Eagle News:

Congratulations to our Science Olympiad Team. For the second year in a row, Centennial won the SO Invitational Tournament hosted by the National Cathedral School in Washington, DC. Not only did Team #1 win the tournament, team #2 placed third out of 23 teams.  We have some great returning veterans and some very energetic, hard working new Olympians.

We head to Fairfax High School in January for another invitational and the regionals will be in early February.  

Maryam Elhabashy gave a speech at the first #onehoward event. It was a pretty great experience. She got a standing ovation… Here’s an article with a small excerpt from her speech: http://news.schoolsdo.org/2016/12/md-county-schools-confront-racism-bigotry/

Happy Holidays from your friendly school yearbook team! Do not miss out on our own Winter Spectacular savings - 15% of the 2016-17 yearbook! Do not pass on this opportunity to preserve this year's memories in a full-color 250+ page book chronicling all the things that make CHS the merriest place on Earth! Simply go to www.yearbookordercenter.com and use code 5591 to order your copy today!

**Gift Certificates are available to give as the ultimate holiday gift! See Kristin Lavender for more details. 

On Friday the following students competed at our school’s Poetry Out Loud competition: Paulina Balderas, Karen Wiratan, Aiden Newell, Christina Yang, Mary Monroe, Caroline Pekrul, Ka'meera Lee, Kieran Newell, and Sydney Grossman.

Each champion won a classroom competition, and the winner at the school level moves on to Regionals in February. Good luck to all champions!

Congratulations to Polly Moser, Geonhee Na, Jerel Olonski, Lucas Benavides, and Katie Garner on the graduation from Leadership U. Students had the opportunity to participate and work on entrepreneur projects over the summer.

Please take time to speak your child about “thinking before posting” on social media.

Have a great weekend.

Claire Hafets