Central Catholic High School (Massachusetts)

Central Catholic High School
Central Catholic High School
Address
300 Hampshire Street Lawrence Lawrence, MA, Massachusetts, (Essex County) 01841 United States
Coordinates	42°42′45″N 71°10′17″W / 42.71250°N 71.17139°W / 42.71250; -71.17139Coordinates: 42°42′45″N 71°10′17″W / 42.71250°N 71.17139°W / 42.71250; -71.17139
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic, Marist Brothers
Patron saint(s)	Saint Marcellin Champagnat, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Established	1935 (1935)
Founder	Brother Florentius, F.M.S.
President	Chris Sullivan
Chairperson	Joe Faro
Principal	Doreen Keller
Faculty	125
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1330 (2015–2016)
Average class size	24
Student to teacher ratio	14:1
Campus	Urban
Campus size	1 Block
Campus type	Cluster
Color(s)	Red and navy blue
Athletics conference	Merrimack Valley Conference (MVC)
Team name	Raiders
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Publication	The Emblem
Tuition	$12,690 (2015–2016)
Alumni	14,000+
Admissions Director	Christopher Merrill
Athletic Director	Ernie DiFiore
Director of Advancement	David Erwin
Website	centralcatholic.net

Central Catholic High School is a college preparatory school with an academic campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts and an athletic campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts associated with the Marist Brothers of the Schools and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and founded in 1935 by Brother Florentius. In 2010, Doreen Keller became the school's first woman principal. The president is Chris Sullivan. The school has approximately 1,330 students and growing and 14,000+ alumni. It was originally a boys-only school, but has been co-educational since 1996. [3]

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Central Catholic's campus consists of three inter-connected buildings on a small plot of land off Hampshire Street in north Lawrence. The first of which is the oldest remaining part of the Auburn St. school known as the Memorial Gymnasium, known as the "Gym Building" (opened 1950). This building houses classrooms in a hallway known as "the Horseshoe" and the gym, along with a large performance stage. The second of which is the Hampshire Street building, known as the "Old Building" (opened 1969). This building houses the small gymnasium, theatre, administrative offices, computer labs, library, and classrooms. Third, an 80,000 square foot $12.8 Million building, the South Wing is known as the "New Building" (opened 2005). This building houses the new main entrance and lobby, offices of the president and principal, the campus store, additional locker rooms, the campus ministry office, the cafeteria, state-of-the-art science labs, the chapel, and classrooms. The Lawrence campus has a softball field adjacent to the parking lot by Holly St.

Because of a lack of playing fields at its urban campus, Central Catholic is exploring the possibility of developing a satellite athletic campus to serve its growing athletic program.

The two major awards given at graduation ceremonies every year are the Brother Florentius, FMS Memorial Award, which is the highest honor presented to "the graduate who best exemplifies the ideals and values embodied in the founder of Central Catholic High School" and the Florentian Yearbook Dedication, presented "by the graduating class to the person or persons whom they consider worth of special praise." The Florentius award has been given annually since 1963 and the Florentian Dedication has been given annually since the inception of the yearbook in 1945. Also given at graduation are the Michael Garvey Award which is given to an outstanding male student-athlete and the Mary J. Kilcoyne Award is given to the outstanding female athlete.