Central CatholiC high SChool

Experience ourTradition of Excellence

dating back to 1927

Experience the future of STEMin the state-of-the-art

Zupancic Family STEM Center

Be part of our Brotherhood ofMen of Faith, Scholarship, and Service

MissionCentral Catholic High School, a college preparatory school

for boys, is guided by the educational principles ofSt. John Baptist de La Salle.

The school strives to provide a challenging, relevant,and diverse program of studies and extracurricular

activities in an environment that fosters a life of faith andlearning and develops leaders rooted in the Gospel values of

integrity, respect, service, justice, and peace.

Men of Faith, Men of Scholarship, Men of Service

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A Tradition of Excellence

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Welcome to Central Catholic High School, Pittsburgh’s outstanding secondary school for boys. Central Catholic’s mission is to educate young men spiritually, academically, physically, and socially. As the only all-male Catholic high school in the region, Central Catholic has been fulfilling its mission of graduating well-rounded young men committed to the values of faith, scholarship, and service since 1927.

The Christian Brothers’ educational experience combines with Central’s traditions to make Central Catholic the region’s premier secondary school for boys. A demanding and enjoyable academic program, enthusiastic and dedicated teachers, a brotherhood of young men, a castle-like campus in the heart of Pittsburgh’s vibrant Oakland neighborhood, Gospel-based service opportunities, rich extracurricular activities, and championship teams all prepare the students to be compassionate, responsible, and successful participants in Church and society.

Today, Central Catholic continues to form men who will make a difference. The faculty at Central understands that students are being prepared for a changing world. As a result, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) initiatives have become a critical component of our curriculum. Students at all academic levels have the opportunity to be exposed to STEM concepts and will gain an understanding of careers in these fields. As part of Central’s ongoing commitment to contemporary learning, the state-of-the-art Zupancic Family STEM Center opened in August 2016. This is an exciting time in the growth of our campus. Over the next several years Central Catholic will continue to enhance and strengthen the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math curriculum and maintain the excellent humanities curriculum, while stressing the importance of faith and service.

Central Catholic believes that single gender schools are places where students go primarily to learn, and that the all-male environment allows for easy and effective implementation of teaching strategies geared for teenage boys. Central Catholic focuses on the educational needs of young men and creates expectations that allow them to reach their potential. Such an approach works! Central Catholic students consistently earn standardized test scores above the overall and the all-male average on both the state and national level and they receive scholarships to many prestigious colleges and universities. For more information about the benefits of all boys education, please visit: www.centralcatholichs.com/allboyseducation.

All of us at Central Catholic – the boys, Brothers, faculty, and staff – would be delighted to welcome you to our wonderful Catholic Lasallian school.

Central Catholic High School in 1927

Zupancic Family STEM Center

From its beginning, two things have distinguishedCentral Catholic High School:

the influence of the De La Salle Christian Brothers and the strength of its academic programs.

in 1680, John Baptist de La Salle, a young French priest, organized a group of educators into a religious community that eventually became the Brothers of the Christian Schools. The Brothers committed themselves to the ministry of teaching and to the students entrusted to their care. De La Salle was canonized in 1900 and was named the Patron Saint of Teachers of the Youth in 1950.

in 1927, the Christian Brothers founded Central Catholic High School in the Lasallian tradition.

Today, Central Catholic remains rooted in its values and traditions, while providing innovative and relevant academic programs and extracurricular activities.

HiSTorYInspires Tradition

CHaLLenGinG aCaDeMiCSCultivate Young Scholars

The Brother David Baginski Scholars Program provides motivated students with oppor-tunities for outside learning and for mentoring by area professors in a wide range of aca-demic disciplines.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) initiatives are an integral part of Central Catholic’s curriculum. The goal of STeM education at Central is to provide an inte-grated curriculum where students of all academic levels will be exposed to STEM concepts and gain an understanding of careers in these fields.

