By Megan Rutigliano Sunday, June 24 was the big day that many seniors have been anticipating all school year: graduation! Emotions ran high as the Class of 2018 reflected on the four years they have spent at Centereach High School and what is to come in the future. As a senior myself, I…
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Augmented Way to Learn
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Murder Crime Caper Solved Again by Centereach’s Crack Forensic Team!
By Crosscurrents’ Crime Stopper Reporters: So, Who did it? According to the updated police report just released, Nicki Minaj hired the Blues Brothers to kill Steven Tyler. She was outraged that he was being recognized by the Grammys after his comment back in 2012 that she thought was racist. (True story, google it). When the Blues…
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Prom Blast! Juniors Lit Up Dance Floor With Help From a Few Seniors and Sophomores
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Broadway Night Hits All the Right Notes To Harmonize With Beautiful Spring Night!
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Foreign Language National Honor Society Induction Ceremony Celebrates
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Top 25 “Breakfast for Academic Champions!”
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Sarah Lee, Shula Adelman and Ashlee Kuzemchak receive the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Scholarship
by Crosscurrents Reporter “Sarah Lee, Shula Adelman and Ashlee Kuzemchak, Centereach High School students, have been recognized by Prudential for their school spirit and volunteer work in our community!” We congratulate and thank you for your dedication and hard work!” Way to go, girls!
Never Again!
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Black History Celebration 2018 “Hidden Figures in Science and Medicine”
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There Are No Words That Can Properly Capture…
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Pops Concert Sets Stage for Winter Break
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By Nicole Sullivan: February 11, 2018 Centereach Varsity Cheerleading takes 2nd place in the nation for their division! After an intense two days of competing the girls persevered and hit another perfect routine on the finals mat. The competition was fierce but the team didn’t let it get to them. They focused on what…
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More Than Words
By Emily Dwyer On Thursday, January 11, President Trump held a meeting on DACA and immigration reform. The meeting unleashed a heated controversy after reports were released of the president using hateful, vulgar language towards African nations. President Trump reportedly stated, “Why do we want all these people from ‘shithole countries’ coming here?” referring to…
Seniors Get Their Acts Together–Boffo Laughs @ Variety Show!
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By Megan Rutigliano On December 21, Centereach had its final winter concert of the year. It was a great concert with performances from advanced chorus, select choir, wind ensemble, and philharmonic orchestra. The teachers and students of these groups have been working hard these last couple of months in preparation. This concert also included the special…
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By Megan Rutigliano Each year, Centereach celebrates the holiday season through Deck the Halls. Our classes have been frantically preparing for the past two weeks to make their hallway the best it can be. But the process isnt easy, it requires a lot of hard work and dedication to make the hallway look good…
A Great Beginning to A Joyous Christmas
By: Naomi Newen On Friday December 8th, 2017, Centereach High School’s National Honor Society hosted a Holiday Movie Night in the auditorium. Children from elementary schools and their families were invited to bring in toys and $2 donations to sing along with carols performed by the Women’s Choir and to also enjoy…
United Nations Trip Opens Eyes to the World!
By Caroline McParland Members of Centereach High School’s Spanish Honor Society “left the country” for a few hours last Tuesday, November 28, as they visited the United Nations building. In the city, they first took a trip to Bryant Park in Midtown where the students had the opportunity to window shop, experience food from…
AP Breakfast Celebrates Centereach Success With a Bagel!
By Emily Dwyer On November 22, 2017, the AP students who received bronze through platinum awards on their AP exams were honored with a bagel breakfast. After a year of hard work along with late nights of homework, review, and stress, it is an important event to honor the sacrifices made by these impressive…
On the Crisp, Rainy Morning of November 22, 2017…
By Nicole Sullivan On the crisp, rainy morning of November 22, 2017, the most elite students of Centereach High School gathered for a celebratory breakfast. All students who had scored a 4 or 5 on an AP exam the previous year were invited to the library for a complementary bagel breakfast. There was quite a large turnout…
Tragic Ending For Outstanding Varsity Football Season
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And the Winner is…
By: Kayla Gomez The Centereach High School volleyball marathon was held on Saturday November 18. There were 6 different teams: the orange team which was a team of teachers and the student teams which were pink, black, white, light blue, and dark green. All the different teams were able to go against each other…
A Marvelous Music Recital!
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A Great Tennis Season!
By: Shula Adelman and Kayla Gomez Tennis is an interesting sport because you cannot cheer out loud for your team but you can still support them, and even when you do not win you have the satisfaction of hitting a few good shots. After many wins and few losses this year, the Middle Country…
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By Emily Bassett Dear future actors and actresses, Blocking. Set Construction. Line work. Lighting. Music and sound. All these processes are those which the the audience is aware of while watching and after seeing a production. What’s nearly impossible to see from the audience, however, is the bond formed between everyone involved in the…
Ted Koppel Speaks Volumes at SBU!
By Mehek Ahmed On Wednesday November 15, 2017, Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism hosted its outstanding My Life As Speaker Series: A Conversation with Ted Koppel. This took place in the Staller Center For the Arts with a high viewer turnout. Ted Koppel is a prominent figure of worldwide, British and American journalism while…
Taking the lead in The CHS Varsity Football Playoffs
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Field Hockey Season at Centereach Has Been a Dynamic Two Months!
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Ghouls, Goblins, Ghosts of All Ages Celebrate CHS Trick or Treat Street!
