| Centennial High School | |
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| Roswell, Georgia, USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1997 |
| Principal | Dr. Steven Miletto |
| Faculty | 140 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1900 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Black |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Rival | Roswell High School Milton High School Alpharetta High School |
| Newspaper | 'The Accolade' |
| Website | http://www.chsknights.org/ |
Centennial High School is a public high school located in Roswell, Georgia. Opened in 1997, it has an enrollment of around 1,900 students. The school's mascot is the Knight. Centennial High School is a part of the Fulton County Schools system. Centennial High was named in honor of the 1996 Olympic games held in Atlanta a year before the school's opening that marked the centennial anniversary of the modern games.
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Centennial High School is housed in a state-of-the-art 271,200-square-foot (25,200 m2) educational facility sitting on 55 acres (220,000 m2) within the city limits of Roswell. Centennial has an award winning media center which exists to serve students and staff.
Approximately 1900 students attend with a certified, professional staff of over 140. There is a student to teacher ratio of 15:1. Parents help support the school's educational program through our state award winning Parent-Teacher-Student Association, Booster Club and our Foundation of the Fine Arts.
Centennial is home to 55 percent Caucasian, 23 percent African American, 14 percent Hispanic, 5 percent Asian, and 3 percent Multi Racial.
Five types of diplomas are offered to its students - College Preparatory, College Preparatory with Distinction, Career Technology, Career Technology with Distinction and Dual Seal. Centennial offers an Advanced Placement program with a 87% passing rate and Honors Level Courses. Also offered are on-campus joint enrollment courses as well as an off-campus post secondary options program. There are career technology programs including: Electronic Media Production, Health Science, Criminal Justice, Diversified Technology, Business Education and EXCEL. As of fall 2007, Centennial is ranked as the # 5 Public School in Georgia and # 291 in the Nation. One of the top ten high schools in the state Atlanta Magazine, 2005. Centennial's 2008 Model United Nations delegations of Albania and Venezuela placed first and third out of over 200 delegations in the National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) competition, with Albania coming in first, and Venezuela third. In March 2009, Centennial competed in the NHSMUN competition and represented France. Once again, Centennial took first place out of over 250 schools. In 2004, its students had Metro Atlanta's highest average SAT score, 1132. In 2009, 2010, and 2011 Centennial students advanced to the quarterfinals of the International Physics Olympiad, which is open to the 300 students around the world with the highest scores on the qualifying exam.
Centennial's literary arts magazine is Avalon, and is an entirely student run publication which publishes written and visual works submitted by Centennial students. It was first published in 1998, and was published bi-annually until 2001, when it began to be published annually. Avalon is a nationally recognized magazine, frequently receiving awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Writer Liam Connolly was an editor during the 2003-2004 year. The 2004-2005 issue received a Silver Crown award, and was the only literary magazine in Georgia to receive a Crown award.[1] The 2005-2006 issue received a Bronze Crown Award.
The official student newspaper is The Accolade. It published its first issue in the fall of 1997, the same semester that Centennial High School opened. The paper was originally to be called The Excalibur to fall in line with the school mascot, Knights; however, the name was changed to The Accolade prior to the first issue as the editorial staff at the time felt that this name better represented the goals of the paper.
Recent Centennial students have gone on to several top universities including Harvard, Brown, Cornell, Emory, Georgetown University, Georgia Institute of Technology, MIT, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Georgia, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Yale, and more.
As of the Fall 2007 Centennial had teamed up with Score Atlanta and Turner Broadcasting to begin showing live broadcast of their school's home sports games, becoming the first program ever to do this with high school students.
Centennial's Academic Bowl Team won the 2010 5AAAAA GATA State Championship, which was held at the Bradwell Institute in Hinesville, Georgia, near Savannah. Ten teams competed in a round-robin format, with Centennial emerging with a perfect 9-0 record, and capturing the state and regional championships. The five team members who competed at state are Bradley Silverman, Adam Silverman, Jeffrey Domozick, Katherine Cannella, and Marie Goetzke. The team also competed in the 2009-2010 airing of the game show High Q, annually aired of WSB-TV. In the competition, the team, minus Marie Goetzke, defeated Rockdale County, Henry W. Grady, Carrollton, and Wesleyan before losing in the finals to Brookwood. The team received a $2,000 check from WSB-TV Studios for their second-place finish, as well as a slot on next year's show. The team has competed in five tournaments, and they have won two (Walton Academic Challenge and the GATA State Championship), finished runner-up to Dorman High School at a tournament held by Chattahoochee High School, and finished third at two other tournaments. The team also went undefeated and won the Fulton County Tournament for the second straight year. 2009-2010 Team Members: Bradley Silverman (captain), Adam Silverman, Jeffrey Domozick, Katherine Cannella, Marie Goetzke, Helen Cannella, and George Tang. Coach: Anna Lloyd
The 2009 Soccer team was the state runner up, losing in the finals to Collins Hill High School 1-0.
The 2002 Knights Football team went 10-0 marking the only undefeated regular season in Centennial's history.[2] The region 6-AAAAA champion[3] Knights lost in the second round of the state playoffs to eventual state champion Parkview High School.[2]
Centennial's first team State Championship was won by the 2006 Girls' Varsity Swim Team.[4] Centennial High School won the 2007 Georgia State Championship in fencing.
Centennial wrestling state champions include Chris Sample, Sam Konigsberg, and Brian St. James
The 2007 Boys' Varsity Basketball team set a school record with a 21 game winning streak, and were going 28-4. The team was crowned 2007 Region 6-AAAAA champion on February 17, beating Chattahoochee High School 56-47 in overtime. They played Norcross High School in the state championship on March 9, but were narrowly defeated 59-58.
Both Centennial boys' and girls' Varsity Cross Country teams qualified for the state meet four years in a row, from 2007-2010. In 2010, the boys' and girls' varsity teams both finished first at the regional meet. Senior Brooke Koblitz led the girls race and broke the school record for 3.1 miles, finishing at 18:40. Junior Kane Davis finished first in the boys race. The team also sponsors the annual Firstgiving Sam Robb Memorial 5k and Fun Run, a run raising money for the cure childhood cancer fund and honoring former Centennial student Sam Robb.
Notable alumni of Centennial High School include:
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