Our PTC's Fall Fundraiser is starting off with a bang! Students were able to collect their bull key chains this morning before school. Mrs. Tindell was cheering everyone on!
about 4 hours ago, Centennial Elementary
students collecting key chains
students collecting key chains
principal in an inflatable bull costume
student with keychains
student with keychains
posters on a brick wall

Attention Centennial Families, please click on the link below for information on Brimhall and Renfro road closures starting Monday, September 29th:

UPDATED ROAD CLOSURE INFO STARTS 9/29

3 days ago, Centennial Elementary
road closed

Mrs. Dean's first graders sampled different apple products and graphed the class favorite. They also tested apples to see if they float in water. Super fun way to end a unit of student on Apples!

4 days ago, Centennial Elementary
students tasting apple products
student tasting apple products
student tasting apple products
student tasting apple products

Mrs. Pinon's class got to visit the Kern County Fair for Special Friends Day. These Cubs enjoyed a day of visiting the animals and even go to try out the merry-go-round.

6 days ago, Centennial Elementary
student on a Merry go round
student on a Merry go round
student looking at animals
student looking at animals
student looking at animals
student on a bus
student on a bus

Mrs. Tamayo's first graders were given a math problem to solve. They worked in pairs to come up with a way to make the number 12 using three addends. They then created a poster to display their equations.

7 days ago, Centennial Elementary
students cutting paper apples working on a math poster
students cutting paper apples working on a math poster
students cutting paper apples working on a math poster
students cutting paper apples working on a math poster

Centennial Cubs are hard at work earing tickets by showing what it means to follow our school wide behavior expectations. They can turn the tickets in for prizes at our PAWSome Store. This group of students purchased a lunch with our Vice Principal, Mrs. Stern. If you would like to donate to our PAWSome Store, please click on the Amazon link below:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/6GC81FGIFBNM?ref_=wl_share

7 days ago, Centennial Elementary
students eating lunch with an adult

Mrs. Maybee' s second graders did an experiment to see why raisins float in a sprite but not water. These scientist got to see the dance!

7 days ago, Centennial Elementary
students with cups
students with cups
students with cups
students with cups

Mrs. Whitten's third graders used some fun manipulatives to create arrays. They then separated the arrays to model the distribution property of multiplication.

9 days ago, Centennial Elementary
students with cereal doing math
student with cereal doing math
student with cereal doing math
student with cereal doing math
student with cereal doing math
student with cereal doing math

Arrrrgh! Kindergarten celebrated International Talk Like a Pirate Day! These buccaneers had fun with different literacy and math centers that were all pirate themed.

12 days ago, Centennial Elementary
students with pirate hats
students with boats
teacher in pirate hat
student  with pirate hats
students with sand
student with sand
students with pirate hats
students with pirate hats
students with pirate hats

Our book fair was hopping tonight! Students can buy from the fair until September 16. Click on the link for more information: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/centennialelementaryschool23

20 days ago, Centennial Elementary
people checking out the book fair
people checking out the book fair
people checking out the book fair

More pics from PTC's Scoops & Stories!

20 days ago, Centennial Elementary
family with ice cream
family with ice cream
teachers with sundaes
family with ice cream
family with ice cream
kids with ice cream
kids with ice cream
family with ice cream
teachers with sundaes
making ice cream

Tonight our Centennial families came together to enjoy some ice cream at PTC's Scoops & Stories. Families got to enjoy ice cream sundaes make by our teachers and staff and then check out the book fair at the library. It was a blast seeing our families connect!

20 days ago, Centennial Elementary
kids with ice cream,
families with ice cream
kid with ice cream,
making sundaes
getting ice  cream
teachers scooping ice cream
kid with ice cream,
making ice cream
ice crea
kids with ice cream,

Mrs. Dennis' Kindergarteners are learning how to label things when writing. Today they decided to practice on themselves!

23 days ago, Centennial Elementary
student with post it notes all over
student with post it notes all over
student with post it notes all over
students with post it notes all over
student with post it notes all over
Mrs. Mendiburu's Kindergarteners learned all about the power of the sun as they worked together to build shade structures. Their challenge was to protect their chocolate from melting!
25 days ago, Centennial Elementary
students with structures and paper
students with structures and paper
students with structures and paper
student with structures and paper
student with structures and paper
students with structures and paper

Third graders in Mrs. Haskell and Mrs. Whitten's classes were building bridges to learn about balanced forces and engineering. I think we have some future engineers here at Centennial!!

about 1 month ago, Centennial Elementary
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
students building bridges out of paper and pennies
PTC is looking for some parents or families of Centennial Elementary to help coordinate the Mother/Son event and Trunk or Treat this year.

Grab your besties and have a blast with our Cub families putting on these events!

For more information, contact us at: cenptc@ruesd.net
about 1 month ago, Centennial Elementary
Centennial Cubs PTC Volunteer

Hot days mean popsicles for students in  Mrs. Pinon’s class!


about 1 month ago, Centennial Elementary
student with popsicle
student with popsicle
student with popsicle
student with popsicle
student with popsicle

Mrs. King's class celebrated Flashlight Friday making reading extra fun!

about 1 month ago, Centennial Elementary
students reading with a flashlight
students reading with a flashlight
students reading with a flashlight
students reading with a flashlight

Teachers met with parents last night at our annual Parent Information Night. Families learned classroom procedures and how we all work together as a team to make this a successful year for our cubs.

about 1 month ago, Centennial Elementary
parents listening to a teacher's presentation
parents listening to a teacher's presentation
parents listening to a teacher's presentation
parents listening to a teacher's presentation
parents listening to a teacher's presentation
parents listening to a teacher's presentation

Centennial Cubs learned all about bus safety this morning. Our wonderful bus drivers went over emergency procedures so we are all prepared for the school year.

about 1 month ago, Centennial Elementary
students lined up by  a bus
students lined up by  a bus
students exiting a bus
students exiting a bus
student and man by bus
students lined up by  a bus
students lined up by  a bus
students lined up by  a bus
students on a bus