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Best Buddies Team UP With “Best Buddies”
By Frank DiCanio The day out on the grass with the Best Buddies club is one of sentiment and will not be forgotten. The small yet meaningful time allotted, truly allowed the bonding between the new members of Best Buddies and the buddies themselves. Everyone felt the wind in their hair and a soccer ball…
Centereach Girls Varsity Volleyball Makes Playoffs! Lose Heart-Breaker in Round 2
By Rachel Lichtenstein, Sophie Painter, Amanda Harrop, and Alexa Taverna After an exhilarating season ending in 7 wins and 5 losses, the varsity girls’ volleyball team made playoffs for the seventh time in the last eight years. On October 30, the team played in their own gym against Sachem North. At 5:00pm, the…
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2017″Noche de Unidad”
By: Alexandria Ortiz The Hispanic Heritage Celebration had the greatest turnout yet, uniting the entire community. The night commenced with a flag ceremony, showcasing all the Spanish-speaking countries. The night featured incredible dance performances from the high school students as well as one dance from the middle school students. The annual essay contest winners were…
Race to the Rescue!
By Briana Maldonado Centereach High School had a one of a kind event on October 26, 2017 called Race to the Rescue. The event, hosted by English teacher Ms. Fitterman in the planetarium and was mainly focused around a full-time female racer in Riverhead Racewayj, Alyssa Paprocky. Alyssa Paprocky has always been interested in…
Stellar Start to Centereach Varsity Football
by Thomas Polochak Cristina Costantino Tyler Sharma This year, our varsity football team is on their hottest start in years. Led by one of the best running backs in the state, Alec Kiernan, they are completely stomping over the competition. On average they are scoring an outstanding 36.2 points per game, and are on…
A Spectacular Surprise
As students entered Centereach High School in 2017-2018 school year they were pleasantly surprised with brand-new gym lockers! While sophomore Jonathan Stopanio expressed that the lockers are “much bigger and can hold a lot more,” sophomore, Kheerana Sharma exclaimed that, “the whole locker room smells new!” As these students have shown, the excitement for these…
It’s That Time of the Year Again!
On October 31st, Centereach High School will be hosting its annual trick or treat street event. On this day, all the clubs and organizations of our school are given a task to come up with a theme and corresponding activities to entertain the kids. The clubs are assigned a certain classroom (including the cafeteria and…
Computer Science Is The Future
A brand new course was released by the College Board in 2016 called “Computer Science Principles”. This course teaches students the concept of computation, programming, analyzing problems, and communication. Stony Brook University, Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and many other top schools released the Computer Science course in their Engineering and Applied…
The LGBTQ+ Flag is Blowing in the Wind
Throughout the years, society has become more accepting of humans as they are. October 11th was National Coming Out Day and Centereach High School has done an amazing job at proving this statement. On this day our school showed its acceptance towards those who differ in sexuality.Students, teachers, and staff were shown that they can…
The Ocean Blue
Christopher Columbus, a historical figure whose reputation has been marked by controversy in the modern age, comes back into the spotlight every time Columbus Day approaches. Columbus is credited by many as the first European to discover the Americas, which led to their subsequent subjugation by European powers, such as the Kingdom of Spain. Columbus,…
Robotics Club: It’s Time for Competition
In the Robotics club students design, program, and create a robot that is able to do certain tasks. The game this year is called VEX Robotics: In The Zone. In this game students are to design, lift and stack yellow cones on top of conical cones. The end goal is to earn…
Spirit Week, Pep Rally, Triple Wow! Add Huge Football Victory Against Riverhead For Perfect Homecoming Celebration
More Than Just a Game By: Riah Sharma and Angela Boscarino Homecoming 2017 There is nothing more inspiring than witnessing an entire community come together to share their love and support on one special day. This year’s Centereach High School Homecoming was no different as friends and family gathered to enjoy such a wonderful event…
Let Them Dream
By Emily Dwyer Picture this: You just started college. You are the first in your family to ever attend. You never imagined you could make it this far, but here you are. You finally feel as though you have control over your future. And then a simple signature threatens to take everything you have…
Pep Rally Stirs Up Great Expectations of Victories Soon to Come!
By Caitlyn Pietrzak and Megan Rutigliano This past week students, and even some teachers, participated in Centereach High School’s Spirit Week in preparation for the school’s annual Pep Rally and Homecoming celebration. Students showed their school spirit by dressing up according to each day’s theme. Monday was Morning Monday where students wore their…
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9th Graders Begin Their High School Journey With CHS Orientation
Freshmen Orientation 2017 By: Alexandria Ortiz Centereach High School kicks off the school year with freshmen orientation. Students from all grades gathered together to make the freshmen feel comfortable and welcome. There’s no denying it, high school can seem scary and overwhelming. Firstly, the school looks enormous, making you feel small. The white hallways…
Seniors Celebrate Their Day With Friends Family, Glorious Sunshine!
By Riah Sharma After four long years, our seniors have finally made it to their graduation. On June 25, Centereach High School celebrated the hard work of the class of 2017d. As Dr. Lydia Patton had once said, “graduation is the beginning of knowing who you are, why you are, and always knowing…
CHS Students place 2nd in Moot Court Competition
By: Riah Sharma The students at Centereach High School never fail to make us proud. Recently, three of our own sophomores have won second place at the EDNY Moot Court Competition. In July 2016, the Eastern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, partnered with the District Court for the Eastern…
Joe Posimato Class of 2010 Graduates Harvard Law School–Way to Go Joe!
Pirate Crime Scene Ends With ‘Singing Pirate’ Walking the Plank of Justice.
By Annalie Buscarino Any uninformed student would elect to walk the plank after stumbling upon Centereach High School’s grisly murders of this past Friday. What would be sparsely crowded hallways on any other average day of school were drowning in pirate’s booty and mischief, with Blackbeard’s body strewn across the East Suite and the…