| Centennial High School | |
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| Address | |
| 8601 Hageman Road Bakersfield, California, 93312 United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Opened | 1993 |
| School district | Kern High School District |
| Dean | Ben Shirley |
| Principal | Steve Wedel |
| Grades | 9th through 12th |
| Enrollment | 1800 |
| School Colour(s) | Red, White, and Gold |
| Slogan | Home of the Golden Hawks |
| Athletics conference | Southwest Yosemite League |
| Mascot | Golden Hawks |
| Rival | Stockdale, Frontier, Bakersfield |
| Newspaper | The Hawk Eye |
| Website | http://www.khsd.k12.ca.us/centennial/ |
Centennial High School is a public high school located in Bakersfield, California. Its opening in 1993 marked the 100 year anniversary of the Kern High School District. Centennial is the home of many nationally recognized extra-curricular academic programs, including Virtual Business and We The People, both of which have finished ranked in the top 5 nationally in the school's history. As of 2011, Centennial has an API score of 841, beating Stockdale High to have the highest API in the Kern High School District.
Centennial's athletic teams are known as the Centennial Golden Hawks and wear the school's colors of red, white, and gold. As part of the Southwest Yosemite League, the Golden Hawks compete in football, baseball, boys and girls soccer and basketball, track & field, cross country, women's volleyball, boys and girls tennis, swim, and dive. The women's volleyball team won the National Championship in 1996. They also won the valley championships 2010. The football team went undefeated in league play for the first 10 years of the program.
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