HAPPY HOLIDAYS! December 14, 2017

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1 21 March 3, 2016May 5, 2016 December 14, 2017 HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Students participate in Christmas for Kids event Last week, a group of elementary counselors, school psychologist and building secretaries escorted around 20 Centennial students to the Christmas for Kids event at the Hollywood Fred Meyer store. Christmas for Kids is a magical event where local kids, hand-selected by their school counselors due to extreme need, join volunteer shoppers to check off a Christmas list mostly comprised of basic clothing needs for the child and their immediate siblings. Students received donated items from Columbia Sportswear and other local businesses (coats, socks, books, hygiene items, etc.), as well as a $300 Fred Meyer gift card to shop for themselves and their family. CHS students place at North Clackamas Edge Speech Tournament Congratulations to the following CHS Speech students on placing at the North Clackamas Edge Speech Tournament, one of the state s largest high school speech tournaments, on December 2: Freshman Shelbey Colt, Second Place, Novice Expository Senior Alex Vega, Third Place, Novice Humorous Interpretation Sophomore Tabarek Al Saood finaled in Literary Interpretation of English Language Junior Haoyuan Xiao, Third Place, Literary Interpretation of English Language Junior Miki Moua finaled in Open Expository. Centennial Park School receives grant Congratulations to Centennial Park School on receiving a $5000 Teaching Tolerance Educator Grant. The school will use the money to develop and implement an

2 integrated unit about the local community. The grants are made possible by donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Local Les Schwab stores donate toys for Parklane families Thank you to the Les Schwab Tire Centers on SE 122 nd and SE 166 th and Division for dropping off bags of donated toys to Parklane Elementary School for families in need. More than 30 students from the school will receive the toys. Pictured Left: Vice Principal Gayle Sideris (middle) accepts the bags of toys from a couple of the Les Schwab Tire Center workers. Time to sign up for the Centennial Shamrock Run Team Looking for that perfect gift idea? What better than a race registration? It is time to register for the 2018 Shamrock Run Centenni al Team. Centennial is one of the longest running teams in the event! This year, teams are just by name - we are no longer SHAMROCK is running a December contest: the team with the most entries wins a scarf. The Shamrock Run is Sunday, March 18, This year is the run s 40th anniversary. The deadline for teams is January 31 at midnight You can run any distance--5k run or stride, 8K, 15K or Half Marathon Running on a team does not mean we have to run together. Running on our team means: You save $4 off the regular entry fee Your bib, timing chip, and shirt are conveniently shipped to CMS a couple weeks before the event You'll have fun stories to share with your co-workers about your experience If we reach 75 members, part of our entry fee goes right back to the Centennial community Go to Select your event - team member option When it asks for a team name, we are Centennial If you have any questions, please ashley_madison@csd28j.org.

3 Centennial staff and students offered access to adidas Employee Store The adidas Employee Store has allowed us to gain access for students, parents and staff members into the employee store by invitation only (see attached flyer for details.) friends and family are invited as well, if accompanied by an employee/student. This invitation is valid through Wednesday, December 20, As a staff member you will be required to show your District Photo ID or a current paycheck stub; students will be required to provide their most current (Winter 2017) report card or current Student ID. CHS graduate wins prestigious Marshall Scholarship Congratulations to Sandra Dorning, CHS Class of 2013 and daughter of CHS employee Trish Dorning, on winning the prestigious Marshall Scholarship! Dorning graduated from the University of Oregon last spring with a degree in marine biology. Her journey with the ocean will continue next fall when she crosses it to attend graduate school in the United Kingdom. She is a winner of the highly selective Marshall Scholarship. Each year, the Marshall Scholarship offers up to 40 young Americans the opportunity to pursue graduate degrees for free at any university in the U.K. In the 2016 competition, only 3.5 percent of applicants were selected, and 25 percent of them were Ivy League graduates. To read more about Dorning, go to Tidbits Happy Grandpa: Congratulations to CHS teacher Mark Watts (photo right) on the birth of his first grandchild. Nora Gene Watts was born Tuesday and weighed 9 lbs 8 oz and is 21 inches long. Photos from Around the District Last week Centennial High School celebrated Sprit Week. Students and staff dressed in holiday wear one day and dressed like candy canes on another day. Photo Right: Drama teacher Kelly McCarty and EA Gladis Farris.

4 Photo right: Secretaries Shelley Johnson and Kecia Weaver with a student Garrett Charles model their holiday wear. For dress like a candy cane day, all the secretaries wore red and white. The photo to the left features Tami Burton, Stacey Atteberry, Shelley Johnson and Kecia Weaver Recently an Oliver PSA member volunteered her time and talents to take free family holiday photos. She set up a 'studio' on a Saturday morning and had several families come in and have their photos taken. The four photos below are just a few that she took of students and their families. Photo Right: Happy Holidays from the Parklane Staff

5 EXCLUSIVELY FOR Centennial School District Your employee badge, pay stub, 2017/2018 student ID card or 2017/2018 report card and a valid Photo ID MUST be provided at check in VALID DATES 12/6/ /20/2017 LOCATION adidas Employee Store 5060 North Greeley Avenue Portland, OR STORE HOURS 9 am 9 pm daily 11/22: 9am 6pm 11/23: Closed The adidas Employee Store is sharing our employee discount with all Centennial School District students/faculty. To access the store during the shopping period, please present employee badge, pay stub, 2017/2018 student ID card or 2017/2018 report card and a valid Photo ID at check in. The student/faculty must be present for the entire party to enter the store (maximum 5 persons). Access is unlimited from 12/6/ /20/2017. The holidays are upon us and tis the season to give adidas. Whether you are looking to stock your winter wardrobe or find the perfect holiday gift, the adidas Employee Store has everything you need. Shop the newest adidas technology, apparel, and accessories for all types of winter weather. Grab your list and share your adidas passion this holiday season. adidas Employee Store Employee discount of 50% off is only valid at the adidas Employee Store located at 5060 N. Greeley Ave. Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other coupon, discount, or promotion except as otherwise expressly permitted. Not valid for purchases of gift certificates. Offer has no cash value. adidas reserves the right to change terms and conditions, substitute offer of equal or greater value, end offer at any time without notice, and decline offer to any consumer adidas believes, in its sole discretion, may resell adidas product. Additional restrictions and exclusions may apply, see store for details. Void where prohibited adidas America, Inc. adidas, the 3-Bars logo and the 3-Stripes mark are registered trademarks of adidas.