Catholic Central High School (Ohio)
| Catholic Central School | |
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| Address | |
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1200 East High Street Springfield, Ohio, (Clark County) 45505 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°55′19″N 83°47′29″W / 39.92194°N 83.79139°WCoordinates: 39°55′19″N 83°47′29″W / 39.92194°N 83.79139°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Our Students . . . Our Purpose, Our Product, Our Pride |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| School district | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati |
| Principal/CEO | Dr. Karen Juliano |
| Grades | PreK–12 |
| Enrollment | 503 (2017–18) |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Ohio Heritage Conference |
| Nickname | Irish |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | http://www.ccirish.org/ |
Catholic Central School is a private, Roman Catholic school in Springfield, Ohio. Part of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Catholic Central provides education for grades PreK-12 at three campuses. It was recently ranked as one of the Top 50 Catholic Schools in the Nation. The school's sports teams are known as the Fighting Irish.
Catholic Central High School opened in 1929, as a unified name given to all the local parish high schools in the Springfield area. These three schools merged in 1932, moving operations over to the high school located at St. Raphael's Church in downtown Springfield. However, as the site began to become too crowded, the need for a larger campus became evident, and the school eventually moved again to a new building built down the street from the St. Raphael campus. Operations would move to this site, located at 1200 E. High Street in the fall of 1958.
Kindergarten through 8th grade classes were taught independently of Catholic Central at the local parish sites. These included St. Joseph, St. Raphael, St. Mary (Springfield), St. Mary (Urbana), St. Teresa, and St. Bernard. However, in 1980, the economy forced the merger of the St. Joseph, St. Raphael and St. Mary (Springfield) feeder elementary school sites into one school: Holy Trinity. All of the Parish Catholic Elementary Schools subsequently closed and in 2004 all of the parish schools were consolidated into Catholic Central Schools with grades 7-12 on the High Street Campus and grades K-6 housed at the Lagonda and Limestone campuses. As financial conditions continued to plague the Catholic education system in the community, the schools eventually decided to unite into one single school: Catholic Central. In 2004, grades 7 and 8 were moved to the high school's East High Street campus, thus renamed Catholic Central Jr./Sr. High School, while the elementary school sites at St. Bernard Church and St. Teresa Church continued to remain open under the name Catholic Central Elementary School - Lagonda or Limestone campus, respectively. This consolidation, made complete in 2005, marked the first whole unification of the Catholic schools in Springfield. In 2011, a restructuring of grade levels was enacted, and the Lagonda campus began to teach students in grades 4-6, while the Limestone campus taught students in grades PreK-3.
The Catholic Central Board of Trustees moved to adopt the Principal-CEO model of governance in 2013. Under this model, Catholic Central consolidated its three campuses – closing the Lagonda campus and building a new high school addition at the East High Street campus. With this consolidation, the Limestone campus now houses PreK – 2. Grades 3 – 12 are now all located at the East High Street campus.
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