Congratulations to Jeh'Chys Brown, Carson Green, and Arion Hill for advancing to the IHSA State Track Tournament this Friday and Saturday at Eastern IL University in Charleston, IL. Go Orphans!
Last day ever for Mr. VanCleve's Honors Chemistry I class. As you can tell, Mr. VanCleve will be missed after he retires!
English 3 students have been studying the concept of the American Dream. The big question being, “Does the American Dream inspire or destroy?” The students created posters based on what they believe the American Dream does using pictures, words, and quotes.
The Introduction to Game Design class created a putt-putt golf course and programmed their Bolt robots to play the holes from start to finish. The Bolt robots are coded using JavaScript blocks.
Come out and support your seniors!
The Orphan Baseball Team will play the IHSA Regional Semifinal next Thursday, May 25th vs. Herrin at 4:30 pm. The game will take place at Brennan Klein Field in Mt. Vernon. The winner will play Saturday at 11:00 am in the same location for the championship.
Congratulations to Makensie Pearson for signing with Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to throw shot put and discus. Good luck, Makensie!
The Annies softball team will open up postseason play at Olney East Richland High School on Monday, May 22nd. Game time is 4:30 pm and there will be a $5 admission.
Come out and cheer on the Annies softball team tomorrow night!
Blaike Knolhoff and Carson Green were awarded the United States Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete Award. Congratulations to these two deserving CHS seniors!
Centralia High School would like to thank the area businesses who were gracious enough to host our student interns this semester. These local establishments provided our seniors with hands-on experience and truly made their last year at CHS something to remember!
Bandy's Pharmacy (Blaike Knolhoff)
EFI (Jaxon Slagley)
Jordan School (Maddie Dailey)
SSM Hospital Physical Therapy (Kaylee Ashlock)
CJHS Guidance Department (Jeh'Chys Brown)
Dr. Vanessa Cole L DDS (Larissa Hensley)
CHS Art Department (Maliyah Battle & Zoe Dodd)
City Clerk, Kim Enke (Larissa Hensley)
A Step Ahead Salon (Eliana Knox)
Clarkson Eyecare (Sasha Githens)
The Orphan JV baseball team will play at Mt. Vernon today, Wednesday, May 17th, at 4:30 pm.
Sign up for the summer Orphan Football Camp!
There will be no JV baseball at Mt. Vernon today (5/16). No make up date is scheduled as of now.
The Orphan Track Sectional begins at 2:00 pm Thursday, May 18th at Salem High School. Tickets are $7.00 on the GoFan app or $8 at the door. https://gofan.co/
The Annies' Softball double header scheduled for Saturday, May 20th vs Mattoon will now be one varsity game followed by 3 innings of JV. Game time is 11 am at Rotary Park.
Yearbook is having a clean out for Yearbooks from 2005-2019! Books are only $10 a piece. Email Jordan Coffey at jcoffey@centraliahs.org or Mary Heltsley mheltsley@centraliahs.org to secure yours today. Some years have limited stock.
The Orphan Baseball game on Saturday, May 20th will be one game beginning at 11:00 am with Senior Day before the start of the game. We will travel to Effingham HS on Monday, May 22nd for a 4:30 game vs the Flaming Hearts.
Orphan Baseball will be playing a JV game at Mt. Vernon at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, May 16th.