Centennial High School (Gresham, Oregon)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Centennial High School
type = Public Primary
principal = Mark Baier
students = 1842
grades = 9–12
city = Gresham
state = Oregon
country = USA
district = Centennial School District
campus = Suburban
colors = Columbia Blue and Scarlet Red
mascot = Eagles
newspaper = Talon
website = http://elmer.centennial.k12.or.us/

Centennial High School is a secondary school located in Gresham, Oregon, United States. The high school is fed by one local middle school, Centennial Middle School, which serves grades 7-8.

ports

Centennial High School is part of the 6A sports classification of the Oregon School Activities Association and is in the Mt. Hood Conference. Every year Centennial hosts a track meet called the Centennial Invitational, which is one of the largest high school track meets in the region. The year 2008 will mark the 44th Centennial Invitational, and it will be the first time having the invitational on the school's renovated 8-lane, 400 meter track.

Activities

Centennial High School has a notable marching band, which has won the Portland Grand Floral Parade more than 20 times, including 15 times consecutively. The band's 2000 fall field show, Gloria, held the record for the highest scoring show in the Northwest Marching Band Circuit (NWMBC) until 2007.

Notable alumni

* Todd Field – Three time Academy Award Nominated Filmmaker (Class of 82)
* Earl Blumenauer - A member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 3rd district.
* Katie Harman - Miss America 2002 [http://www.cnnw.com/articles/articles10-01-2.html]
* Andrew Martin - Producer, Painter, Lover
* John Ray - Internal Communications Manager - City University of New York (Class of 74)

External links

* [http://elmer.centennial.k12.or.us/ Centennial High School website]
* [http://www.chsband.org CHS Eagle Marching Band website]