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Our Mission

Our mission is to nurture, educate, and graduate students who are self-responsible and self-disciplined; who are critical and creative thinkers; who master the core academic disciplines; and who are advocates for equity and social justice for self and their community

Principal's Message

Ms, Susan Ippongi, will serve as interim principal of Centinela School. Ms. Ippongi retired from Inglewood Unified School District in 2015 with thirty four years of service as a teacher, administrator, and principal. During the four years following retirement, Ms. Ippongi has continued to assist by substituting as a teacher and principal throughout our district. Ms. Ugema Hosea, Executive Director of Elementary Education will continue to assist Centinela School throughout this transition.