[2] The music department has also been known to put on different fundraising events to help students pay for things like uniforms and supplies as well as field trips.

Since the 2009–2010 school year, Centennial (along with Riverside Secondary in Port Coquitlam) has been offering a hockey academy program to boys and girls.

While hockey programs are common throughout other school districts in North America, this academy represents the first of its kind in the Tri-Cities.

Design features include classrooms with moveable walls, flexible learning spaces for student-teacher collaboration, and an outdoor amphitheatre.

Several residents from the surrounding residential neighbourhood raised concerns about the proposed building's height, stating that portions of the building at a height of 16 metres would decrease property values, diminished sightlines, and restrict privacy and natural lighting.

The project's architect responded by stating that testing concluding that no natural lighting to surrounding buildings would be lost.

[8] James Moore, former Conservative cabinet minister and Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, graduated from Centennial in 1994.

Centennial School was featured in the "Alert Status Red" video, and its cheerleading squad recorded for "Giant".

[15] Alex Stieda graduated in 1979, was an MVP on the Varsity Volleyball team and was the first Canadian and North American to earn and wear the Yellow Jersey in the 1986 Tour de France.

Brent Pierce, who graduated from Centennial Secondary in 1987, was on the Greg McAulay team that won the 2000 Briar (Canadian Curling Championships).

He was a member of the Seattle SuperSonics 1979 NBA Championship team, and was elected to the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.

A member of the Canadian National Synchronized Swimming team for 10 years, also attending two World Championships.

He led the 2009 Centennial Centaurs football team to win the provincial championship in his senior season.

Durant was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in 2015 and won a Grey Cup with the club in 2018 while also being named the game's Most Outstanding Canadian.