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Reserved Spaces (Zack Newman)

September 20, 2012

A portion of the Centennial parking lot has been marked as "reserved" within the past two weeks, a new addition that has not been a part of the parking lot since last year. 22 spaces, out of an available...

Decision To Change Grading Scale On Hold (Miranda Mason)

September 19, 2012

On Thursday September 13, 2012, a Board of Education meeting was held in Ellicott City in order to consider a change to the grading scale for county high schools. There were three options for possible...

Senior Parent Night

September 11, 2012

Attention Class of 2013 Students and Parents! CHS Senior Parent Night is tomorrow, September 12, 2012. This event will help parents understand the college process, along with the process for transcript...

SGA Assembly Takes Place at CHS (Charles Regnante)

September 10, 2012

On September 7, the Student Government Association (SGA) held its first assembly meeting in the auditorium during 6th period.  The meeting was held in order for SGA to communicate to the student body...

PSAT Date Announced (Miranda Mason)

September 6, 2012

On October 17, 2012, sophomores and juniors will be taking the PSAT in school. On September 4, PSAT study guides were distributed to English teachers in preparation for the test. The PSAT is a practice...

Homecoming Theme Announced (Paul Didwall)

August 31, 2012

On Friday, August 31, 2012, an announcement was made which contained the theme for this years homecoming. The theme that the most students voted for is Candyland, and thus this will be the theme of the...

Shooting At Perry Hall Shocks CHS Students (Miranda Mason)

August 30, 2012

On August 27, 2012, alleged shooter Robert Gladden Jr. opened fire in the Perry Hall High School cafeteria, hitting seventeen year-old Daniel Borowy. Gladden, a student at Perry Hall and fifteen years...

Welcome Back

August 27, 2012

Welcome back to a brand new school year! Class of 2016, Welcome to CHS. Class of 2013, Congrats, you are almost to the end. The Wingspan is ready to bring the news to YOU, our readers. It is our goal...

HSAs (Meghan Coble)

May 29, 2012

Centennial underclassmen are taking High School Assessments throughout the week of May 29, 2012. HSA’s are a requirement in the state of Maryland and passing grades are necessary to graduate from high...

Senior Picnic (Paul Didwall)

May 22, 2012

On Monday, May 21, 2012, The Class of 2012 partook in the annual Centennial Senior Picnic. Despite the rainy weather conditions of Monday, the picnic took place at Centennial Park East, Pavilion H. The...

News magazine ranks Centennial High School as a Gold Medal School (Amy Myers)

May 9, 2012

Centennial students have yet another reason to be proud of their school! Yesterday, the U.S. News & World Report released their fourth edition of its national “Best High Schools” rankings, with...

Shooting at St. Peter’s Church (Amy Myers)

May 7, 2012

Choppers and sirens were heard all around Ellicott City on May 3rd after a shooting at St. Peter’s Episcopal church. For hours bystanders and local residents stayed glued to their television screens...

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