2016 Graduation Ceremony Set

WHEN: Wednesday, June 15 - 4:30 PM RAIN DATE: Thursday, June 16 - 4:30 PM WHERE: WTHS Alumni Stadium The Stadium gates will open at 3:00 P.M. Please arrive by 4:15 PM in order to be seated when the graduates enter at 4:30 PM.

Detailed information about the 2016 Commencement Ceremony is located on the William Tennent page of the district website. Go to: www.centennialsd.org

Headlines– 2016 Commencement Ceremony Continue to check the William Tennent High School page of the district website to get the latest information and updates on graduation.

PRINCIPAL’S NEWSLETTER William Tennent High School

Summer 2016 Volume XXXV No. 4

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Dr. Dennis H. Best, Ed.D., Principal

TICKETS Number per student: 4

Depending on circumstances, an additional ticket may be issued. This fifth ticket would be valid for use only in the stadium. To request an additional ticket, go to our webpage and fill out the form under Lot-tery.

Guests without tickets may view graduation from the WTHS auditorium, which will feature live video of the graduation on a huge screen. Guests who are heat sensitive or who have physical difficulties climbing into the bleachers, as well as those responsible for the care of small children, are strongly encouraged to pursue this option.

Accommodations will be made, of course, for guests

who have physical disabilities and/or utilize wheel-chairs. Please visit our website to fill out a form so we can accommodate your needs (see below). Please note that small children will need their own tickets for the stadium.

PARKING

One car per family may park at WTHS, i.e., no additional parking for graduates or handicapped guests. The parking pass will be distributed to graduating seniors at graduation rehearsal.

Additional cars must park at McDonald Elemen-tary School: Shuttle buses will provide transporta-tion between McDonald and WTHS before and after the ceremony. Shuttle service will run from 2:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Handicapped Parking is in the WTHS Bus Loop: all passengers in cars with handicapped stickers will disembark to the sidewalk and stage at the opening of the auxiliary road to the stadium. 1. Guests who utilize wheelchairs will need assistance from family members to enter the stadi-um or cafeteria. 2. Guests with physical disabilities who do not utilize wheelchairs may request a golf cart to transport them to the stadium.

3. Guests in need of special parking and seating arrangements need to fill out a form found on our website (see below).

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CANNOT MAKE THE GRADUATION CEREMONY? We don’t want you to miss out. The ceremony will be televised live over Comcast Channel 28 and Verizon Channel 36. RELIVE THAT SPECIAL MOMENT! GRADUATION/ NIGHT OF REFLECTION DVD ON SALE Keep the memory alive by ordering your copy of the Commencement Ceremony and Night of Reflections. The 2-set DVD is for sale for $10.00 (cash only). Orders for the DVD may be placed in the Main Office until Friday, July 1.

Senior Dates to Remember June 9 – 7:00 p.m. Senior Awards Night June 14 – 7:00 p.m. Night of Reflections

Information for Graduating Seniors

A meeting for all graduating seniors will be held in the Auditorium on May 26. A memo will be distributed outlining rehearsals, ticket and cap and grown distribution, parking, dress code, in-debtedness, and other information that will help for a smooth graduation ceremony. INDEBTEDNESS Students must return their books, calculators, or other assigned materials at the time of the final exam. If they do not have the item, a check can be written to William Tennent High School to satisfy the obligation. Additionally, all lab, athletic, library, cafeteria and parking debts must be addressed and paid by Friday, June 10. If you owe any money or materials to William Tennent High School or to the Centennial School District, you will not receive your di-ploma until all debts are settled. This also includes the successful completion of your Gradua-tion Project. Therefore, pay all of your debts and complete the project immediately.

REHEARSALS There will be two rehearsals for the ceremony- on Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 a.m. and on Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30 a.m. Students must attend both rehearsals, unless you have been excused by Mr. Mulford. Excuses will be granted only for unavoidable conflicts and must be requested by Tuesday, June 7. The rehearsals will end as soon as it is clear that the ceremony has been rehearsed properly. Therefore, it is to everyone’s advantage to cooperate. Caps and gowns will be distributed immediately after the first graduation rehearsal on Tuesday, June 15 as long as your debts have been cleared. DRESS The Commencement Ceremony is a very special and dignified occasion. We all work very hard to make this a memorable experience for our students. Therefore, we do have require-ments for dress. Young women must wear a light-colored dress or skirt/blouse and appropri-ate shoes. In order to avoid damage to the stadium track and field no high heels are permitted flip flops are not permitted, but sandals, dress flats or shoes with a “wedge heel” are accepta-ble. Young men must wear a dress shirt, tie, dark trousers, and shoes (not sneakers.) Participants’ dress will be checked before leaving the assembly area. Those dressed inappropriately will not be permitted to participate in the ceremony.

