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Notable Knights for 2011-12

2010-11 | 2009-10 | 2008-09

Senior Girls Recognized by NCWIT
Stephanie Sheffield and Karen Saucedo were selected as runner-ups for the 2011-12 National Center for Women & Information Technology - Georgia Affiliate Aspirations in Computing Award for their work in inspiring others to study computer science. Sheffield was also honored as a National Award Runner-Up. They were both recognized at an awards ceremony at Georgia Tech's Academy of Medicine on February 10.

Reading Team Wins County Competition
The Reading Team took first place for the third consecutive year in the Fulton County Reading Bowl on Saturday, Jan 21. Next up: the Metro District Competition on Feb 4.

Team members pictured from L-R: sophomore DaZhane Eatmon, junior Haley Cohen, sophomore Kelly Stainback, sophomore Katie Keith, sophmore Kenna Torrence, sophomore Daniella Rodriquez, Coach Marie Yelvington, and sophomore Maddie McKinney. Not pictured: sophmores Ariel Reid and Amanda Sandfelder.

Junior Brings Soldiers Christmas Cheer
Junior Chase Rosenberg has completed his fifth Christmas season wrapping gifts and making care packages for American soliders in war zones as part of Operation Stars and Stripes. | Article

Pictured from L-R: Cameron Bean, Brett Schrafft, David Resnick, Michael Lopez, and Chase Rosenberg.

Students Excel at Emory Model UN
Twenty nine students competed in the Southern United States Model United Nations conference November 12-13 at Emory University. Three school awards were given out at the completion of the conference; Centennial earned the top overall award. In addition to winning first place at the conference, eight students earned individual awards in their committees: Nikki Frieman, Caroline McCall, Chris Robb, Ken Taylor, Anna Squires, Michael Nozick, Eric Beeler, and Gary Castellanos.

Three Student-Athletes Take Part in November Signing Period
Three athletes have signed their national letter of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level: Megan Kurey (Tennis) - Georgia Institute of Technology, Sean Muller (Baseball) - Columbus State University, and Megan Veringa (Softball) - Kennesaw State University.

Front row: Emily Kurey, Megan Kurey, Joseph Kurey. Back row: Rey, Leann Kurey, Gery Kurey. Front row: Kim Muller, John Muller, Sean Muller, Colin Muller. Back row: Dr. Miletto, Coach Jake Hill, Danny Pralgo, Phil Thomas. Front row: Bill Veringa, Will Veringa, Megan Veringa, Carole Veringa, Elizabeth Veringa. Back row: Phil Thomas, Dr. Miletto, Laurie Shepard.

Students Stand Out at Model UN
At the Model United Nations conference at Georgia Tech on October 17-18, 28 students competed against over 1,000 students from all over the country. Centennial’s United Kingdom delegation won the award for Outstanding Delegation. In addition to this group award, five students earned individual awards: senior Gary Castellanos for Honorable Mention and junior Eric Beeler, senior Michael Nozick, junior Anna Squires, and junior Ken Taylor for earning their committees’ Outstanding Delegate award.


JV Academic Bowl Team Brings Home Trophy
At the Georgia Academic Team Association JV Tournament on October 16 at Chattahoochee High School, the team of Nikhil Vallabhaneni (11), Trisha Dalapati (9), Ingrid Cai (9), Natalie Tilly (9), and Nick Summers (10) placed 28th out of 47 teams and the team of Claire Garland (12), Eric Oldfield (10), Esther Chang (12), Alec Walsh (9), and Ryann Khalil (9) took 2nd place.

