Budget cuts leave some staff worried
The 6.3 million dollar cut could be responsible for the loss of an estimated 100 jobs across the Centennial district. And of those jobs, 11 of them are teachers at CHS.
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Seven period day proposed for next year
As the recent recession continues to damage the United States’ economy, Oregon schools are beginning to feel the repercussions of funding loss. Due to recent necessity to reduce Centennial’s budget by $6 million to $10 million, the district office as well as administrators have begun searching for ways to uphold the current atmosphere of CHS while cutting teaching staff and other activities. One of the many plans discussed is that of the high school turning to a seven period day.
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Centennial’s new budget proposal
With the current economic crisis, Centennial faces its own budget deficit facing the 2009-2010 school year. The latest estimations show that the Centennial School District is going to face at least a 10% loss in funding from the federal government, with more money expected to be removed from the budget before the end of this school year.
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Students wear “No freak dancing” wristbands at prom
Centennial high school held its junior/senior prom at the Tiffany Center on April 11 amid discussion among students, teachers and administrators about the dancing contract, the dancing rules, and the pre-determined play-list.
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Dangers of drunk driving presented to seniors
During the week of April sixth, twenty-six CHS seniors went through the process of dying in a car crash because of a drunk driver to teach the student body the dangers of destructive decisions.
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FBLA members succeed at state
On Wednesday April 8, 63 members of FBLA [Future Business Leaders of America] traveled to the Portland Convention Center to compete for State. Out of the 63, 12 of them won first place in their respective events.
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Electric car club zooms past the competition
Since March 7, Centennial Electric Car Club has proceeded to race their own cars against neighboring schools at regularly scheduled competitions.
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CHS faces an immediate spending freeze
Repercussions of the recent economic crisis have been felt on the federal level, and also on the state and local level. Businesses are failing, stocks are crashing and people all around are losing their jobs due to budget cuts. One of the areas that will be hit the hardest is education, and throughout the country schools are preparing.
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Eagle Fest comes to CHS once again
Centennial High School will be celebrating prom week and eaglefest from April sixth through the sixteenth.
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Centennial honors its late janitor with memorial
To honor the living memory of Barbara Houchin, Centennial High School’s deceased custodian, senior advanced Metals student Cody Hodgins, built a birdbath to commemorate the years she dedicated to CHS.
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Boys Basketball game ends in cheer fight
The CHS Varsity cheerleaders, after a recent dispute between the squad and the school administration, took a stand and refused to cheer at the home basketball game, Tuesday, February 17th.
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Bowl-a-thon raises $500 for Snow-Cap
Centennial High Schools’ Skills U.S.A. hosted a bowl-a-thon; bowling at the Rose Bowl to raise money for Snow-CAP on February 24. The goal was to raise $500 for the organization, and to help students at Centennial go to state competitions.
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CHS competes in “battle of knowledge”
Centennial High School is not only a school that is just about sports’, but Centennial has the ability to compete on the intellectual level as well.
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Earth Hour asks people to turn off their lights
March 28th at 8:30 PM, Earth Hour is expected to make history. What started as a global movement from Sydney, Australians showing that global warming is here and now, has now become world wide. 2.2 Million people in Sydney decided to turn off their lights for only one hour, hoping to prove that the initiative people take to care about the environment, can be huge.
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Graduation moved to Expo Center
Due to the recent recession throughout the United States, Centennial High School’s graduating class of 2009 will now have their graduation ceremony at the Expo Center, rather than at the originally planned Memorial Coliseum.
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Graduation moved to Expo Center
Many Centennial students have noticed a young man being wheeled around in a wheelchair, his foot wrapped in a cast. Not many connect this boy with the horrific event that happen only months ago at the popular teenage hang-out and dance club “The Zone”.
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Drama Regionals finish with State qualifiers
On February 7th, regionals for drama were held at Gresham-Barlow High School.
There were 11 categories, in which each scene must be less than five minutes long. The competitors put on their scenes in front of three different judges.
