Centennial Community Education

Get ready to dribble, pass and score your way to success with Skyhawks Middle School Basketball camp. This dynamic and engaging camp is crafted to enhance fundamental basketball skills, foster teamwork, develop game strategy, and promote the importance of fair play. Our experienced coaching staff is committed to providing a positive and inclusive environment where players can grow on and off the court. Whether you aspire to play at a higher level or simply hope to enhance your skills in a welcoming environment, this camp is the perfect platform for young athletes to thrive in the exciting sport of Basketball.

Cougar Strength is designed for all Centennial student athletes who want to develop explosive power absolute strength, muscular endurance, speed, quickness, agility, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness. The program achieves these measured athletic qualities by introducing our middle school athletes to the base movements and their variations along with other movement preparatory exercises; high-intensity, strength-building exercises; exercises containing plyometric properties; proper technique and teaching progressions; and researched program design and periodization. Cougar Strength is the only program in the school that collects ALL athletes and brings them into one room with a common goal - developing themselves as an athlete to help their teams be successful. Cougar Strength will challenge you and bring your game to the next level. If you are ready to invest in your future success and more importantly, Centennial athletics future success, sign up today! Due to the low cost, sessions missed for weather or emergency cancelations will not be rescheduled. Activity buses depart at 4:45 pm, and after-school supervision is available at no additional charge in the cafeteria until 6 pm. Please check the box on the registration form if you'll utilize busing or care.

Do you like to talk? Or maybe you want to improve your confidence in yourself? Then you want to be on the Centennial Middle School Speech Team! Speech Team competes in four meets a season against other MS speech teams from the Twin Cities metro area. The Speech Team student researches and writes their own speech OR finds a speech already written depending on the category chosen. Students should try and pick the category you wish to compete in and have a rough draft of your category before the first rehearsal/session. If you want help deciding on your category and how to put together your rough draft, the speech coaches will help in the first scheduled meeting. You will be required to have your category picked and a rough draft by the second meeting/rehearsal session. The list of categories and more details about how Speech Team works can be found at Centennialtheatre.org. For questions contact ewebster@isd12.org. Cost includes bussing for away meets. Meets will be in January on a Tuesday or a Thursday. Meets held at Minnetonka Middle School West & East, Eden Prairie (Finals Meet), and a Centennial home meet. Meets are after school leaving around 2:30 or 3 pm and returning to Centennial around 7:30-9 pm. The Meet schedule with exact dates and times will be announced in the fall of 2025.

Take strategy gaming to the next level. Play challenging games like Catan, Pandemic, 7 Wonders, Splendor, Evolution, Godsforge, role playing and collectible card games, right after school at the middle school. Games are run by participants. Playing games develops analysis, problem solving, communication, and negotiation skills, and it's great fun. Players will learn at least three new games and how they end up completing full games. Players will practice making decisions on game play and explaining rules with or without adults present. Players will work on resolving disagreements with and without adults.

For the purposes of safety and security, students must register for after school classes ONLY at the elementary school in which they are enrolled. It'll be the perfect time of year to draw a cozy cup of hot cocoa with marshmallow friends and a gingerbread buddy. Create a whimsical penguin snow globe scene and decorate a mini wooden sled featuring a cheerful snowman.

For the purposes of safety and security, students must register for after school classes ONLY at the elementary school in which they are enrolled. Step into a world of fantasy and legend as you design your own medieval kingdom map, sculpt a mythical clay creature, create a personalized coat of armor banner and learn to draw a fierce dragon.

For the purposes of safety and security, students must register for after school classes ONLY at the elementary school in which they are enrolled. Step into a world of fantasy and legend as you design your own medieval kingdom map, sculpt a mythical clay creature, create a personalized coat of armor banner and learn to draw a fierce dragon.