News & Events

The second annual State Sweatshirt Day took place Thursday, April 18. Over 70 student-athlete and student-artists gathered in the gym to take a quick video expressing their gratitude towards the Idaho High School Activities Association and Dairy West, the sponsors of the iconic state hoodies. The Century admin team provided pizza for all that sported their state hoodie today. Emryail, a cheerleader as well as a member of the soccer and track teams said, "This hoodie reminds me of how much hard work we put in to go to state and how much it’s paid off, and going there with people I love.” So far in the 2023-2024 school year, Century has been represented at ten different state tournaments. 

The administration at Century High School has challenged each class to become the class with the least amount of tardies in a trimester, with the promise of a donut and juice party at the end of the trimester. The freshmen class has earned the party for the second time this year! They celebrated with donuts, juice, music, and prizes in the gym during TA time on Monday. Each freshman's name was put into a drawing for several different prizes including a Kindle, Lululemon belt bags, Stanley water bottles, Crocs, lanyards, and more. Cheyenne B, who won a pair of Crocs in the drawing said, attendance at school is important because it helps you keep your grades up and helps you know how to act for your future. Learners with perfect attendance across all grade levels were also honored with a certificate and their own drawing for prizes, which included a pair of Apple Airpods. The administration is seeing a decline in tardies, and they are grateful for all of the learners, parents, and teachers that make attendance a priority! 

Last Thursday, April 4, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival toured to Century High School for Shakespearience, and event designed to bring Shakespeare to life in schools across the nation. The troupe performed Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream for CHS students in two different sessions. Following the performances, selected theatre students were given the opportunity to participate in a workshop hosted by the cast. Upon reflections, Bryce J, a senior, reported “This workshop was very helpful and informative. Not only did we learn about theatre, we learned about ourselves. It was an honor to participate!” Shakespearience is an annual event made possible by the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, the CHS English department, and the CHS theatre department. 

Thanks to a grant written by Kathryn Luker at the Marshall Public Library, every CHS student has been gifted a brand new book to keep! With over 10 different novels to choose from, the collection had a variety of genres and writing styles. Students with an English class this trimester had the opportunity to pick out their book during class, and anyone without English this trimester was able to choose their book during lunch each day last week. Thank you again, Ms. Luker for your generosity and thoughtfulness! 

97 seniors were recognized at the second annual ISU Academic Signing Day on March 13, 2024. The seniors that earned scholarships to ISU were invited to sign a certificate, pick out Bengal swag, and pick up some free pizza! This group of ISU-bound seniors brought in $448,500 in scholarships, with 19 of those students being Presidential Scholarships! Congrats Class of 2024!

Performances of Century High School's production of Spongebob the Musical were held March 7, 8, 9, and 11th. The show was a big hit across the community, with several performances sold out. Will Leavitt, who played the role of Spongebob, said, "It was really satisfying being able to work over the last few months with Bonman and the cast and crew to bring justice to the script. On top of that, to see the community love it is all an actor can ask for." The cast and crew have been working hard every day after school, and most weekends since the initial auditions in December to make the production outstanding. 

The production was adjudicated one evening by a professional with the Patty Duke Awards. If selected, the cast and crew of this production will have the opportunity to travel to Boise in May to attend the Patty Duke Awards, perform a number from the show, and participate in a workshop. The leads may even be eligible to audition further, and if selected, travel to New York City for more workshops and award opportunities (the Jimmy Awards). Last year, Qai Gerber, a Century High School Class of 2023 graduate, was one of few Idaho students selected to participate in the week-long New York City adventure. 

Congratulations to directors Ted Bonman and Shawn Ruth, and the cast and crew of Spongebob the Musical!

The Diamondback Cheerleaders returned from JAMZ School Nationals in Las Vegas this January with the school's first ever national title. In a competition of over 200 teams, the Diamondbacks earned a first place title in their show routine, and finished fourth in the sideline category. They would like to thank the teachers, community, friends, family, and all of their supporters for making the experience possible!

The Diamond Dancers at Century High School recently earned the Academic State Champion award for 4A schools. The state competition was held February 23, 2024 at the Ford Idaho Center, where the team also competed their pom routine. This year's academic title win brings the dance team to a total of five academic championships in school history!

There will be no school Monday, January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Regular schedule will resume Tuesday, January 16, 2024.

Winter Sports Pictures
Purchase winter sports pictures online! The prepay code is: CHS25Sports

Senior Yearbook Ads
Lori Lombard

Herff Jones Senior Meeting
Mrs. Walster, Senior Class Advisor

Herff Jones (the company that provides our cap and gowns and other grad gear) held a senior meeting and a parent night earlier last month. If you missed it, no worries! They will be back later this winter, or you can visit Herff Jones website.

Elective Fair

Visit our elective fair to learn more about the different courses offered at Century High School and PV-Tec! Teachers will be available to visit with and counselors will be available to answer any questions you might have. Interested in sports or activities? Coaches will also have booths set up so you can explore the different sports and activities offered here at Century and get to know the coaches!

