District Champions

The Girls Volleyball team earned a district championship title tonight in a 3-set sweep of WBL foe Wapakoneta.  The girls advance to regional competition Thursday night in Ontario @ 6 PM.

TICKET INFO:
Pre-sale tickets will be sold in the high school athletic office on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:45 - 2:45.  Pre-sale tickets are $6.  All tickets at the door are $8.  Celina will get a portion of all pre-sale tickets.

National Merit Semifinalists Announced

Today, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 57th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Celina High School is proud to announce that two of those students are in the CHS class of 2012.  


Seniors Elise Elston and Justin Hoffman (pictured below) have the distinct honor of being National Merit Semifinalists.  Congratulations & good luck to the two of them as they proceed in the competition.  More details about the Merit Scholarship program is below.

These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $34 million that will be offered next spring.  To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition.  About 90% of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

Awards Continue with Academic Awards & Scholarship Ceremony

Monday night brought to close a whirlwind of CHS activities that began with Promenade on Friday night and concluded with the Academic Awards & Scholarship Ceremony.

Nearly 100 students in grades 9 - 12 were honored on Monday night with 168 awards.  In addition, 51 different local families or organizations presented $69,784 in scholarship money to graduating seniors.

The list of students for both the awards and scholarships will be posted here soon!

Art Show a Success

For the 1st time ever, the CHS Art Show expanded this year with the addition of an Alumni Art Show.  Both were a display of talent from current and former CHS art students.  Quite an impressive show!  Several students were honored with many different awards, including the Principal's Award winner, Sidney N. (pictured below with Mr. Luebke).  Her artwork will be displayed for the next year in the high school office.

This year's show was bittersweet as it was the last for retiring art teacher Kathy Place.  Kathy's 30 plus years of influence on the CHS art department has certainly impacted and shaped the lives of many young people.  Mrs. Place will certainly be missed!  Art teacher Amy Sutter gave a tearful farewell speech at the end of the awards ceremony, as she described how influential Mrs. Place has been in shaping the art department and the lives of our students.  Several alumni were on hand to judge the art show and display their work.

Thanks to those who participated!  Good luck to Mrs. Place!

The CHS National Honor Society Inducts New Members

NHS President
Kabe Eichenauer
begins the program

On Sunday night, 36 students were inducted into the CHS chapter of the National Honor Society.  In addition, 40 seniors were recognized for their 2-year members of NHS.  These 2-year members have a 20-hour community service requirement.  However, they averaged a total of 60 hours of community service per member with more than 2,300 hours of community service total!

The Candle Lighting

Three students were recognized with scholarship awards for their community service:

• Kabe Eichenauer -- $200
• Kirsten Fennig -- $200
• Eric Muhlenkamp -- $400

Former officers in back, newly elected officers in front

Officers for the new induction class were also announced: 

• Public Relations: Tracy Donovan
• Treasurer: Justin Hoffman
• Secretary: Angie Fisher
• Vice-President: David Giesige
• President: Ellie Elston