Homecoming Court 2011 Named
The 2011 Homecoming Court is comprised of twenty-two students and was announced on October 10. The King and Queen and class winners will be announced during halftime of the Homecoming game. The 2011 Homecoming court:

Freshmen Girls Freshmen Boys
Morgan Joiner John Douglas
Taylor Ng Alec Watanabe
  
Sophomore Girls Sophomore Boys
Liliana Mejorado Erik Fathke
Angel Stenson Jeffrey Tang
  
Junior Girls Junior Boys
Sam Larkin Matt Ross
Lindsey Ross Turner Watkins
  
Senior Girls Senior Boys
Brandi Carter Connor Davis
Jamie Cool Kane Davis
Casey Dreyfuss Fedor Klimov
Megan Inwood Jimmy Meyer
Sophie Van Dresser Zietrick Smith

Senior Wins Fulton County Cross Country Championship
Senior Kane Davis won the Fulton County Cross Country Championship Meet on Saturday, October 1 at Webb Bridge Park with a time of 16:34. The boys varsity finished in 4th place with senior Robert Mitchell (10th) and junior Mitchell Smith (18th) also receiving medals. The girls varsity also earned a 4th place team finish led by sophomores Haley McKay (6th) and Natalie Beam (11th). The boys JV captured the 2nd place team trophy paced by #2 overall finisher sophomore Carter Percy. Additional help came from 4th place finisher junior Brendan Hall and 11th place finisher sophomore Brett Cohen.

Kane Davis JV 2nd Place

Student Fares Well at Cougar Classic Debates
The Centennial Debate Team traveled to Chattahoochee High School on Saturday, October 1 to participate in the Cougar Classic Debates. After nine hours of competition in which each Centennial debater had to debate five times, junior Eric Beeler placed 8th out of 30+ competitors from across the state.

SkillsUSA Leaders Attend Leadership Conference
A team of SkillsUSA leaders attended the SkillsUSA Fall Leadership Conference on St. Simons Island on September 15-17. The team was trained in community service, leadership principles, organizational management, and success strategies. National leader Diego Carvallo and State Officer Brian Bradley led training sessions for the nearly 800 student leaders from all over the state of Georgia. The team returns to Roswell with plans to maintain the excellence of SkillsUSA Centennial.

Pictured from left to right: junior Brian Bradley (State Vice President), Tom Washburn (Advisor), sophomore Jonathan Morgan, junior David Lemcoe (Chapter Co-President), senior Gloria Salinas (Chapter Co-President), senior Joshua Mulder, senior Jonah Allen, Gray Sartin (Advisor), junior Jennifer Parker, sophomore Andrew Shumway, and senior Diego Carvallo (National Vice President).

Student Earns Spot in Youth Symphony
Senior Brandon Soloff has been chosen to be a member of the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony. Soloff is a four-year Marching Knights band member and is serving as one of the two drum majors this year. He is also a member of the Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble and plans on majoring in music in college.

Silverman Aces the SAT
Senior Adam Silverman scores a perfect 2400 on the SAT! Silverman first took the SAT in 7th grade where he scored a 780 on the math portion of the exam. Determined to ace the test, he took it again this past June and this time was the charm.

Freshman Places in Top Ten at HOSA Nationals
Rising sophomore Connor O'Neill finished 9th in the Interviewing Skills event at the HOSA National Leadership Conference held in Anaheim, CA on June 22-25. | List of Winners

Carvallo Elected National Officer
Rising senior Diego Carvallo was elected SkillsUSA Region 2 national vice president at the 47th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference June 20-24 in Kansas City, MO. He was one of 40+ students running for about a dozen elected offices. As a national officer, Carvallo will serve on the national stage. He will lobby the U.S. Senate and Congress to improve education. He will meet with state and national leaders on education and workforce-related issues. He will also represent SkillsUSA in various regional and national platforms. Carvallo is the first SkillsUSA national officer in the history of Fulton County Schools. | North Fulton News Article | AJC Article

Students Show Well at Skills USA Nationals
The SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference was held June 20-24 in Kansas City, MO. Nine students attended with two placing in the top ten nationally: Rickey Groover '11 took 4th in the Action Skills event and rising junior David Lemcoe took 7th in Internetworking. The remainder of the team represented Centennial in an outstanding way (and they are all state champions!): Jonah Allen, Cameron Bean, Eric Beeler, Carly Durst, Melinda Erickson, Ryan Flink, and Gloria Salinas. Brian Bradley was elected and selected to be Vice President for the State of Georgia. He had been elected to a slate of officers in the spring at the state conference and was tapped as Vice President this summer in state leadership training.