May 12th-17th, 2025

 Last Wednesday, the students and staff of Centennial High School expressed their gratitude to Officer Dave Fernandez, who will retire next month after 14 years of service as Centennial's first and only School Resource Officer. A winner of the National School Resource Officer of the Year Award, Officer Dave has been the consummate model of honor, integrity and excellence during his time at CeHS. Students and staff cheered him on as he, his wife Donna, and their family marched through the hallways with Band, Spiritline, and Student Council. Student Council and the Peoria Police Department have teamed up to support an annual scholarship in his honor. Beginning this year, a graduating senior will each year be awarded the Officer Dave Fernandez Servant Leadership Scholarship! Officer Dave, thank you for your service and leadership, and congratulations on your retirement!

Boys Track Wins State Runners-Up Trophy

Congratulations to Coach Ybarra and Centennial Track & Field! The Boys Team finished as State Runners Up at the Division II Meet this past weekend. The team scored in the top four and won medals in five different events, with the 4x100 team taking the state title. Jacoby Lamar won the 100m state title with a school-record 10.43 and finished second in the 200m. Mattox Grove took 3rd in the 1600m and Bryce Poll​ard finished 4th in the shot put. Centennial scored in eight of the ten events it entered, securing its first runner up finish since 2004.

Baseball Splits Two Playoff Games - Plays Monday for a Chance at Wednesday and Thursday

Congratulations to Coach Williams for clinching his 100th win as Centennial's coach last Monday, when the Coyotes shut out Nogales 2-0 and advanced to the double-elimination state quarterfinals. Centennial and Canyon del Oro played a nail biter and the Coyotes came up just short in a 6-4 loss last Thursday. The Coyotes take the field at Tempe Diablo Stadium again this week, with a Monday rematch versus Nogales. If they win, they'll earn a rematch with Canyon del Oro on Wednesday at Mesa's Hohokam Stadium. Click here to find their schedule and links to buy tickets. Good luck!

Boys Volleyball Eliminates Ironwood, Advances to Tuesday Elite 8 Match-up

Congratulations to Coach Bauer and Centennial Men's Volleyball for their 3-1 victory over Ironwood Friday night in a raucous gym full of Coyote and Eagle fans! Centennial advances to an Elite 8 home matchup this Tuesday at 6pm, vs. Marana Mountain View. Also, congratulations to senior Max Bautista, named Region Player of the Year!

 Seniors' Last Week of Classes:

Thursday Full Day (7:20am-2:20pm):
Final Exams During 3rd, 4th, and 5th Periods
Friday Full Day  (7:20am-2:20pm):
Final Exams During 1st and 2nd Periods
Mandatory Checkout and Laptop Return in the Library during 3rd, 4th, and 5th Periods
Senior Sunset 6:30pm (Stadium)

322 students registered to complete a school-record 596 AP exams last week and this week. All AP students must check their email for information regarding reminders, Calculator Guidelines , Do's and Don'ts, and the Individual Exam Day schedule with updated exam room information.

NEW For all exams that allow or require calculators, except AP Statistics, students can use the built-in Desmos graphing calculator through the Bluebook testing application. Note that for Calculus AB, Calculus BC, and Precalculus, Desmos will only be available in the calculator-required parts of the exam. These exams continue to have parts where no calculator is allowed. Students must install Bluebook on their school computers before your exam day. Use this link to download the app: Https://bluebook.app.collegeboard.org/

All communication about exam day procedures is emailed through Total Registration's communication system. If you or your student are not receiving AP emails, please double-check the email that was inputted into your student's Total Registration account by having them log in by clicking here. Students should also double-check their PUSD11 Postmaster email with a Mimecast Portal link in case any emails are being blocked. Questions? Please reach out to Centennial's AP Coordinator, Ms. Hodges, at jhodges@pusd11.net

Madame Rappold’s French IV students have spent the last few weeks developing Passion Projects. Each student researched a topic of special interest to them. They taught their classmates the French vocabulary associated with that topic as well as its history and key components. All teaching and presentations were carried out in French. Finally, the topics were brought to life with hands-on activities conducted all while speaking French. Some examples were sports like tennis, gymnastics, track, and soccer, arts and crafts like crochet, painting, and making slime, and fields such as medicine, baking, and music production. The students did an amazing job using the language and teaching one another about some fun topics!

Our Baking & Pastry Students were excited to wrap up their semester with a Cake Wars competition!  They formed 2-person groups and planned and executed cakes and icing all from scratch.  They carefully chose their own unique themes and flavors and did an amazing job executing their final cakes to present!  Thank you to everyone who came to our event and voted for their favorites!

Congratulations to Mrs. Cota and all the Physics students who created cardboard boats for the annual regatta held in the Centennial Pool! Students learned about how mass, shape, and materials impact buoyancy. In the first race, Ms. Beck took first place! Thanks to all the teachers who participated!

Use the links below for upcoming dates, required tasks for “senior checkout,” and important details about the May 21st commencement ceremony, scheduled for 11:30am at State Farm Stadium in Glendale: 

You can visit the below page for a comprehensive guide to senior celebrations, checkout, and the 2025Commencement Ceremony. 

www.peoriaunified.org/CeHSseniors

Yearbook Club members delivered pre-ordered books to students last Friday. A limited number of books remain for sale this week in the Bookstore, for $75 each. If you want to purchase a yearbook, be sure to visit the Bookstore soon. The award-winning books sell out every year and will again this year!

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