Celebrate RPS

"People won't change the way they talk about us
until we change the way we talk about us." - Dr. Joe Sanfelippo

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Table Tennis State Champions!

Century High schools' afterschool table tennis club sent two teams to State Championships and the girls time won their State Championship title.

Congratulations team!

Submitted by James O.

Century girls table tennis team pose with state plaque for their championship

Kerri Neil Storm at Longfellow & Pinewood

Kerri is an outstanding, dedicated, and loved part of Longfellow & Pinewood. She is the current Longfellow PTA Vice President. She works every single day to support students, staff, and our community. Kerri Neil has been a successful spearhead in many projects, grants, and activities that enrich our schools with the exemplary experience our families, students and staff are lucky to be a part of. Kerri Neil, thank you on behalf of everyone at Pinewood, you are truly deserving of this!

Submitted by Julie G.

Tsedenia Bezie at Century High School

Century sophomore Tsedenia Bezie won second place with her poem "Echo" in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies' Manningham Student Poetry Contest. In addition to winning a cash prize, Tsedenia will have her poem published in the Manningham Trust Student Anthology, and Century will receive a copy for our library. So much congratulations to her, and a thank you to her for doing the poet's work, as Ishmael Reed says, "Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination."

Submitted by Jean P.

Unite to Ignite's logo of school social workers

Last Week Was National School Social Worker Week

Last week, we celebrated National School Social Work Week, a time to recognize and appreciate the profound impact our school social workers have on our school community.

Submitted by Koni G.

Mark Whynaucht at Century

Shout out to Century custodian Mark Whynaucht. He does an excellent job helping set up events, he is patient and a diligent worker.

Submitted by Charles H.

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