Centennial High School (Ellicott City, Maryland)

Centennial High School (Ellicott City, Maryland)
Location
Ellicott City, MD, 21042
Principal	Dr. Carl Perkins

Centennial High School is a secondary school in Ellicott City, Maryland that opened in 1977. The school is based in Howard County and is part of the Howard County Public Schools system. Starting with the 2009 school year, the school principal is Carl Perkins.

A previous principal was Lynda Mitic, who took up the post in 1996 and retired in 2004, shortly before a civil rights lawsuit was brought by English teacher Michelle Maupin, claiming racial discrimination. Maupin was awarded damages in 2007 but the school system planned to appeal.

In 1984-85, the school was recognized as one of the top 100 high schools in the country through the USDE Secondary School Recognition Program.^[1] In 1996, Centennial High School was the first high school within the state of Maryland to achieve the excellence standard in all categories of the MSPAP's report card. The school maintained these standards throughout 2000 and 2001. In 2008, the school was nominated by US News & World Report as a "silver medal" school, placing in the top 505 high schools nationwide.^[2]

The school has a maximum capacity of 1,332 students, but through the addition of four portable classrooms currently (as of 2007) enrolls over 1,473 students. Of those in attendance, 62.9% are White, 26.6% are Asian, 7.6% are African American, 2.5% are Hispanic, 0.1% are Native American, and 0.3% are unidentified. The high school dropout rate is 0.81%.

Contents 1 Accomplishments 1.1 Staff 1.2 Athletics 1.3 Academics 2 Athletics 2.1 Volleyball 2.2 Lacrosse 2.3 Baseball 2.4 Soccer 2.5 Tennis 2.6 Field Hockey 2.7 Cross country 2.8 Basketball 2.9 Wrestling 3 Students 4 Notable alumni 5 Photo gallery 6 References and notes 7 External links

Accomplishments

Staff Milken Outstanding Educator Award Washington Post Educator Leadership Award Intel Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Sciences Instructional Assistant of the Year Presidential Scholars (2) Tandy Scholars (2) Christa McAuliffe Award Maryland Earth Science Teacher of the Year Howard County Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Athletics 14 People Tree Awards 120 County Championships 101 Regional Championships 39 State Championships

Academics 2010 Rated #243 in Newsweek's Top 1,500 U.S. High Schools 2009 AP State Scholar Award Rated #247 in Newsweek's Top 1,500 U.S. High Schools 2008 It's Academic finalists (Baltimore) Howard County Math League Champions 2007 Howard County Mock Trial Champions It's Academic Champions (Baltimore) Howard County Math League Champions 2006 Howard County Mock Trial Champions Howard County Math League Champions Intel Talent Search Semi-finalists 2005 Howard County Math League Champions It’s Academic Baltimore Champions 2004 Lemenson-MIT InvenTeam Grant AP State Scholar Award Howard County Math League Champions 2003 It’s Academic Finalists

Athletics

Centennial High School has won the following state championships:

Volleyball

Lacrosse

Baseball

• 2004 - Baseball ^[5]
• 2001 - Baseball

Soccer

Tennis

Field Hockey

• 1995 - Field Hockey ^[9]

Cross country

Basketball

• 1981 - Girls' Basketball ^[12]

Wrestling

• 1981 - Wrestling ^[13]

Students

Student population^[14]

1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1,262	1,296	1,231	1,196	1,113	1,120	1,146	1,157	1,213	1,276	1,403	1,527	1,614	1,498	1,460	1,468

Notable alumni

• Suzanne Malveaux: television news reporter for CNN
• Kenneth Ulman: Howard County Executive
• George Colligan, Jazz Pianist
• AJ Perdomo, Lead singer from The Dangerous Summer (band)
• Jan Rivkin, Professor at Harvard Business School

Photo gallery

References and notes

External links

• Centennial High School website
• Centennial High School profile (PDF)
• Centennial High School Sporting Records
• Centennial High School Alumni Social Network

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