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Members of Centennial’s Class of 2024.
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Centennial students come down the steep staircase from the guard shack as they prepare to graduate at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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Centennial students Helena Lynn, right, and Sarah Hege try to affix Mahillan Kalaimani’s cap to his hair as they prepare to graduate at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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Centennial student Zyire Dorris waves to the audience as students enter the arena as they prepare to graduate at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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Centennial’s choir sings as they prepare to graduate at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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In the print editions of Friday's News-Gazette: a 20-page, 47-school special section featuring names of every member of the area high school Class of 2024. Click here to subscribe to The News-Gazette. Want to purchase today’s print edition? Here’s a map of single-copy locations.
A cap says it all as Centennial students prepare to graduate at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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Centennial students in the front of the line as they prepare to graduate at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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Centennial students are shown on the monitors as they enter the arena as they prepare to graduate at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
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Jack Barnhart is congratulated by football teammate Cary Matthews after Barnhart was named Male Athlete of the Year at Centennial High School in Champaign on Wednesday, May 7, 2024.
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Senior coach Tru Harvey celebrates a touch down at Centennial’s Powder Puff football game at the school in Champaign on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
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Centennial High School seniorJulia Perez celebrates her decision to attend the University of Illinois alongside fellow members of the AVID program on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
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Centennial High School senior Jasmine Diep celebrates her decision to attend Parkland College alongside fellow members of the AVID program on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
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Centennial High School senior Jameela Stevenson celebrates her decision to attend Millikin University alongside fellow members of the AVID program on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
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Centennial High School senior Todd Makabu reveals his decision to attend Michigan State University.
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Alongside fellow AVID program members, Centennial High School senior Gonecha Djamba celebrates her acceptance to Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. She’s received enough scholarships to equal a full ride at the Ivy League school.
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Centennial senior Tahj Bradley
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Jordan Steward was one of the senior leaders on the Centennial boys’ track and field team this spring.
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Lin Gilbertz played ‘Sandy’ in Centennial High School’s 2023 production of ‘Grease.’
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Centennial senior guard Demariea Willis gets into a defensive stance as Rantoul’s Tyler Merrill, left, dribbles the ball up the floor in a nonconference boys’ basketball game in Champaign.
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Centennial senior Tresody Ondongo made the 2023 News-Gazette All-Area Boys' Soccer First Team.
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Senior quarterback Layla Roberts, right, hands off to classmate Lily Kelly at Centennial’s Powder Puff football game at the school in Champaign on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.
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Jaiden Smith, Centennial, Faces of Winter photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
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Trevor Schoonover, Centennial, Faces of Winter photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023.
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Tessa Valera-Castro, Centennial, at the News-Gazette's Faces of Fall photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
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Josh Herb, Centennial, at the News-Gazette's Faces of Fall photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
