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Century's "No One Eats Alone" Awareness Event

Century High School's Counseling Center joined the school's Centurion Buddies to organize their second annual "No One Eats Alone @ CHS," a student led lunchtime activity as part of our District's "We Care" campaign. This event emphasized the importance of friendship connection and inclusion. During this activity our student hosts led by our Centurion Buddies President Monica Tavassoli, hosted more than fifty students who would normally be alone during lunch time. Dr. Swanson, administrators, teachers, counselors, program and students leaders were present to engage students and to build relationships. "We are happy to be a part of this national activity which raises the awareness of the importance of reaching out and making all CHS students feel welcome," said Jonathan Swanson, CHS Principal, Ed.D. "I am especially proud that our Centurion Buddies, a student led group, is taking the initiative for this activity." Swanson finalized.

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Pacific Life Foundation Sponsoring Technology

A huge thank you to Pacific Life Foundation for partnering with Century High School and their 3 Ts of Education Program! Today we received a $1500 check in support of technology in the classroom.

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Century Senior Overall High School Winner at Litcon

Jackline Tello, a senior at Century High School in Santa Ana, entered SAUSD’s first literary arts competition, LitCon, and was the overall high school winner for her piece of prose, “A Story.” She and other student finalists read their work at the Frida Theater as part of Boca de Oro. “My teacher told me about [LitCon], and I thought, ‘Why not? It’s my last year here, I’ll go do something,’ ” Tello, 17, said. She had previously tried creative writing in her classes, but the Boca de Oro festival marked the first time that she shared her work in public. “I think it’s inspiring to know that there’s a community of other writers and artists here that you can reach out to for support,” Tello said. “And for the artists, they can come here and show what they have, so they can have a bigger audience.” When asked about whether she will pursue writing once she graduates this spring, Tello said that she’s considering it. “It’s one of those things where I’m like, ‘I could do this,’ ” she said. “I have a bunch of interests, and this is one of them.” As printed in LA TImes, Daily Pilot by ALIESE MUHONEN. Photo credit, Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer. March 6, 2019

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Century's own NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador

BIG NEWS! Our very own Ms. Hightower was one of 28 teachers selected from across the country to participate in the NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassador program! She gets to fly on NASA's SOFIA airplane at about 39,000 feet. How cool is that?! #THISisCentury

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Choir, Orchestra Performance

Please join me in congratulating Mr. Herrera and the rest of our music students for a great show last night. This was the first show organized by Mr. Herrera since coming to Century. Well done, Mr. Herrera. We are all looking forward to plenty more in the near future.

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Century e-Business Winners!

Pacific Western Bank held the finals for the SAUSD Shark Tank competition. The e-Business academy had two teams in the finals. The team form Connexus of Yesenia Camacho, Natalie Mendez and Sarahi Cruz (all 1.5 years removed from all EL classes) won the first prize of $1000 for their pitch, which was presented to bank executives completely in English. In addition, our sophomores Jennifer Garcia, Michael Meza, Elena Lopez and Daisy Antunez teamed up to pitch Stress Band, where they were awarded 2nd place and a cash prize of $500. Special Thanks to Ms. Park for coming and supporting the kids. Please give them a high five if you see them around campus.

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Parent Institute for Quality Education

Parents graduate from voluntary program. Parents were recognized on November 15, 2018, upon completion of the PIQE program, which aims to support parent involvement with their students at Century.

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Future Centurions Recruitment

Centurions visit middle schools to celebrate Century! Century's newest counselor, Monica Andrade, speaks to future Centurions about all that is happening at Century, like the Nicholas Academic Center, to support students with a college going mindset. Parents were also invited to Century for informational meetings in the morning and evening of Tuesday, November 13, 2018.

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CIF Cross-Country Prelims

CHS advanced to the CIF Div. 3 Finals. The accomplishment for the girls marks a second consecutive team appearance in the CIF Division 3 Finals, although this year's roster composition was significantly different from the group who reached the CIF finals last year for the first time in school history. A very proud congratulations to the TEAM and its coaches for seeing it through and getting it done!!

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Halloween Carnival

The night was fun, full of surprises, and of course scary moments.

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Principal's Message

Welcome to Century High School! 2018-19 is going to be a fantastic year. We are proud of our students and have many options to pursue college and career learning experiences. Some of our specific academies include the E-Business Academy, The TEACH Academy, The Engineering and Design Academy, as well as the Digital Media Arts Academy. We recently started a "FLEX Academy" for 9th grade students that has been highly successful. We are excited to now offer support through the Nicholas Academic Center (NAC) at Century. Century also hosts a unique "Early College" program, allowing students to earn college credit while simultaneously earning high school credit. The list of positive things happening at Century goes on and on. We are proud of our students, parents, and staff. Go Centurions!

Jonathan Swanson, Principal
(714) 568-7003

jonathan.swanson@sausd.us
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