Jump to content

Centennial High School (Howard County, Maryland)

Add links
Coordinates: 39°15′11″N 76°52′4″W / 39.25306°N 76.86778°W / 39.25306; -76.86778
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by InternetArchiveBot (talk | contribs) at 02:56, 18 November 2016 (Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 1 as dead. #IABot (v1.2.7.1)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Centennial High School
Address
Map
4300 Centennial Lane,

Ellicott City, MD, 21042
Coordinates39°15′11″N 76°52′4″W / 39.25306°N 76.86778°W / 39.25306; -76.86778
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoCommitment to Excellence
Established1977
PrincipalClaire Hafets
Faculty71
Enrollment1473
Color(s)Red, White, and Blue (accent)
MascotEagle
RivalMount Hebron High School
NewspaperThe Wingspan
YearbookEyrie
Feeder schoolsBurleigh Manor Middle School (Majority), Dunloggin Middle School, Ellicott Mills Middle School
Websitehttp://centennialeagles.org/

Centennial High School is a secondary school in Ellicott City, Maryland, that opened in 1977. The school is based in Howard County and is part of the Howard County Public Schools system. Starting in the 2013–2014 school year, the school principal is Claire Hafets.[1] The school is named after its road frontage on Centennial Lane, built in 1876 as a shortcut through Denton Hammond's slave plantation Burleigh Manor between Clarksville and Ellicott City.[2][3]

In 1969–85, the school was recognized as one of the top 100 high schools in the country through the USDE Secondary School Recognition Program.[4] In 1996, Centennial High School was the first high school within Maryland to achieve the excellence standard in all categories of the MSPAP's report card. The school maintained these standards throughout 2000 and 2001. In 2008, the school was nominated by US News & World Report as a "silver medal" school, placing in the top 505 high schools nationwide.[5] In a 2012 joint study by Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Centennial was ranked the second-best public high school in Maryland and number 111 in the nation [6]In 2014, Centennial was ranked as the best public school in Maryland and 18th in the U.S.[7]

The school has a maximum capacity of 1,332 students, but through the addition of four portable classrooms currently (as of 2015) enrolls over 1,402 students. Of those in attendance, 48.3% are White, 34.9% are Asian, 8.0% are African American, 3.7% are Hispanic, 0.1% are Native American, 0.1% are Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 4.9% are two or more races. [8]

References and notes

  1. ^ New Principal Named for Centennial High School
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project. Maryland, a Guide to the Old Line State. p. 330.
  3. ^ William Hand Browne, Louis Henry Dielman Maryland Historical Society (1956). Maryland Historical Magazine. p. 213.
  4. ^ Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-05-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ http://www.newsweek.com/high-schools/americas-top-schools-2014
  8. ^ [2]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centennial_High_School_(Howard_County,_Maryland)&oldid=750154774"