Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh)
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4720 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (Allegheny County) 15213 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°26′48″N 79°56′44″W / 40.44667°N 79.94556°WCoordinates: 40°26′48″N 79°56′44″W / 40.44667°N 79.94556°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto |
Pro Deo et Patria (For God and Country) |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic, Lasallian |
| Patron saint(s) | St. John Baptist de la Salle |
| Established | 1927 |
| Founder | Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle |
| Status | Operating |
| School district | Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh |
| Principal | Bro. Anthony T. Baginski, F.S.C. |
| Chaplain | Fr. Robert George, A.F.S.C. |
| Teaching staff | Laity, Christian Brothers, Deacons |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrollment | 885 (2014) |
| Average class size | 21 |
| Campus | Oakland |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Slogan | Faith. Scholarship. Service. |
| Fight song | On to Victory |
| Athletics | 6A |
| Athletics conference | WPIAL |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Team name | Vikings |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | Reading: 552, Math: 572, Writing: 544 (2014) |
| Publication | Harlequin |
| Newspaper | The Viking |
| Yearbook | Towers |
| Endowment | $9 million (2014) |
| Tuition | 11,500 (2016-2017) |
| Dean of Students | Steve Bezila |
| Admissions Director | Brian Miller |
| Athletic Director | Charles Crummie |
| Website | centralcatholichs.com |
| Designated | 1976 |
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Central Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Lasallian, all-boys college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and is administered and partially staffed by the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
In the 1920s, Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle of the Diocese of Pittsburgh started a program to expand diocesan involvement in education beyond the existing parish schools founded by the predominantly Catholic immigrant population of the city. Boyle invited the Brothers of the Christian Schools (more commonly known as the Christian Brothers) to found an all-male secondary school in Oakland, the academic district of Pittsburgh. The first freshman class entered in 1927, and Central Catholic's success allowed Boyle to expand on the diocesan network of boys' schools with North Catholic, Serra Catholic, and South Hills Catholic High School.
Although the school originally took students only from the central neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, the decline of regional equivalents such as North Catholic and South Catholic, following both schools' gradual switch to coeducation, eventually attracted students from a wider geographic and socioeconomic range. Students attend from neighborhoods including Bloomfield and Squirrel Hill, to suburban communities such as Cranberry, Jefferson Hills, and Fox Chapel. The diocese also opened a sister school, Oakland Catholic, also in the Oakland area.
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