Join us Tuesday, January 23 at 6-7:30pm

Library Announcements
Megan Anderson

Patrice Browning

Tuesday, Jan. 9th - ISU's Tech Tuesday @ Lunch
Thursday, Jan. 11th - 3D Printing with Mr. Tyler

Big Teams
Meagan Brockett
All athletes must register on Big Teams each year. Freshmen and Juniors will need an updated physical, as will anyone who is new to sports at the school. Registration must be complete before the athlete’s first practice! Please contact Meagan Brockett, Athletic Secretary if you have questions or need assistance.

Bus Stops

If you need to sign up for a bus still, please contact the district office and speak to someone in the transportation department. View the bus stop map. Bus info can be found on your Infinite Campus portal.

Free and Reduced Lunch

Learn more about the Free and Reduced meals program. Remember, you MUST apply each year in order to remain eligible! Failure to do so will result in your student being charged for meals.

Student Council
Meg Flesichmann
If you would like to donate to our student council, they are in need of paint for our rock. School colors are preferable, both regular paint and spray paint. They are also needing bags of individually wrapped candy for our state walk-of-fame tradition. Make sure you follow Century Student Council on Instagram for updates on activities.

Registrar News
Jamie Berry

If you are needing a transcript sent, please see Ms. Berry or one of our College and Career Advisors. Although no more schedule changes can be made, if you need help with your schedule or have any other concerts regarding credits, please speak with your counselor!
Last Names A-G - Ms. Youngstrom
Last Names H-0 - Ms. Johnson
Last Names P-Z - Ms. Neilson

Attendance Policy
Anita Ralphs

Enforcing Attendance and Tardies

Bell Schedule

While we certainly want out learner to be in school everyday, some amount of flexibility is necessary as we do not want to spread disease. If you are ill, please stay home until you no longer have a fever. You may attend school even though you do not feel "perfect". Each learner may miss up to five days per trimester. Once you surpass the five days, you may lose credit and be in a situation where you will have to "appeal" for your credit at the end of the trimester. Truancies may be issued for excessive or unexcused absences. We need you support to reinforce the importance of daily attendance and being on time. Every minute that a learner is late to class or misses class is a lost learning opportunity and disrupts the learning environment for all. We will be enforcing the following interventions for excessive tardiness including: 

• Parent Contact
• Periodic Tardy Sweeps
• Lunch Detention
• Truancies

College and Career
Jess Woodland

Tyler Robbins

Hey Seniors! Come to our FAFSA Night January 16, 2024 6-8pm CHS Media Center to get help filling out the new FAFSA Application.

Sport/Activity	Contact
Volleyball	Meg Flesichmann
Football	Ryan Flesichmann
Cross Country	Todd Nunan
Golf	Jake Cutler
Boys Soccer	Jamshid Roomiany
Girls Soccer	Bill Vasas
Swim	Peggy Kaiser
Cheerleading	Meagan Brockett
Diamond Dancers	Hallie Erickson
Theatre	Ted Bonman / Shawn Ruth
Band/Color Guard	Jamie Burtosky
Speech & Debate	Joseph Tyler
Choir	Bradley Irvine
Girls Basketball	Meg Flesichmann
Boys Basketball	Ryan Frost
Wrestling	Mark Mansfield
Tennis	Sean Kane
Softball	Amanda Daniels
Baseball	Mikee Blackhawk
Track	Bill Vasas
Counselor, last names A-G	Cindy Youngstrom
Counselor, last names H-O	Corey Johnson
Counselor, last names P-Z	Karen Nielson

*Games and events are subject to cancellations or reschedules with little notice. Please reach out to your athlete’s coach for the most up to date information.

Monday, January 8			Depart	Advantage
5:30PM	Girls Varsity Basketball	GBB Team Dinner (School)

Tuesday, January 9			Depart	Advantage
6:00PM	Girls Freshmen Basketball	Preston		Home
6:00PM	Girls Junior Varsity Basketball	Preston		Home
7:30PM	Girls Varsity Basketball	Preston		Home

Wednesday, January 10			Depart	Advantage
5:30PM	Girls Varsity Basketball	GBB Team Dinner (School)
6:00PM	Boys Junior Varsity Basketball	Thunder Ridge	4:00PM	Away
6:00PM	Boys Junior Varsity Wrestling	Hillcrest / Marsh Valley		Home
6:00PM	Boys Freshman Basketball	Thunder Ridge	4:00PM	Away
7:30PM	Boys Varsity Basketball	Thunder Ridge	4:00PM	Away

Thursday, January 11			Depart	Advantage
6:00PM	Girls Freshman Basketball	Shelley		Home
6:00PM	Girls Junior Varsity Basketball	Shelley		Home
7:30PM	Girls Varsity Basketball	Shelley		Home

 

It's a Tardy Party! Century learners competed to see which class had the least amount of tardies for the first trimester. The freshman class won and were able to attend a Tardy Party with donuts and juice for everyone. Those that had less than five absences/tardies were put into a drawing for some really cool prizes. Students in all grades that had perfect attendance were also recognized.

