Goodwill Drive To Victory

Goodwill Stores of Miami Valley is announcing the "Drive to Victory" competition between Van Wert Schools and Celina Schools this week 9/20-9/24.  Goodwill will have a collection truck in the parking lot just west of East Elementary.  At this site a Goodwill representative will be collecting items such as clothing, housewares, computers, and even used vehicles.

All items will go to individuals and families in need in the Celina community.  The attendant will be on site collecting the items from Monday afternoon through Friday morning.  The school with the most overall weight will be the Champion and will be awarded a $ 500 scholarship to the general scholarship fund from Mid-USA Credit Union.

Do your part and help someone in need in our community and help us beat Van Wert!

Celina Wins 26 - 25 in OT

For the 1st time in a decade, Celina's football team is victorious over St. Marys.  

Spirit Week @ CHS

Frosh Science students calculate the
speed of cars going by on Wayne St.

We have many great things going on at CHS... in and out of the classroom!  Among other things in the last couple of weeks, we have seen students calculating the speed of cars coming down Wayne Street using only a stopwatch, playing miniature golf with robots, evaluating the range of motion and strength of newly learned muscles of the ankle and lower leg, learning the difference between disc and cylinder brakes (hope I got that right Mr. Dorsten!), and making commercials.  These are just a few of the things our students are doing in the classroom... the ones I have observed!

What are we doing outside of the classroom?

Well, this week, nearly EVERYONE'S attention is on the big rivalry week.  The week of the St. Marys football game is traditionally Spirit Week at CHS... what does this mean?

Batman & Robin on
Superhero Day... Do you know
their TRUE IDENTITY??

Themed dress days... tailgate parties (2 of them)... Spirit Bus to the Big Game... lots of excitement... pep assembly... band marching the halls... Spirit Freak Contest...

GO DAWGS!!!

BIG WIN

Congrats to the Bulldog football team & Coach Rolfes on a BIG win over Wapak tonight 22-13.  Check out these pics of the students getting ready to rush the field and then RING THE VICTORY BELL!!!
GO DAWGS!

Robots, AAA, & More

Golfing Robots
This week has once again been filled with a number of fun and interesting activities for students.  On Tuesday, Mr. Jenkins' Geometry class used robots to play Putt-Putt Golf.  Students had to use their knowledge of angles, segments, and geometry in general to program robots, using graphing calculators, to complete a Putt-Putt course (see pictures below).

Free AAA Maintenance Checks
On Thursday, AAA provided free Maintenance Checks for student vehicles.  50 student drivers took advantage of this free opportunity and were rewarded with a free hot dog lunch from 2 Willy's.  Five students were awarded a free AAA one-year membership:

AAA & 2 Wily's representatives pose
under the AAA tent on Thursday.  

1. LeeAnn Ouk
2. Josie Klosterman
3. Bryan Robbins
4. John Townsend
5. Hillary Lowder

A picture of the winners will be posted soon!

Thanks to AAA & 2 Willy's for sponsoring this program!

Students Make Commercials

On Thursday and Friday, students in the new class "Successful Speaking" presented their commercials to the class.  The commercials were recorded and will be played back during class for peer critique!  Stay tuned for one of the commercials to be posted on the blog!

BULLDOG SPIRIT

On Friday, the CHS Marching Band continued with a new tradition: Marching the halls, playing the fight song during 1st period on Friday home games.  Students & staff enjoy this opportunity to get pumped up & excited for the game!  The 2nd floor classes lined the hallways to cheer on the band!

Also, the Spirit Squad awarded the 1st Spirit Award to a student randomly drawn from those nominated by their 1st period teacher.  Congratulations to Cierra Pontious on winning this award!  GO DOGS!

1st Week in Pictures

Registration gets it started!

The Freshmen Class enjoy a
free lunch at Freshmen Orientation

Meet the football players, cheerleaders, & band

The Marching Band plays
fight song as they march the
halls of CHS!

Girls Soccer beats up on Coldwater!

EXCELLENT WITH DISTINCTION

Celina City Schools has been rated Excellent With Distinction by the state of Ohio.  Congratulations to all teachers, staff, students, parents, and community members!  This is the highest honor a school district may receive from the state.

Celina High School received an individual ranking of Excellent, which is the highest ranking a high school can receive.  CHS has been ranked Excellent every that rankings have been issued in Ohio.

Click here for the CHS state Report Card

Click here for the Celina City Schools state Report Card

1st Day

The first day of Trimesters at CHS was a SUCCESS!  Early feedback is positive... "time goes fast in class" and "I can't believe I only have one class left" were just a few of the comments that could be overheard from students throughout the day.

Checkout the visual students see as they walk into Mrs. Black's room on the 2nd floor.  I think this is a great message for students, staff, and parents.  THANKS FOR YOUR POSITIVE ATTITUDE MRS. BLACK!

Back To School!

The countdown continues!

Its always too short... summer that is!  Hard to believe, but that time of year is here.  I hope the students and parents are as excited about the beginning of the new year as the teachers and staff.  We look for this to be a great year... we are excited about the new trimester schedule and all that it has to offer students.  Just think... fewer homework assignments, fewer classes, no math for 1/3 of the year...

Many of us have vivid memories of the first day of school.  Whether it be always putting your child on the bus the first day or packing a special lunch... share your special '1st Day Memory' by posting a comment below.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL STUDENTS (and parents) ON THE 1ST DAY!

Time to Register!

Wednesday 8/18: Seniors  --  9 AM to 12 NOON


Thursday 8/19: Juniors  9 AM to 12 NOON


Friday 8/20: Sophomores   9 AM to 12 NOON


Monday 8/23: Make-up Registration


Tuesday 8/24: Freshmen Orientation 8:15 AM to 1 PM

NWOET Tech Conference 2010

English Teacher Kelly Black and Principal Jason Luebke both presented at the recent technology conference held at BGSU.  Mrs. Black shared her knowledge of the digital storytelling application she uses in her classroom.  Mr. Luebke spoke about the many uses of blogging in education.  CHS plans to continue increasing the use of technology in (and out) of he classroom. 

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER

CHS finished the 2009-2010 school year on Tuesday, June 1st.  Thanks to the students, parents, and staff that have made this another great year!  We look forward to the 2010-2011 school year that will bring about many changes, the biggest of which is the switch to trimesters!

Parents can expect grade cards to be mailed out by this Friday morning.
Schedules will be mailed out as soon as they are ready!

Kyle Alt, senior, won the car giveaway from Kerns and Celina PD.

Check out the pictures from Saturday's Graduation.  Congratulations to the graduates in the class of 2010!  GOOD LUCK!