Important News

The PTSA is selling packs of ten gift cards for good for one Chick-fil-A sandwich or one 8 count nuggets for $15. Each card is worth approximately $3 for a total package value of $30. Cards must be used by December 31, 2018 at the Columbia Mall location only. All proceeds benefit after prom. Please contact Michelle Berry at shelberry@verizon.net…

On October 10, 2016, 9th, 10th and 11th graders participated in the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) assessment. The scores for students who participated in the assessments have been posted at http://www.hcpss.org/connect/ Login and click on Academic Information in the left menu Select Standardized Test Scores Paper score reports will be distributed by winter break with additional information. For students who included…

The after school activity bus is running for students on Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons. The bus will pick up students in front of the school at the main entrance at 3:45 pm. For a bus pass, please see Mrs. Vickers in the front office on the day you want to ride the bus. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served…

" Shrek" auditions are December 13-14; Open to all students! Be a part of the spring musical, "Shrek"! Auditions are Thursday, December 13 or Friday, December 14 from 2:30-3:30. If you are interested in being in the ensemble, you can audition with up to three people. Prepare one minute of a school appropriate song. You can sing acapella (without instrumental…

EAGLES NEST Greetings Centennial Community: Recently, a parent stopped by the front office and reminded me of some suggestions I’d made during our annual New Student Orientation in August. The topic of that advice was about helping students develop self-advocacy and independence. There is a list of eight life skills all 18-year olds need in order to be successful as…

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We appreciate the parents and students who attended our information session on Monday, November 26 where options for students attending Centennial and Howard high schools were presented. These program options are designed to provide high quality educational alternatives that will serve the dual purpose of promoting students best interests while helping to alleviate overcrowding at these two neighboring schools. For…

Centennial Community: As you may have heard, the Board of Education has recently approved adding and expanding program options to our students as a measure to help alleviate our overcrowding. Centennial HCPSS Staff will be hosting a series of parent information sessions on these programmatic options available to reduce enrollment at Centennial and Howard High Schools. These family sessions will…

In times of emergencies/school closings, information will be shared with the community through the following: Our school system homepage HCPSS News email and text message alerts. Parents do not have to sign up for this service. All subscription information comes directly from the HCPSS Connect system. However, community members who do not have children in the school system have to…

From the Principal’s Desk... Greetings! Seems like just yesterday we were kicking off the new school year and now we’ve found the end of quarter one and we’re faced with the change of the clocks as Daylight Saving Time is upon us (that means change your clocks and your smoke detector batteries this weekend). There is much to write about…