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The Wingspan

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CHS’ Model UN Team Goes to Hopkins

February 21, 2013

Words: Miranda Mason From February 7 to February 10, Centennial’s Model UN Club competed in the Johns Hopkins University Model UN Conference, with sophomores Emily Abdow and Daniel Park receiving an...

Centennial PAWS Club Takes Steps to Help Out

February 19, 2013

[slideshow] Words: Miranda Mason Photos Provided By: Katie Hogan Centennial’s PAWS club recently began organizing trips to a local privately owned shelter, Animal Welfare Society. Members of the PAWS...

Rattling the Handle: A First Person Account of Realizing the Importance of Drills

January 29, 2013

Words: Miranda Mason Photos: Caroline Oppenheimer As a writer, I have always struggled with an overactive imagination, which is why I was one of the few people in my class who didn’t continue to laugh...

Poetry Out Loud

November 30, 2012

[slideshow] Words: Miranda Mason Photos: Paul Didwall Ellicott City, MD - On Friday, November 30, 2012, the school-wide Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition took place in the CHS auditorium, with senior Sarika...

Cyberbullying Drop Box Available to CHS Students

November 29, 2012

By Miranda Mason Ellicott City, MD - On Wednesday, November 28, 2012, a Cyberbullying Drop Box was added to Centennial’s website after action by the CHS Lines of Love club. The Cyberbullying Drop Box...

Storm Damage

October 29, 2012

Storm Damage, a set on Flickr. The "Frankenstorm" has already begun to cause damage to Centennial's community. Photo Credit: Miranda Mason

Senior Crab Feast Takes Place at CHS (Miranda Mason)

October 23, 2012

[slideshow] Photo Credit: Navraj Karla The senior crab feast took place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on October 18, 2012 in the CHS cafeteria. Seniors were served hot crabs as they sat at tables that had been...

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...

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...

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...

Last Day Of School Could Be Changed (Miranda Mason)

April 19, 2012

On Tuesday, April 24, there will be a meeting with the Maryland State Board of Education and the Howard County Board of Education to decide on when the last day of school will be; either the current date...

Centennial Halls Empty With Multiple Field Trips (Miranda Mason)

April 18, 2012

[slideshow] Shown above: Photos of the field trip to Gettysburg. photos provided by Andie Henneberg On Friday, April 13, two field trips on the same day drained classes of most of their students. Those...

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