Centennial Secondary School is a publicly funded high school in Belleville

Belleville, Ontario

Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. The school is part of the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board

Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board

The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board has 46 elementary and eight secondary schools, serving over 18,400 students, and employing more than 1,070 teachers and 705 support staff...

. Centennial prides itself on its "Triple A" rating, specializing in Arts, Academics and Athletics. The school is also recognized as the regional school for Visual and Performing Arts. As of the 2007-2008 academic year, Centennial has an enrollment of over 1000 students.

Facilities

Centennial Secondary School was opened in 1967, and named as such because of Canada's centennial in the same year. The school features a large triple gymnasium, weight room and fitness facility. The music department has a fully equipped music room, a recording facility, as well as a mini computer lab. The art department showcases work in the student art gallery, and also boasts two fully equipped art studios and a digital photography room for students. Centennial is also home to a 800 seat auditorium, which is used by the school as well as other groups within the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board. Also, Centennial Secondary School has specialized facilities for computer engineering, hospitality, construction, automotive and manufacturing, information technology and a fully operational greenhouse. The school has undergone renovations in the past decade, adding numerous windows to classrooms.

Academics

Students at Centennial Secondary School will find a wide range of academic opportunities. The school offers various areas of study in arts, physical education, sciences, technology, and social sciences. Students from Centennial have long participated in board and province wide academic events, including Model UN conferences and Science and Technology Fairs. Centennial Secondary School focuses on strong academic achievement and aims to provide valuable opportunities for students to improve and further develop literacy and numeracy skills.

Musical Theatre

Centennial Secondary School also performs major musical theater productions periodically (usually every year); which consist of effort from the dramatic, musical and visual arts departments in the school. These productions are viewable by members of the public, and the revenue is used to fund further development of the arts programs at the school.

Arts Credit

Students at Centennial also have the option of participating in a school board exclusive arts program at the school, which gives students interested in the arts, the ability to take up to 3 arts credits in one year. Students must first apply and become accepted to join the program. Students who participate in the program throughout their high school career are also eligible to receive an arts high skills major diploma.