Important News

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…

As we near the close of the first quarter, we’ve been reviewing data regarding student attendance. More specifically, we’ve been looking at the on-time arrival data. This year, we’ve noted an increase in the number of students reporting late without an acceptable excuse. Often, students are late because they are not accessing the school bus provided by the school system…

Boosters still have many things in stock for the holidays! Please check out our current inventory inventory sheet as of November 1st on the Centennial Boosters website at www.centennialboostersonline.com. All orders are first come, first serve and final sales.

This year, Centennial High School will be hosting its tenth annual CHSMUNC, a student-run conference with schools from around Howard County and neighboring areas in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Region participating. CHSMUNC gives a unique opportunity to learn not only for those new to Model UN, but also for those experienced. It helps to provide an understanding of parliamentary procedure to…

On Friday, September 28, 2018, Howard Community College (HCC) hosted the second annual Social Science Symposium, welcoming more than one hundred Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) high school students to its Columbia campus. As a part of a collaborative effort between the Office of Secondary Social Studies of HCPSS and the History and Social Sciences Department at HCC, students…

Do you have a passion for computer science? Do you want to learn more about careers in the tech world? Are you looking for a safe space to explore tech topics beyond what you're learning in school? Join Girls Who Code Maker Space, a club for girls in grades 9 to 12 with previous coding experience to explore their passion…

Centennial High School Boys Junior Varsity Soccer Coach Leondro Conti has made Best Buddies coaching buddies. https://news.hcpss.org/news-posts/2018/09/best-buddies-become-coaching-buddies/

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Community Members: Years ago, I attended fall parent teacher conferences for my kindergartener. I’ll never forget this particular face-to-face because the teacher said something very confusing to me. She said, “Well, as you know, (child who shall remain nameless) is shy, and so…” At that point, I interrupted because she clearly had my child confused with…