CONTINUE TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE UNDER “2016 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY” FOR UPDATES

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Dates for Student Finals Set The 2016 dates for William Tennent student finals will be June 9 for Period 1 and 2, June 10 for period 3 and 4, and June 13 for period 5 and 6. Final exams represent 10% of the final grade for the course and are administered for all courses/subjects. Textbooks and other classroom materials will be collected at the end of each final. Seniors who are exempt from a final due to Senior Privilege, should return all classroom materials and textbooks prior to the scheduled final.

Students Absent from Exams Students who are absent on any exam date must provide a note from a parent and given to the house principal in order to complete a missed exam. The house principal will advise the teacher(s) that the student is eligible to make up the exam.

Senior Privilege Seniors may be exempt from final exams in one-credit courses. Participation is limited to those sen-iors who meet all of the following criteria:

A 12th grade school discipline record without disciplinary actions above an administrative detention

An average of 90% for the respective class to be exempted Determination of eligibility will be made one week before final exams

Senior Athlete Celebration On April 27 the William Tennent Athletic Department had a breakfast to recognize the senior athletes who will be going on to play collegiate sports. Parents were invited to celebrate their child’s achieve-ment. Congratulations to the following students:

Student Name Sport College

Arnold Hayden Football Lycoming College

Cicchitti Conor Cross Country DeSales University

Costello Daniel Football Chestnut Hill College

Diaz Luiz Football East Stroudsburg University

Elliott Zoe Swimming Lebanon Valley

Emsley Bryce Football Albright University

Flores Jocelyn Softball Alvernia University

Heim Jackie Softball LaSalle University

Hetzel Leah Softball Penn State Abington

Johnson Matthew Baseball Chestnut Hill College

Koppany Alexandria Girls' Volleyball Neumann University

Krescz Tristan Baseball Philadelphia University

Lucas Ryan Baseball Philadelphia University

McCabe Rachel Soccer Bryn Athyn

McElroy Paul Baseball Philadelphia University

McHenry Dylan Cross Country DeSales University

Milnazik Jake Boys Volleyball Kean University

Mueller Shannon Soccer Bryn Athyn

Palage Mark Soccer West Chester University

Pitcher Michael Football Kings College

Preedy Mark Swimming Arcadia University

Puccio Shelby Soccer Bryn Athyn

Ryan John Basketball Penn State Abington

Taufalele Kalisi Field Hockey American International College

Testa Stephen Track and Field Villanova University

Weiss Conner Soccer West Chester University

Weiss Kylie Field Hockey Washington College

Mr. Tennent Nominees Move over Senior Sweetheart and make room for Mr. Tennent 2016. Each year candidates are nominated by their classmates to represent Mr. Tennent. The candidates are judged in three categories: academic, athletics, and talent. The talent portion and ceremony will be held on Friday, June 10 at 6:45 p.m. in the William Tennent Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased at the door and all proceeds will go towards the charity of choice. Congratulations to the Mr. Tennent nominees for the Class of 2016:

Vano Alania Peter Bridgewater Ari Carrillo Noah Chast Tyler Goldsman

German Students Compete in 2016 Deutschfest

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On April 1 and 2, a group of William Tennent German students competed at the annual Dela-ware Valley Deutschfest. At this two day event they competed against other schools in the area showing off their German language skills, cultural knowledge and creativity with the theme Politik Regiert die Welt... (Politics Run the World...).

The students earned many 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in many events. Because of the outstanding job of our students William Tennent placed 3rd overall out of all of the schools compet-ing. This is our first year placing as a whole school. The students worked very hard and de-serve a hearty congratulations!

Congratulations to the following students on an outstanding performance: Michael Sienkiewicz, Cailean Cavanaugh, Julia Alanis, Ryan Wilkowski, Hailee Tait, Emily Grecco, Kyle Zurmuhl, Erin Williams, Nicole Fleck, Victoria Alanis, Joel Cammarota, Cheyanne Sample, Jeromy Hafer, and Luke Mullany.

Nick Griffin Matt Kistner

Jake Milnazik John Starr

William Towle

A “Madrigal” Thank You

Shoprite has been a big supporter of William Tennent and the Madrigal Singers. To show their appreciation for all they have done, Ms. Julie Flack and a few of the Madrigal Singers met with Mr. Joe Cowhey, owner of the Warminster Shoprite, to present him with a framed poster of the Madrigals which stated "Thank you for supporting the William Ten-nent High School Music Program". To view the picture, stop by the front of the store.

