Verna Henry:  

HELLO, WHEN I ARRIVED AT CENTENNIAL I KNEW ABSOLUTLEY NO ONE THAT WAS SCARY!!!!!! I ATTENED 116TH SCHOOL, SAMUEL GOMPERS JR. HIGH. I DID NOT LIVE IN COMPTON. MY MOTHER WAS A TEACHER FOR COMPTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAD THIS BRIGHT IDEA THAT I SHOULD ATTEND CENTENNIAL RATHER THAN FREEMONT. I WAS DEVASTATED BUT DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE IN THE MATTER. I LIVED THROUGH IT(LOL). I THINK I WAS THE SECOND CLASS TO GRADUATE FORM SOUTHWEST COLLEGE. AT THAT TIME IS WAS PRIMARILY BUNGALOWS AND EVERYBODY KNEW EVERBODY I REALLY ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE. I WENT ON TO LONG BEACH STATE GOT MARRIED HAD THREE KIDS, WELL PERHAPS NOT EXACTLY IN THAT ORDER AS A MATTER OF FACT I GRAUDATED FROM CENTENNIAL IN JUNE OF 68 MY DAUGHTER WA...Expand for more