Oklahoma Centennial High School is a grade 7–12 public education school in the Oklahoma City Public Schools. 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.
OCHS 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 2007 having been 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, Charmaine Johnson was appointed as Oklahoma Centennial High School's principal. It has a total student body of about 650 students.
The school's mascot is the Bison. 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.
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