Category: Centennial School District

William Tennent High School is one of 373 school dis­tricts in the U.S. and Canada being hon­ored by the College Board with place­ment on the 9th Annual AP® District Honor Roll. To be includ­ed on the 9th Annual Honor Roll, Centennial School District had to, since 2016, increase the … Read more...

The William Tennent High School WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) club vis­it­ed Fox Chase Cancer Center on Wednesday October 26th. The over­all objec­tive of the trip was for Tennent stu­dents to meet women sci­en­tists at Fox Chase and learn about their back­ground, their path into a career in sci­ence, … Read more...

Centennial has imple­ment­ed an edu­ca­tion­al resource known as Khan Academy. This is a not-for-profit orga­ni­za­tion on a glob­al mis­sion to pro­vide a “Free world-class edu­ca­tion for any­one, any­where”. Over the past 10 years, Khan Academy has become the largest open edu­ca­tion­al resource in the world. So far the pro­gram has … Read more...

The William Tennent High School Forensics 1 and 2 stu­dents had a new cul­mi­nat­ing activ­i­ty this semes­ter thanks to a new part­ner­ship with the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE),  CFSRE’s vision is to “advance the field of foren­sic sci­ence for future and cur­rent … Read more...

Last year, William Tennent High School offered stu­dents in 10th and 11th grades the oppor­tu­ni­ty to enroll in a new course, SAT Preparation. This class offers a unique blend of teacher instruc­tion and the on-line resource, Khan Academy. In col­lab­o­ra­tion with the College Board, Khan Academy has devel­oped a free … Read more...

National Teacher Appreciation Day, also known as National Teacher Day, was observed on the Tuesday of the first full week in May. In 2019, National Teacher Day took place on May 7th. This day is part of Teacher Appreciation Week, which is the first full week in May of each … Read more...

Panther Boards is a high school student-run com­pa­ny that pro­duces ful­ly cus­tom, high performance-skis and snow­boards.

Centennial School District stu­dents man­u­fac­ture every sin­gle board. We are able to cre­ate an envi­ron­ment that edu­cates stu­dents about entre­pre­neur­ship and crafts­man­ship.

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The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools pro­gram is aimed at pro­mot­ing social inclu­sion through inten­tion­al­ly planned and imple­ment­ed activ­i­ties affect­ing systems-wide change. With sports as the foun­da­tion, the three-component mod­el offers a unique com­bi­na­tion of effec­tive activ­i­ties that equip young peo­ple with the tools and train­ing to cre­ate sports, class­rooms, … Read more...

Caraline Herman, a stu­dent at William Tennent High School, is in her first sea­son with the Team Image Junior team. Caraline’s team came in sixth dur­ing the junior event at the 2019 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. Based on the virtue of the team’s suc­cess­es over the course of this sea­son … Read more...

January is School Director Recognition Month. In Centennial, we are for­tu­nate to have a School Board who demon­strates a strong com­mit­ment to our stu­dents and our com­mu­ni­ty. Below, is a res­o­lu­tion devel­oped by Pennsylvania School Board Association, unan­i­mous­ly approved July 18, 1985 and Reaffirmed December 2, 2019, that pro­claims January … Read more...

Genius Hour — An organ­ic, student-led ini­tia­tive that has spread through­out the dis­trict into many of the K‑12 class­rooms. It is one of the most excit­ing learn­ing expe­ri­ences kids are hav­ing in school — authen­tic, self-directed learn­ing about a top­ic of pas­sion. The role of the teacher becomes that of … Read more...