Extracurricular Activities
Centerville High School hosts over 30 clubs, ranging in topic from foreign language to community service, as well as competitive teams that consistently place at the national and global level. Clubs include Key Club, Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, Destination Imagination, Speech and Debate, Model United Nations, Academic Team, and Mock Trial.
Centerville's Science Olympiad team has made it to the state tournament every year since its creation in 1985, and has qualified for the National Science Olympiad for 19 out of its 22 years. The team was state champion every year from 2003 to 2009. At the 2005 state competition, the team set a state record for best team score, placing first with only 78 points (tied by Solon High School in 2010). The team has consistently performed well at the national tournament as well. In 2009 the team placed 1st at the national tournament at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. Then, in 2010, they repeated this performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The 2010 team set the all-time record for best score at the national tournament (165 points), and biggest margin of victory (47 points). Other high finishes include second in the nation in 2007 and 2011, and third in 2008.
Centerville also has varsity and junior varsity teams which compete in the National Science Bowl (NSB) and National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB). Centerville has competed in their Science Bowl Regional Competition since the organization's founding in 1991, but only started attending the Oceans Bowl Regional ("Penguin Bowl") in early 2007, where they placed second. They also placed second in 2008 and 2009, and won Penguin Bowl 2010 to advance to the national level. This year's competition is currently under way. Since 1991 Centerville has won the Cincinnati Regional Science Bowl and advanced to the National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C. three times (most recently 2009), including a second place finish in 2003.
The Centerville Speech and Debate team has had multiple successes over the years. Competing against high schools across the state, their policy debate team has won the Ohio High School Speech League State Championship multiple times, most recently in 2010 and 2011.
Other teams that compete against local schools include Academic Team, Mock Trial, and the National Forensic League. The largest club at Centerville High School is Octagon Club, a service-based organization. Other clubs of this type include Key Club and Environmental Club.
Beginning in the 2007–2008 school year, Centerville High School initiated a chapter of the National Art Honor Society. The mission of the National Art Honor Society is to recognize the academically and artistically successful student through service, leadership and extracurricular opportunities within the community.
The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).
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