualified for State Meet)
High Jump
Chris Wagner, 4th (Qualified for State Meet)
Girls:
500m
Claudia Pilcher, 4th (Qualified for State Meet)
1600m
Alison Betler, 5th (Qualified for State Meet)
Cora Blount, 8th (Qualified for State Meet)
3200m
Kirsten Wikner, 6th (Qualified for State Meet)
4x400m Relay
Sana Aslam, Cora Blount, Alison Betler, Claudia Pilcher, 6th
4x800m Relay
Claudia Pilcher, Kirsten Wikner, Cora Blount, Alison Betler, 1st, Region Champs, School Record (Qualified for State Meet)
3A State Championships, top 8 placers
Boys:
500m
Juan Parra, 4th
3200m
Greg Costello, 2nd
55m Hurdles
Jason Sallitt, 8th
Girls:
1600m
Alison Betler, 8th
3200m
Kirsten Wikner, 6th
4x800m Relay
Claudia Pilcher, Kirsten Wikner, Cora Blount, Alison Betler, 1st (1st Girls Indoor 4x800m relay state championship in school history)
Eagle Prides!
Dumpling Day …best day ever!
The Chinese Association at Centennial (CAAC) – a PTSA Parent Advocacy group invited all teachers and staff at Centennial High School to their annual Chinese Dumpling Lunch on Friday, February 23. We all enjoyed this traditional meal celebrating the Lunar New Year (Year of the Dog). We ate a variety of delicious dumplings, cookies, Chinese pancakes, and sauces. No one walked away hungry! Thank you… CAAC Chair, Bing Zhang, Yujun Mao, and all the wonderful parents!
Have a great weekend.
Claire Hafets