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Staff member loses everything in house fire
While most citzens in the city of Portland were enjoying the end of 2008, Centennial’s head night custodian was experiencing one of the most horrific nights of his life. Matt Moccardine‘s house was burned to the ground on New Year’s Eve, all his possessions were destroyed and there was over $75,000 in estimated damages.
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Student tragically passes away
Amid the busy hustle of people in Centennial High School, one friendly, memorable face was sure to uplift student and staff through sincere amiability.
After twenty years of memorable experiences and twelve years of education, Andrew (Andy) Fuhrer passed away after complication from an open heart operation on the twenty-second of December.
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Unforseen whether affects school schedule
The snowfall of the December 15 through 19 school week made for one of the most bizarre school schedules yet. While the recent snow days were surely a dream come true for students, there may be severe repercussions that will come into effect later in the school year.
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Jordan Hailey gets first at Mr. Centennial
Mr. Centennial 2008 Male Beauty Pageant started off with a dance that had everyone laughing. The runners up, Tyler Johnson, Ryan Bohnstedt, Shayne Williams, Shane Maxwell, Jordan Hailey, Casey Nack, and Michael Hopp showed some skin and some moves as they danced to Jingle Bell Rock. Each boy had to have an act for Rock your Style Wear, Beach Wear, Talent, and Question & Answer.
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Franklin Clark joins the CHS staff
As Centennial High School enters the second semester of 2008 - 2009, Franklin Clark will be joining the CHS staff as an English teacher. Clark will be teaching three Sophomore English classes, two English Essentials classes for those Freshman who failed first semester English, and Freshman and Sophomore credit recovery. He has been teaching since he was very young. Once, he set up miniature natural history museums in his room, and charged his family a quarter to take his tour.
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CHS’s annual blood drive is a success
On December 4th, 2008, CHS teacher, and blood drive director; Kathy Thiebes overlooked the 106 Centennial students over age 16, who were giving the gift of life.
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Apprenticeships offered through CHS
Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering are back again this year, and there are more internships available than ever. The program helps students who are interested in pursuing careers in select science themes, be interns for mentors, depending on the science you are studying. Centennial uses the ASE program, apprenticeships in science and engineering, in which mentors look for, “bright, motivated high school students,” that are passionate about science and engineering.
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Earth Clubs receives $5,000
Centennial School District has received over $5,000 after a local company was fined for an environmental violation earlier this year.
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Students cause problems for CHS neighbors
In recent weeks, many complaints have come from the residents of the homes adjacent to the pathway that leads from the main centennial high school through S.E. Haig Drive. These neighbors have made complaints specifically about students smoking, students swearing at them and their families, and students gathering on their property.
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Childcare class raises money for young readers
The Skills USA chapter at CHS was planning activities to raise money for the SMART program. SMART stands for, Start Making A Reader Today. In Oregon, over 14,000 fourth graders read below the basic reading level and they are unable to understand what they are reading. SMART relies on financial and volunteer contributions from the communities it serves. The SMART program helps about 10,000 children each year with the help of people around the area.
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Drastic funding cuts expected for Centennial
The state has announced an estimated $1 billion revenue shortfall in the next two years. The state needs to cut $140 million from the current budget, $75 million is assigned to be cut from education. Centennial would be losing $812,000 out of this years budget.
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Australians come to CHS once again
On January 9, 40 Australian exchange students, including chaperones, came and stayed with Centennial students and their families until January 20.
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CHS brings Christmas to less fortunate
The holidays are meant for fun and celebration, however many families find themselves struggling to even provide gifts for their children, especially with the current state of the economy.
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Staff Deli opens up new lunch options
Centennial High School’s staff can now enjoy fresh salad, soups, and sandwiches everyday, thanks to David Alley and his FEAST class.
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Dance cancellations in store for CHS
Once again Centennial High School’s student body loses yet another privilege as the administration sees it necessary to cancel almost all school dances. This consequence came about due to the students disregard for school policy which outlines the appropriate, and inappropriate, forms of dance etiquette. The decision has eliminated all future school dance functions save winter formal and prom.
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Drama performs at districts
Another successful year for Centennial’s drama department as they act their way into competition at districts. Many hopeful thespians, including Tia Lalusa, Donna Paris and Whitney Crittenden, attended the competition on January 10th at Gresham High School.
