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2022 Centurion Award Winners

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The Catalina High School Foundation wanted to create an award for Trojans who do great things for our school but might have otherwise gone unrecognized for their efforts. So four years ago, the CHS Foundation created its Centurion Award, which goes to an outstanding student and CHS faculty member exemplifying school spirit, service, leadership, participation & the encouragement of others.

2022 student recipient is senior Morgan Mason!

And Culinary Arts, CTE Dept. Chair Micahel Gradowski is our 2022 faculty Centurion winner.

Congratulations to the 2022 Centurion Award Winners!

 

2021 Centurion Award Winners

Posted by Roland Wong

The Catalina High School Foundation wanted to create an award for Trojans who do great things for our school but might have otherwise gone unrecognized for their efforts. So four years ago, the CHS Foundation created its Centurion Award, which goes to an outstanding student and CHS faculty member exemplifying school spirit, service, leadership, participation & the encouragement of others.

2021 student recipient is senior Liliana Moran!

And Athletic Director Timothy Bridges is our 2021 faculty Centurion winner.

Congratulations to the 2021 Centurion Award Winners!

 

2019–2020 CHS Honors & Awards Ceremony Video

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Principal Antasio Holley opening the awards taping CHS teachers and administrators are trying to provide ways of helping the seniors have some of the same experiences that they would have enjoyed before the coronavirus arrived.  One of these was to videotape the annual Award Ceremony in Catalina’s beautiful auditorium without the students present but with 2 full columns of balloons.  CHS Foundation Co-Presidents Stephen Gin and Jennifer Bond presented the Foundations scholarship awards and the Centurian Award winners.  The Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 each and the Centurian award winners have received 4500 each and a full-page acknowledgment in the yearbook.  Jennifer Miranda is the College and Career Readiness Counselor.  She mounted a terrific campaign to increase the numbers and percentages of seniors filling out the FASFA and also announced that an impressive 83% of CHS seniors were admitted to a university or college.  Congratulations to all of them.  Please note the video of the award ceremony will be premiered TODAY (Friday, May 15) at 6:00 PM on the Catalina High School Facebook page Facebook.com/catalinahighschool.

The Catalina High School Foundation Scholarship recipients are:
Brian Lopez
Marina Mendivil
Halianna Piller

Jennifer Bond, Foundation co-president, holding one of the scholarship awardsThe Centurian Award winners are:

Jennifer Miranda, College and Career Readiness Counselor
Timber Bedorehfar, Student recipient
ALSO note that the CHS Seniors will have a drive-by ceremony in the parking lot of Catalina on Thursday, May 21 from 7–9 PM.  A delegation of teachers and administration officials will be there to hand out goodie bags and cheer them on.  The general public is not invited to attend because of the need to social distance.  The in-person graduation is scheduled for mid-June.

Spring Social – Saturday, March 21

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CHS Foundation Invites You to Its SPRING SOCIAL

“Gems of the Desert”

Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m.

With guest presenter:
Ken Newman Class of ’66—
Metalsmith, Gemologist, Photographer
https://www.newmansdesign.com/page/page/1737623.htm

Please join us for brunch on
Saturday, March 21st
10 a.m.–noon
4020 W. Ironwood Hill Drive, Tucson.
RSVP: gmt@tobeys.org
$20 donation suggested

CHS Senior Merino, Staff’s Encinas, Earn Foundation’s Centurion Awards

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In spite of obstacles no teenager should endure, Andreana Merino blossomed
into an admirable and helpful young woman. She was elected by her peers to Student Council and served as Secretary of the Superintendents’ Student Advisory Council for TUSD. During the school years Andreana held down a job, yet thrived academically.She was a such a positive force for others, and we congratulate her as the 2019 Student Centurion Award Winner! Lori Encinas, Office Manager, is the Faculty/Staff Centurion Award Winner. She is the heart and soul of the school, always there to help students, teachers, and visitors. Congratulations, ladies!

Bwahaha–October Reunion Nears for Class of ’82 and Other 80s Grads!

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October 25–27 is reunion time for Catalina HS Classes of the 80s—all 80s CHS classes are invited!!
Lyle Schnebly and the Class of ’82 invite you to their mini-reunion:

Friday night: Happy Hour: Westward Look lobby and bar starting around 4 pm

Saturday: Frog & Firkin
UofA vs. Stanford game watching (Kickoff 12:30 pm)
With socializing before the game on the upstairs area of Frog & Firkin for a small fee.

Sunday: Breakfast at Westward Look time TBD.

Fall Social: October 17th, 2019

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Catering to Catalina High School

Catering to Catalina
Calling all CHS alumni – save the date and plan to join us.

Details will be mailed to CHS Foundation members (Catalina’s only official Alumni Association)
The Lodge at Prince & Country Club …. Thursday October 17th 5–7 PM … RSVP required: greenenchalada@gmail.com
Questions? Call 520-325-1242 (until Oct. 14th)
$20 donation suggested. All proceeds goes to grants and scholarships.