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Brooklynn Sweikar, Centennial, at the News-Gazette’s Faces of Fall photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
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Riley Ries, Centennial, at the News-Gazette's Faces of Fall photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
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Part of the 20-page, 47-school, 3,500-plus-student special section in Friday's print editions: Introducing Centennial's Class of 2024.
Jamari Anderson
Monserrat Arriaga-Piedra
Micheal Baguma
LaNajha Baity
Damarion Baker
Cristian Barajas Macias
Jackson Barnhart
Jakirya Barry
Alyssa Anne Bartolome
Mia Bartolotta
Makenna Beaulin
Andon Beldo
Bryan Belford
Kaylisa Bess
Gabrielle Bilo
Nashonda Bingham
Goelle Biyenga
Annika Blackburn
Madison Blackshear-Arellano
Isaiah Blackwell
Tahj Bradley-Bey
Francis Brigoli
Janai Brown
Joseph Brown
Syrinity Butler
Anthony Caceres
Cecilia Cahoon
Kaiya Campbell
Tatiana Candelario
Brooklyn Capo Walker
Isaac Carley
David Carlson
Anthony Carr
Genelle Carter
Natalie Caughlin
Rayne Chapple
Dana Chehab
Mia Childress
Kamora Christmon
Kobe Clark
Kaden Cohen
Tayshaun Coleman
Isaiah Conde
Oscar Contreras
Antony Corado Aguirre
Andre Cowan
Avigail Cruz-Salas
Kayden Davidson
Kahlil DeCerbo
Anna Diamani
Don De Dieu Dianduakila-Diakiese
Jasmine Diep
Taylor Dillon
Michael Dixon
Gonecha Djamba
Myra Dodd
Zyire Dorris
Ruth Love Duma
Elijah Eaton
Sha’Ron Edwards
Ayan Ehsan
Angela Ekuke
Jeremiah Elzy
Aleah Emers
Hazel Enstrom
Michael Espinoza
Leah Evans
Emily Fallaw
Emma Faulkner
Maya Favila
Victor Fernandez Romero
Zander Fisher
Demitrius Frierson
Francis Fundemera
Jimiya Gardner
Tristin Gardner
Matthew Garlock
Orlando Gatson
Lin Gilbertz
Griffin Goddard
Leon Gordon
Mia Gray
Kyleshia Green
Mackenzie Griffin
Alfonso Gian Gutierrez
Alexander Hackman
Jonathan Hahn
Johnathan Haines
Heorhii Halchenko
Sharna Hamilton
Demarion Harper
Jonathan Harrell
Scyon Harris
Emma Hartrick
Trunique Harvey
Rommy Hassan
Gavin Haynes
Trevon Heath
Sarah Hege
Joshua Herb
Emily Hernandez
Sincere Higgins
Dimaia Hill
Valerie Hill
Zahirah Hill
Kanye Hite
Elena Hoang
Ettavias Holmen-Anderson
Joshua Hooper
LaDonna Houchins
Jad Hreish
Ivan Huanca
Traiton Hughes
Reed Hunt
Aja Hunter
Thanh Huynh
Dontarious Jackson
Roma Jaswal
Arion Jefferson
Eman Johnson
Sidney Jones
Elyscia Jones
Tymarion Jones
Christian Jordan
Daniel Juhn
Karson Kaiser
Mahillan Kalaimani
Exauce Kalala
Gabrielle Kalonji
Shounok Kar
Lilian Kelly
Julian Kendrick
Betty Kennerly
Kara Kerchner
Jason Kim
Shikerra King
Darrayl Kirk
Anthony Kirkwood
Rea Koehn
Kristie Kregel
Madelyn Lambertsen
Trent Landuyt
Mason Larsen
Gety Lauria
Nevaeh Lawrence-Ashworth
David Lembe
Joaquin Leon
Martayvius Leshoure
Justin Li
Samuel Lin
Juritzy Linares Avalos
Kenya Linares Avalos
Aloni Lipscomb
Amber Lopez
Aly Lopez-Mendoza
Jason Lu
Taten Ludwig
Irvin Lugo
Jakob Luhrsen
Helena Lynn
Eric Madden
Jewel Magtanao
Grady Makabu
Todd Makabu
Elena Marcum
Tammy Marinichev
Adan Marquez
Monique Masengu
Ambriel Matthew
Cary Matthews III
Myah Mattingly
Peniel Mazungu
Freddy Mbangi
Wyatt McCarty
Terrell McClenton
Cameron McCullough
Melissa Meza
Amelia Middleton
Ezekiel Millage
Matthew Miller
Eva Miller
Sarmad Mizan
Carl Montgomery Jr.
Aniyah Moore
Dorisa Mosher
Kevin Mukadi
Rawand Musleh
Bob Mwepu
Ka’ili’ula (Surinee) Nash
Denise Nava-Matadamas
Dayenis Nazario Hernandez
Angel Neal
Jayda Neeley
Tamara (River) Newbern
Colby Newman
Justin Newsome
Vinny Nguyen
Quinn Nudelman
Dakota O’Bryan
Matthew Olson
Richard Olvera-Cadena
Tresody Ondongo
Nassreen Ouzidane
Bryan Pascual-Antonio
Clare Pate
Julia Nevaeh Perez
Rodrigo Perez
Bao Phan
Amiya Phillips-Smith
Janiston (Parker) Pletsch
Aaliyah Polite
Curtis Porter
Jacobi Posey
Kodiac Pruitt
Eric Ramos
Keya Ray
Ominee Redding-Barefield
Kyleigh Redeker
Miles Remenji
Moses Richardson
Riley Ries
Layla Roberts
Jeremiah Robertson
Ramari Robinson
Gloria Rodriguez
Lanihja (L.R.) Rogers
Salma Rojano
Meadow Runge
Michael Sagiv Schiamama
Yameli Salinas
Misael Sanchez
Abigail Schimmel
Elijah Schmitt
Trevor Schoonover
Lydia Shaw
Elexis Sheets
Zakayla Shepard
Gavin Sheppard
Emma Shields
Jenna Shin
Jasmine Shipley
Carson Smith
Jaiden Smith
Daniyjah Staple
Jameela Stevenson
Demarion Stevenson
Jordan Steward
Sandhya Subbiah
John Sullivan
Brooklynn Sweikar
Mariana Taboada-Reategui
Emily Tam
Andre Taylor
Gavin Taylor
Jayden Taylor
Ni’Aisa Taylor
Colsen Tharp
Xavier Thicklin
Krishawna Thomas
Bailley Thompson
Jeremiah Thompson
Julia (J) Thompson
Bryan Thompson
Wilson Tian
Keira Toler
Madisson Tracey Correll
Christina Tran
Justin Tran
Kristine Trinh
Thuan Trinh
Keynah Tshimbombo Tshala
Sadie Tsiakals
Elie Tuzolana
Madelyn Twine
Tessa Valera Castro
Aniyah Vanderbilt-Evans
Julio Vazquez-Mendoza
Shanley Ross Vega
Andres Vera
Danielle Walker
Spencer Wallace-Dahl
Victoria Ware
Robert Warfield
Dezari Warren
Makayla Warren
Kaia Westray
Hunter Whittington
Kaleah Williams
Montrell Williams
Dajea Williams
Demariea Willis
Lamar Wilson
Traniece Wilson
Jacob Witte
Kimora Woods
Tristan Wynn
Jasmine Yancy
Jeremiah Young
Rio Zander
Ares Zhu
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