Dear Centennial High School Parents,

Welcome to the Centennial High School PTSA’s website!

Whether you are a brand new parent to Centennial High School, starting your last year with your senior student, or anywhere in between, we want you to know that the PTSA is here to help support you and your students.

Centennial PTSA provides many valuable programs through your membership, generous contributions, and volunteer support, including:

• We communicate important information to the CHS community via the PTSA website, our Facebook page, email blasts to PTSA members, and our summer and spring semester Knightly News newsletter publications.   Through these vehicles, you will be able to find out important information about CHS events, be notified in a timely manner about important announcements, keep in touch with others in the school community, etc.

• We sponsor drug, alcohol, health and safety awareness programs to educate and enable our teens in wise decision making, such as Red Ribbon Week, Drive Safe–Drive Smart.

• We organize CATCH (Conversations at Centennial High) breakfasts for students, offering them the opportunity to see programs with informative speakers.

• We publish the Student Directory—available only to PTSA members—to facilitate communication within the CHS community.

• We offer Mini Grants to CHS teachers and staff to help fund special projects which enhance the learning experience for CHS students.

• We manage Business Partners program to facilitate the relationships between the school, PTSA and area businesses.

• We host the Principal’s Honor Roll Breakfast each spring for qualifying students.

• We provide volunteer staffing for the book distribution, media center, front desk, and college visits throughout the school year. 

• We provide liaisons to the Student Council Executive Committee and each class council.

• We collect and organize the judging of CHS entries to the National PTA Reflections Program which honors students for their creative efforts.

• We organize and staff Project Graduation for seniors and staff volunteers for the annual Senior Breakfast.

• We provide support for Parent Information Nights and CHS’s Annual Principal’s Chat.

• We sponsor multiple Caring & Sharing activities, organizing outreach activities to help those in need in the CHS community.

• We provide liaisons for CHS’s Exceptional Children and TAG communities.

• We fund Volunteer Scholarships to deserving seniors!

• We show our appreciation to teachers and staff by hosting a welcome-back breakfast, holiday, teacher-of-the-year, and end-of-year luncheons.

• We actively advocate on behalf of all students for legislation to help protect and educate all our kids.

1. Join CHS PTSA!  CLICK HERE for a copy of the 2011-2012 CHS PTSA Membership form. Membership is CHS PTSA’s principal source of revenue.  Please join at a level that ensures membership for every adult in your household, and make sure your CHS student is also PTSA member!  CHS PTSA:  Join One, Join All—Have a Say—Join Today!

2. Donate!  Due to recent budget cuts, your contributions are more important than ever.  Please consider the various membership levels and give generously to Centennial High School PTSA. 

3. Volunteer!   All the above programs are possible through the work of volunteers.  There are many ways to help!  You can help on one big event or routinely throughout the year.  You can come into the school or work from home.  We welcome every volunteer at every level of participation!  Please CLICK HERE for a detailed description of volunteer opportunities.

4. Consider a Directory Sponsorship!  CLICK HERE for a copy of the 2011-2012 Directory Sponsorship form.  Our Student Directory reaches thousands of households!

 everyCHILD. oneVOICE. 

Special Needs Parent Meeting 

Students AND parents are invited to attend the CATCH (Conversation at Centennial High School) Seminar on Friday, January 27 in the auditorium during seminar time.  You can RSVP by emailing Sherri Harris at sherriharris@thestaffzone.com .  Your attendance at the seminar will be reported to your teacher and/or the attendance office to assure you are not marked absent.  Feel free to email Sherri Harris with any questions

The North Fulton Council winners in this year’s PTSA Reflections program have been announced. Congratulations to the Centennial students whose entries will advance to the State level of judging. And congratulations to the students whose entries were selected for Honorable Mention. The State winners will be announced February 2012.

Senior Parking 2012

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011  Parking applications will be available at the school store outside the cafeteria, in H75, and the front office for all seniors who did not have OSS or ISS within the last 60 school days.  Applications may not be picked up during class time. 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011 – Seniors will turn in your parking application with a clear photocopy of your driver’s license and clear photocopy of your valid insurance card during your lunch period at the parking table. This is the only day applications will be accepted during fall semester.  If space is available parking will be sold again in January 2012.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 13, 2011 -A list of students approved for parking will be posted outside room H75.

TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20 OR 21–Bring cash or a check for $50.00 made payable to Centennial High School, to pick up your decal at room H75 between 12:45 and 1:45 PM.  Students should not be released or begin forming a line for parking until the final bell after exams are complete. 

Those who had OSS or ISS during the last 60 school days of fall semester 2011 are not eligible for parking spring 2012 until 60 school days after their last day of OSS or ISS . If a student is assigned OSS or ISS during spring semester 2012 his/her parking will be revoked for 60 school days.

A waiting list will be established through a lottery if needed.

You must have a Spring 2012 sticker before you park on campus next semester

Hershel Bennett
Assistant Principal
Centennial High School
Discover - Think - Succeed

CLICK HERE for more information.

The CHS PTSA Mini Grant Committee met in October and reviewed a record number of applications.  The following is a list of projects and their sponsor(s) that will be funded this year:  Congratulations to everyone who received an award!