Century High School student body honored our Veterans during an assembly on November 10. The band, choir and cheerleaders performed special numbers to honor the day. Century was also honored to have speaker Miguel Dominic, as well as an honored guest, Chris Riley.

Watch a video about their assembly

 

The Century High School Diamondback Dramatics will present their production of Elephant's Graveyard by George Brant, to the public on October 12, 13, 14 and 16 at 7 p.m at the CHS auditorium. General admission is $10 per person. Students and kids under 12 are $5. Tickets can be purchased online.

Qai Gerber (Century High School) and Payton Carter (Highland High School) won the two Idaho nominations for the Jimmy Awards in New York City. Sponsored and fully funded by The Broadway League, both students were flown to NYC for 9 days where they worked closely with Broadway professionals on the Juilliard campus in all three areas of acting, singing, and choreography. Out of 140,000 students across the country who auditioned for this program, Qai and Payton were among the 96 students who were chosen to participate. The 9-day program culminated with the actual Jimmy Awards ceremony hosted by Corbin Bleu this past Monday evening. Qai and Payton and the other 94 students performed musical numbers at the ceremony to a sold-out audience, which included several Broadway producers, at the Minskoff Theatre, home of Broadway's The Lion King. It's an incredible honor to be chosen for this program, and we couldn't be prouder of these two Pocatello theatre students!

Payton Carter, a Junior at Highland High School, and Qai Gerber, a Senior at Century High School, made it to the final round, top 8 in the state, of auditions for the Idaho High School Theatre Awards. The top two students will be announced on June 9th and will get a paid trip to the Juilliard Campus in New York. There they will get to work with industry professionals for a week, with the top two students from every other regional program in the country. At the end of that week they will get to perform at the national theatre awards ceremony, the Jimmy Awards. Congratulations Payton and Qai.

Rhonda - Ms. Emily Housley's Fashion Show and Pop Up Shop was absolutely phenomenal!  Beyond amazing!  The best example of the purpose and goals of CTE!  Please enjoy this clip!Sheryl Brockett, Principal

Century High School's 42nd Street musical cast won multiple awards from the Idaho High School Theatre Awards (the qualifying event for the Jimmy's in NYC produced by the Broadway League). They received Best High School Musical in the state of Idaho. They also won Best Ensemble, Qai Gerber as Best Performer in a Lead Male Role, Will Leavitt as Best Performer in a Supporting Male Role, and Sasha Leukhardt as Best Performer in a Supporting Female Role. Qai Gerber also received a callback audition for the Jimmy Awards in NYC. The cast will get to perform a number from their show at the big ceremony in June at the Morrison Center in Boise.

It’s been a long week for lots of reasons but this picture is just amazing. Thank you Century admin, students and staff for welcoming our Highland Rams and sharing your building with them. I may have cried when I saw this.

Carla May, HHS Parent

The Century and Highland Drumline met up at CHS last night to spend some time to get to know each other and just hang out as kids. The HHS drummers have been stuck at home and feeling pretty down since their band room was lost. It was a really sweet event, Highland wanted to help Century get their equipment ready for marching band season as a thank you for sharing their school, band room and equipment. Century gave Highland a tour of the band room and showed them where to find everything they'll need while they are there. 

"This is a unique opportunity for our CHS and HHS percussionists to create more connections in their community and are looking forward to more "drummer hangs" in the future. As Highland Band alumni (2009-2013), it means a lot that we are able to help out the music students so that they are able to still have an experience in the classroom that wouldn't have been able to be done virtually, especially for those seniors."

Jamie Burtosky, former HHS student

Chantel Reddish, a business teacher at Century High School, was awarded the "Korky Williams" award at the recent BPA State Conference in Boise. This award honors recipients that have served for a minimum of 20 years as a BPA Advisor, ran a local chapter, has mentored new advisors and has been active in State Leadership. Reddish was selected by her peers across the State as an outstanding BPA Advisor and mentor. 

Century High School's Diamondback Dramatics team are the 4A State Drama Champions for the third consecutive year in a row. Along with the state title, the team also had five pieces medal in individual events, the most they have ever received at a competition. The Drama Club advisors are Shawn Ruth and Ted Bonman.

On September 28th, the BLM's Pocatello Field Office staff hosted students from Century High School's Anthropology course, which is also an early college program through Idaho State University. The field trip took place on a beautiful fall day at the petroglyph boulder display in the Indian Rocks Area of Critical Environmental Concern, where the students learned how to document an archaeological site in the field. Century teacher Erin Martin joined BLM staff including archaeologist Amy Lapp, and geographic information system specialist Brian Holmes to teach the students about filling out site forms, photographing the site, using GPS, and making feature and site sketches.