Centennial Elementary School

As we wrap up another amazing school year, we want to give a huge congratulations to our 5th graders and our Kindergarten graduates as they continue on to their next big adventure! 🎓✨

We are so proud of every student in our Raptor community for their hard work, growth, and accomplishments this year. Thank you to all of our families for your support, encouragement, and partnership throughout the school year. 💜🦅💛

Wishing all of our Raptor community a safe, fun, and relaxing summer filled with sunshine, laughter, and unforgettable memories! ☀️📚🌈 See ya in August!!!

A well overdue shoutout to our incredible Family Outreach Liaison, Ms. Dyann! 💛🦅💜

This school year alone, Ms. Dyann has earned FOUR awards recognizing her dedication, compassion, and unwavering support for our Raptor community. Her hard work has helped strengthen the connection between our school, students, and families in so many meaningful ways.

✨ Highest growth & highest completion of family surveys
✨ Recognition for implementing our resource closet to support students and families
✨ Recognition for partnering with the district’s Student Family Outreach Program to successfully support families and our community

We are beyond grateful for all she does each and every day. Thank you, Ms. Dyann, for being such an important part of our Raptor family! 🫶🏼

One of our favorite Centennial traditions ✨🫶🏼🥹

At the final Kindergarten & First Grade Community Meeting of the school year, each first grader is paired with a kindergarten buddy to bring out to the big playground! It’s our kindergartners’ very first time getting to play on the 1st–5th grade playground, and their buddy is there every step of the way to show them the ropes. 💜💛🦅

Rain may have cancelled Field Day, but the fun didn’t stop, thanks to our amazing gym teacher, Mrs. Nunnally!

She went above and beyond today to ensure that our students still had an unforgettable day. We are so lucky to have you, Mrs. Nunnally!

Thank you for always making every day active, positive, and fun for our kids! 🦅🎉🫶🏼✨

Our Raptor community at Family Fun Day!!! 🦅💜

A huge thank you to our amazing CPTO, our incredible community partners, and every Raptor family who came out to volunteer, support, laugh, and celebrate together. Events like this remind us just how special our Raptor family truly is ✨🤩

Watching our students and families make memories, share smiles, and have the BEST time together was everything 🥹 Thank you for making Family Fun Day such a fun-filled success and a day we’ll never forget 💛

Dear Centennial Families,

I want to let you know about some changes with our use of school devices.

Over the course of the school year, Adams 12 Five Star Schools has been working with a focus group of parents, teachers and students to learn about how we can better use devices such as Chromebooks. Based on what we’ve learned from this group, and as part of our efforts to encourage more hands-on learning and screen-free time, we are making the following changes:

-Elementary students will return their Chromebooks at the end of this school year, rather than taking them home for Summer Break.
-Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, students grades K-8 will not take devices home with them at the end of the school day.
-Teachers will not assign homework that requires students to have their devices at home.
-As part of this effort, we will be collecting all student Chromebooks before the last day of school. This will support transition to a device-use model that minimizes screen time.
-The last day of chromebook usage for the year will be Tuesday, May 19th.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

With respect and gratitude,
Geneanne Payne

These amazing 4th grade students went above and beyond during the recorder unit in music. They all practiced hard to achieve their black belt in recorder karate! Way to go musicians! 🎶✨🫶🏼🤩

Dear Families,
Please enjoy our Centennial’s May Family Newsletter. To translate, please click translate at the top of it, and then choose the language you would like. 💜✨🦅

https://app.smore.com/n/3sgqf

To the leader who keeps our school grounded, growing, and moving forward every day. Your leadership makes a difference far beyond what’s seen, and we’re grateful for all you do. Thank you for being our principal! We love you Mrs. Payne! Our Raptor community is so lucky to have you. 💜🦅🫶🏼✨

CMAS = DONE ✅🎉

Our students showed up, stayed focused, and gave it their all these past few weeks, and we couldn’t be prouder! Before testing even began, our amazing Centennial parents actually took practice CMAS tests themselves to better understand the experience and help support their students at home. We were also so lucky to have our superintendent visit and share some words of encouragement with students!

To celebrate finishing strong, we wrapped it all up with a special lunch where parents joined their students! Such a fun way to mark the end of a big accomplishment!

Way to go, Raptors!!! 🦅💜🫶🏼✨