Oklahoma Centennial Mid-High School

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Oklahoma Centennial Middle/High School is a grade 7–12 public education school in the Oklahoma City Public Schools district. OCHS was born the year of Oklahoma's centennial celebration. In 2008, the school occupied its permanent building located at 1301 NE 101st Street in Oklahoma City.HistoryOCHS began in 2007 as a grade 6–9 school and expanded to become a grade 6–12 school in 2008. It graduated its first senior class in 2008. It takes its name from the fact that 2007 was the centennial anniversary of Oklahoma's statehood. Beginning in 2011, sixth-grade students in the OCHS attendance area remained in the elementary schools. OCHS became a grade 7–12 school starting with the 2011–2012 school term.Carol Thompson was the first principal of Centennial. She led the school its beginning in 2007 until the first quarter of the spring term in 2011. Assistant Principal Barbara Davis was appointed interim principal for the last quarter of 2011. Beginning in 2011, H. Charmaine Johnson was appointed as Oklahoma Centennial High School's principal. At the beginning of the Spring 2014 term, Michelle Pontikos replaced Johnson as the principal at OCHS. Tami Sanders became the principal at Centennial beginning in the 2015-2016 school term.Misc infoOklahoma Centennial has a total student body of about 650 students.The school's mascot is the Bison, the official state animal of Oklahoma. The school's colors are burgundy and gold.The OCHS motto is Tantum eruditi sunt Liberi (Only the educated are free).The school's alma mater is "Bisons Brave and Bold". It was written by Robert Lynn Green, a charter member of the OCHS faculty.AthleticsIn 2011, Oklahoma Centennial won its first state sports champion when the Bison men's basketball team won the Oklahoma Secondary Scholastic Activities Association (OSSAA) 3A basketball trophy. In 2012, the Bison men's team repeated as champions. The Bison were state runners-up in 2013 in 3A men's basketball.