CHS Updates

From Student Services: Abbott & Fenner scholarship deadline

THE Abbott & Fenner Annual Scholarship Awards are available to all high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any accredited post secondary institution. Requires essay.  Visit www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm to learn more about this opportunity; please direct questions to scholarships@abbottandfenner.com.

THERE STILL IS TIME to apply for many scholarships. On the CHS website, click on  Student Services    in the horizontal sidebar, then click on  Scholarship Information  in the vertical sidebar.

 

From Student Services

THERE ARE AT LEAST 50 SENIORS who haven't turned in their  blue  Senior Information Report form to Student Services. Completing and returning the form is mandatory because the information therein is  1.) included in the Commencement Ceremony printed program and 2.) included in the Centennial High School Profile posted on the HCPSS website. Click here to download the form.  Thank you.

Attention Seniors

MANY SCHOLARSHIPS still are available, but scholarship deadlines are approaching! Find out more by clicking on the   Student Services   tab in the horizontal menu bar on the  CHS website (www.centennialeagles.org), then click on  Scholarship Information  in the sidebar menu.

IF YOU HAVEN'T YET DONE SO, please complete, sign and deliver your Senior Information Report form to Student Services. Click here to download the form.  Thank you.

Recap: PFLAG anti-bullying community meeting

CENTENNIAL'S SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST Susan Garner spoke at the  "Making Schools Safe for our LGBTG Youth" presentation held during the Columbia/Howard County PFLAG General meeting on April 10; article is here.  Ms. Garner (Sue) has been a school psychologist with the Howard County Public School System for 38 years; her work has been instrumental in achieving the recent first-ever mandatory training for school psychologists in Howard County and getting a GLSEN "Safe Space Kit" into every Student Services office in Howard County public schools.

UMCP scholarship for Centennial students only

The Matthew W. Watson Memorial Scholarship

"For students who demonstrate the passion, humor and talents that Matt exemplified."*

Eligible applicants are those who:

• Have been admitted as a full- or part-time undergraduate at The University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) as of August 29, 2012;
• Demonstrate financial need as evidenced by their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application and scholarship application;
• Provide compelling, thoughtful, genuine, and thorough scholarship essay question responses. 

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION: Click here to download
DEADLINE: FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2012

Submit all scholarship materials directly to:

University of Maryland at College Park
Division of Student Affairs
8400 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 200
College Park, MD 20740

* Information about Matthew W. Watson (CHS '05) is here and here.

Attention Seniors, Senior parents

"Senior Information Report" form

EVERY SENIOR IS REQUIRED to complete the "Senior Information Report" form (click here for it) and return it to Student Services by THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 20. Student Services needs to know your plans for next year; the information will be included in the Senior Awards printed program. Student Services thanks you for your cooperation at this very exciting time of year.

Graduation Ceremony: Extra Ticket Request Form
                                                         Special Seating Request Form

GRADUATION TICKETS -- Each Senior family has been allotted eight (8) tickets for the CHS Class of 2012 Commencement Cermony on THURSDAY, MAY 24 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia. Each senior family may request up to eight (8) additional tickets. Click here for Extra Ticket Request Form.

SPECIAL SEATING is available for disabled guests, to be accompanied by one (1) family member. Click here for Special Seating Request Form; click here for Special Seating protocol.

Schedule of Senior Activities

THIS SCHEDULE, included with Dr. Perkins' "Letter to Parents/Guardians and Seniors" mailed to every Senior student residence, will be posted on the CHS website (www.centennialeagles.org) at the bottom of the  Site Shortcuts  sidebar ("Graduation Information").

 

Next Saturday: "Maryland Day" at UMCP

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 10 AM - 4 PM -- University of Maryland at College Park. The fourteenth annual open house celebratation has become of the most popular free events in the state. Click here for highlights, visit the Maryland Day website at http://marylandday.umd.edu.

CHS School Counselor honored

CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Jae Hi Hebler for being named High School Counselor of the Year by the Howard County Association of Counseling and Development (HCACD).

Tonight: For parents, guardians of Juniors -- Student Services Symposium "The College Application Process"

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 7:30 - 9:30 PM -- Cafeteria, break-out sessions in classrooms. All information in THIS FLIER.

From Student Services

ATTENTION SENIORS: Apply online to HCC

TOMORROW (FRIDAY, MARCH 2) 9:15 AM -- Seniors who will be attending Howard Community College (HCC) this Fall will have the opportunity to apply online in Student Services. Come to Student Services to sign up for an appointment to use Student Services' Computer Lab tomorrow to apply online to HCC.

College Symposium for Junior parents, guardians

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 7:30 - 9:30 PM -- Cafeteria. A panel of parents who've been through the college application process will describe their experiences, answer questions from the audience and provide advice.

QUEST BRIDGE Scholarship

QUEST BRIDGE is a college prep scholarship for Juniors who have a strong academic background who are from low-income households (income of $60,000 or less per annum). Program includes full scholarship summer program to specific colleges, college admissions counseling, campus visits and telementoring with Amherst College students . For more information apply online at http://questbridge.org. APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, MARCH 27