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New forecasting plan meets the twenty-first century
Forecasting for next year is beginning earlier than usual with the intention that implementing a new system will alleviate some previous difficulties for students, parents, and staff.
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Senior citizens prom leadership lead
With no specific date in mind, Mr. Strot plans to make a truly senior prom happen this year at CHS. Senior citizen proms are springing up in high schools across America since their launch in 2002, thanks to Karen Dawson.
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Electric car club updates their old cars
Among many of the clubs offered at Centennial, Electric Car Club is one of the most hands on. The E-Car club builds and modifies cars that are then raced at several events during and outside the school year.
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New coach saves speech and debate
The Centennial Speech Team has shown a great strength in organization and leadership in the past few months, and now that Debbie Lewis is on board, she hopes they will be able to get more involved and be more successful as a result.
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Club 191 provides support for Centennial Students
A new student resource, Club 191, has become available this year at CHS with the hope of helping students learn to cope with the stress of everyday life. It is open Tuesday through Friday, from 8 to 3:30, in the Industrial Arts hallway in room 191.
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Leadership class helps community by giving back
The leadership class is excited to get the news out about Community 101, a program that combines giving money to schools with community service. CHS started Community 101 five years ago.
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Junior English classes visit nearby
elementary schools
“The high schoolers are coming! The high schoolers are coming!” were elementary kids’ excited words as they crowded against their classrooms awaiting the special visit from Centennial junior English students.
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Road closure delays students
Jenne Road which runs between Foster and Powell and is a major route cars use when driving will be causing closed off from 9/18/08-12/19/08.
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Canned food drive sets goal of 33,000 pounds
The annual Canned Food Drive starts December 8th and goes through the 19th at Centennial High School, with all donations benefiting local families.
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Obama wins 2008 presidential election
After months of political campaigning and anticipation, the presidential race came to an end Tuesday November 4 with the announcement of 46 year old, Illinois senator, Barack Obama as the next president of the United States of America, and the first black president. The final tally of electoral votes showed that Obama received 53% of the votes while 71 year old, Arizona senator, John McCain collected a total of 47% of votes.
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FBLA raises money for March of Dimes
Future Business Leaders of America, advised by Adriann Spencer, participated in funding for both Habitat for Humanity and March of Dimes this year.
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Higher standards for students part of school
improvement plan
Centennial High School’s new school improvement plan states: “All students achieve high academic standards in a rigorous, relevant, curriculum driven by engaging, quality instruction, and graduate prepared for post high school pursuits and responsible citizenship.”
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Funding cuts impact clubs
Recent changes in sources of money have not only had an effect on students, but also had a variety of affects on staff as well. Oregon law 455, which is the new Oregon public school food law, and the mail-In registration process are two main causes of the funding struggle this year.
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New food policy for Centennial
This coming school year Centennial High School is introducing a new food policy that is in accordance with Law 455, a new Oregon mandate issued for all public schools regarding higher nutritional standards for both lunch and breakfast programs. According to study done by The US Department of Health and Human Services
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Retired custodian suffers fatal heart attack
Among the busy crowd of people in Centennial High School, one familiar friendly face was sure to always lighten a student or staff member’s day.
After nineteen years of work at Centennial, Barbara Houchin retired from her day custodial work and she passed away from a massive heart attack on the twenty-seventh of September.
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Centennial experiences changes in freshman P.E.
There are significant changes to many classes every year. This year is no exception. One question that is on students’ minds is: What is going on with freshman Physical Education this year? Christy Nelson states that this year’s P.E. 1 class is more productive than other years.
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Sweet reward for students and staff
Student and staff of the day is a new activity to increase foot traffic to the message boards, which one student is chosen to win a piece of candy.
If you are selected student or staff member of the day your names will appear on the message boards, located by the front doors, in front of the cafeteria, and also inside the cafeteria.
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Bond measure on November ballot could bring $83 million to school
Six months ago Centennial School District unanimously voted to initiate a bond that would allow $83.3 million to circulate through the District. In November this bond will be put on the ballot for all Centennial District residents to vote for or against.
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