Trout Quilt Project

The William Tennent Environmental Club has been raising Brook Trout in our Classroom since 2007. Mrs. Tenaglia’s participation in the Trout In the Classroom program was made possible through a unique partnership between PA Fish and Boat Commission and PA Council of Trout Unlimited. This partner-ship, coupled with assistance from Bucks County Trout Unlimited, was created to intro-duce Pennsylvania students to cold water re-sources and their importance to all communi-ties. The partnership also provides brook trout eggs, trout food, technical assistance, curriculum connections and teacher work-shops each year. Last year was the first time we also participated in the national Trout Quilt Project. This year we are making our second quilt. Twenty five schools throughout the country have made squares. Each of us then send our squares to the other school for us to assemble our quilt.

Pictures: Top– WT 2015 quilt, Left– this years square, Below– quilt

squares submit-ted from other schools, Bottom Left– letters sent from other schools.

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WT 2016 Poet Laureate April is National Poetry month and in honor of poetry and poets past and present, Tennent students had a chance to show off their talent in poetry writing. Students submitted three poems that were judged by a panel of Ten-nent staff. Congratulations to the following students:

2016 William Tennent Poet Laureate Matthew Ballow

2016 Honor Laurels Seniors

Ellen Cicchitti John Starr

Junior Ellyes Adnane

Sophomore Tanya Wang

Freshmen Kubarah Ghias Raven Steiner

An Ode to Color Matthew Ballow

2016 WTHS Poet Laureate

Divided into lush, vibrant hues and shades, The canvas of the universe, color cascades.

An infinite arrangement of visible allure, Natural elegance and pure couture.

Color is genuinity on display, It is the garnish of life, and a worldly bouquet.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DAY Every year the William Tennent FBLA hosts a luncheon for all the secretaries in honor of Administrative Assistant Day and their hard work Pictured: Cindy Bradney, Diann Sgrillo, Diane Mueller, Mindy Golden, Joanne Mancini, Linda Bielawski and Jen Cresina. Not pictured, Ann Titus.

Fine Arts Week A Huge Success!!! During the week of May 2 to May 6, the District displayed the talents of our many students in music, song and art. The elementary, middle and high school musical groups performed for parents and the community from Monday through Thursday with a different venue each night: Monday– Orchestra Night, Tuesday– Jazz Band, Wednesday– Chorus and Choir, Thursday– Band Night. Friday was the district Showcase Night for all schools to proudly display draw-ings, paintings, photographs, sculpture, other art medium, and gourmet food by our talented student body. Senior student exhibit-

ing work is judged by a select pan-el in a variety of categories for monetary prizes in first, second, or third place. The awards are posted the day of the show. This year for-ty-six senior artists exhibited art work in various mediums. Throughout the second level of the lobby area, the senior artists show-cased their work from the past four years. Congratulations to all the contributing artists.

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2016 School Musical “Brigadoon” This years school musical took you into the highlands of Scotland. One of the biggest casts, it surely was a show not to miss. To promote the musical, the director, Julie Flack, and assis-tant director, Al Catarro, dressed the part during one of the morning announcement segments aired each morning on the BWTV. This years show was in memory of Nicholas Esposito a 2014 William Tennent graduate and a member of the musical and choral groups. The musical perfor-mances were held on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16 with a matinee and evening performance.

Student of the Month Student of the Month is presented each month to a student who showed tremendous academic achievement in the classroom. A student is chosen in each grade level by recommending faculty and administration. Each is awarded a certificate. Congratulations to the March Student of the Month winners: 12th grade: Paul McElroy 11th grade: Colin Sparkevicious 10th grade: Tara O’Connor 9th grade: Catherine Kellenberger

June 1 Junior Class Senior Portrait Meeting– 1:30 p.m.

June 2 MBIT Graduation Ceremony– 6:30 p.m.

June 2 BCTE Awards Breakfast- 7:30 a.m.

June 6 Grade 8 Student Orientation– 9:30 a.m.

June 7 Grade 8 Parent Orientation– 6:30 p.m.

June 9 Senior Awards Ceremony- 7:00 p.m.

June 10 Mr. Tennent- 6:45 p.m.

June 9, 10, 13 WTHS Student Finals

(Full Days)

June 14, 15, Half Days of School

June 14 Night of Reflections- 7:00 p.m.

June 15 Graduation, 4:30 p.m.

June 16 RAIN DATE– Graduation

Calendar of Events

Key Club Blood Drive The Key Club holds annual blood drives two times a year as a service to the American Red Cross. The spring blood drive was held on April 28 and 29. Student club members help check the donors in, serve the refreshments or aide in other functions. One hundred and seventy-three students, faculty and staff signed up for this two event. Thank you to all who helped make the event run successfully and for those who donated.

12th Annual Centennial Education

Foundation Golf Classic Spring Mill County Club Monday June 20

Class Trip to Philadelphia On April 20, William Tennent AP Spanish and AP Social Studies students took a class trip to center city and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The PAFA offered an educational program that explored the artwork related to US history and the artists that were influential in the Spanish speaking world.

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