Year: 2024

Attendance is a priority for SLW Centennial and to kick off September’s Attendance Awareness Month, we involved our students every day during the first week of September!  On Tuesday we had our Aerospace teacher serve as the DJ during lunches.  Wednesday consisted of students reciting and signing their attendance pledge for the year.  Emails were sent to all students the previous weekend and students who checked their email and responded with our attendance motto of “Be Present, Be Powerful!” were able to spin the Attendance Wheel on Thursday for prizes!

To deepen their understanding of the rock cycle, Mr. Johnson’s science classes participated in rock cycle stations. The five stations consisted of a Crayon Rock Cycle Lab, Rock Cycle WebQuest, Rock Cycle Nearpod, Rock Cycle Comic, and a Rock Cycle Story. During the lab station students used a crayon to depict the stages of the rock cycle. Students got to press down on the shaved crayon pieces mimicking the pressure that it would experience on earth. Students also witnessed the changes as it was exposed to extreme heat on the hot plate. When finished, students constructed a bridge map that … Read More

Last week, Fairlawn Elementary celebrated all of its grandparents by inviting them out to lunch with their grandchildren. Over 400 grandparents showed up to celebrate the special day! 

Central’s JROTC Honors 9/11 with Tribute The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) conducted a solemn 9/11 ceremony at the flagpole to commemorate the victims of the tragic 2001 attacks in New York City. During the ceremony, Sergeant Major Jackson, who was stationed in Korea at the time of the attacks, delivered a poignant speech, sharing his personal experiences and reflections. The presence of visitors from various military branches underscored the significance of this reverent occasion. The students, with unwavering respect, paid tribute to those lost 23 years ago. We express our heartfelt gratitude to Sergeant Major Jackson and the … Read More

Students in Ms. Huskiewicz Kindergarten class are becoming little entomologists this week as they study the life cycle of butterflies. Ms. H’s students each have their own observation journals to keep track of the stages of life of the butterflies. They are also learning about the different parts of a butterfly. Soon they will release them into our school garden!

400 Cobras Celebrated Learning Gains from PM3 to PM1! This week in Cobra Nation, winners keep on winning! The cafeteria became the celebration site for recognizing the outstanding achievements of 400 Cobras making learning gains from last year’s FAST PM3 to this year’s FAST PM1. As a reward for their hard work, students earned tickets to enjoy one of our three carnival-style food stations: nachos and cheese, ice cream sandwiches, and snow cones. As students munched on their choice of treats, the music was turned up creating an all-out dance party. Principal Gardner, Dean Reese, administrators, and counselors can be … Read More

Mrs. Collins’s fifth-grade students are learning about Hispanic Leaders.  Recently, they completed a class project about Jeanette Nunez, Florida’s first Hispanic female Lieutenant Governor. Students learned about Nunez’s career and the contributions that she has made to help all Floridians.  Lawnwood students are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month!  GO LEOPARDS!

PE teachers at Southport Middle School taught their students how to do hands-on CPR and what to do in case of a medical emergency. The students also learned how the AED works and where they are located on our campus.  The students worked in teams of 3-4 to practice performing CPR and using the AED. Thank you to the American Heart Association for donating the dummies and the practice AEDs.

Mrs. Smith and her AMAZING students got down in the dirt and built some amazing, raised-bed gardens.  The gardens will help the students as they prepare for their future – learning to cultivate and grow, as well as food prep and cooking.  Any overage of materials will be donated to the Jaguars Helping Hands Food Pantry.  

Mrs. Mckeliver’s 6th grade students at Palm Pointe investigated Earth’s systems focusing specifically on the geosphere where they constructed the layers of the Earth using Play-Doh!

Mrs. Friedberg of FPC and Mrs. Becht of LPA show off their AICE Marine Science practice renderings of sharks, part of the AICE training for teachers. AICE stands for Advanced International Certificate of Education, a rigorous series of courses from Cambridge University in England. Students taking and successfully passing seven AICE examinations in the core areas of Mathematics/Science, Languages, and Arts/Humanities are eligible to earn the Cambridge AICE diploma. For many teachers across schools in the district, training occurred over the summer as well as this fall. The recent training of AICE in English Literature, Marine Science, as well as … Read More

Did someone say career readiness? Students in Mrs. W’s Career Preparation class are working on their vocational skills. In this class, students sharpen their skills in communication, team-building, and other tasks! Always, Titan Born, Titan Bred

In support of National Hunger Action Day, the cafeteria crew at Centennial all wore orange which is the color for hunger awareness.  

7th grade ELA classes at Palm Pointe did a gallery walk to preview the novel they will be reading for quarter one. Students learned about the author of “The Fourteenth Goldfish” and information about the novel. They wrote down their “wonderings and noticing’s”.

Mrs. Quiles’ students used two-color counters to explore array multiplication. By arranging these counters into rows and columns, they visually grasped how multiplication works, making abstract concepts more concrete and engaging. This hands-on approach enhances their understanding of multiplication while adding an element of fun to their learning experience!  

Mrs. Harrison’s class practices life skills while learning how to properly prepare, prep, and clean up after cooking. They utilized their math skills to measure ingredients and learned how to use kitchen utensils to make Pizza!!! These skills are necessary for becoming self-sufficient adults. It was a great lesson to relate learning to real life and encourage critical thinking and problem-solving.        

Students in Mrs. Saget’s 5th grade ELA classes are focused on PIE (Persuade, Inform, Entertain)! They collaboratively worked together on Author’s Purpose and Perspective. Once the purpose of the text was identified they highlighted different phrases and words to determine the author’s perspective (mood/feelings) about the text.

Village Green’s 4th-grade scientists were investigating the cause of day and night in Ms. Cole’s class this week.  As they experimented with miniature globes and light, they discovered that the rotation of earth creates day and night. They also used their miniature moons to investigate why the appearance of the moon goes through phases in a pattern every 28 days.