The Robotics Program allows students to combine their computer science and engineering skills to create machines that perform a variety of tasks. Students design and build robots using VeX® robotics equipment and program and operate their robots using roBoTC.

The Central Catholic iPad Program provides students with an iPad and engages learners with interactive applications, transforming the traditional classroom environment.

Central Catholic High School provides a challenging, multi-level, college preparatory curriculum that recognizes the uniqueness of each student.

The academic offerings at Central Catholic include a traditional liberal arts catalogue that embraces the ever-changing landscape of the 21st century. Students can choose from an array of advanced electives, including courses in Science, Technology, engineering, and Math (STeM), Film, History, arts, and athletic Training.

Honors and advanced Placement (aP) courses are offered in nearly all subject areas, and students can earn college credit through the College in High School Program. More than 65% of Central Catholic students are enrolled in aP, Honors, and college-level courses.

TaLenTSBecome Passions

inTereSTSBecome Careers

Whether a young man finds inspiration in the

science lab, writing center, campus ministry or through participation

in an extracurricular activity, Central

Catholic ensures that he is well prepared for

college and a rewarding professional life.

Central Catholic alumni, who include successful scientists, actors, writers, athletes, Christian Brothers, and businessmen, credit our inspiring and supportive culture with igniting the passions that have led them to fulfilling careers and purposeful lives.

Scholarship

AcademicsCentral Catholic provides a unique college preparatory education balancing breadth of exposure with an in-depth pursuit of a student’s strongest interests.

Understanding the rigorous demands of a pre-collegiate curriculum, Central offers a well-rounded course selection that includes state of the art Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), as well as broader Liberal Arts subjects. Course work is highly individualized with students having the opportunity to build their own schedules, including 38 honors and 13 advancement placement level courses.

Along with outstanding academic programming, students are encouraged to explore intellectual

challenges through programs like the David S. Baginski, FSC Scholars Program.

FacultyWalk through the halls of Central on any school day and you will find teachers and students fully engaged in classroom discussions or a one-on-one tutoring session. Central’s faculty, grounded in the values of a Lasallian education, is committed to our students’ personal and academic success. Teachers and Brothers also regularly communicate with parents or guardians regarding each student’s challenges and successes.

StudentsCentral students are a diverse population and come from Pittsburgh and the surrounding suburban areas. They enjoy a learning environment based on the core belief of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s premise of “Education for All.” An example of this is the My Brother’s Keeper program. This program pairs a freshman student with a senior to aid in the transition of the first year of high school.

College PlanningThe College Counseling Office educates and advocates so that each student discovers the post-secondary option that best matches his interests and personal characteristics. All students are counseled on the college search process with formal classes detailing standardized tests, applications, and financial aid procedures beginning the junior year. The Office is committed to positioning students to achieve a high-level of success in their post-secondary settings.

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Recent College Matriculations 2013 – 2016Names in bold indicate colleges where three or more graduates have matriculated in the most recent four-year period.

Post-Graduate Plans – Class of 2016 (204 Graduates) Four-year collegeTwo-year college Armed Services Other

# of students 190635

% of class 93% 3%

1.5% 2.5%

Catholic Colleges Private, non-Catholic Colleges Public CollegesOut-of-State Colleges

# of students 4643101 81

% of class 22% 21% 50% 40%

Allegheny CollegeAmerican UniversityArizona State UniversityBaldwin Wallace CollegeBaylor UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBrown UniversityCalifornia University of PennsylvaniaCarlow UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityThe Catholic University of AmericaChatham UniversityClarion University of PennsylvaniaClark Atlanta UniversityClarkson UniversityClemson UniversityCollege of CharlestonCollege of the Holy CrossCollege of William and MaryThe College of WoosterColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityDartmouth CollegeDavidson CollegeDavis & Elkins CollegeDenison UniversityDePaul UniversityDickinson CollegeDrake UniversityDrexel UniversityDuquesne UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEdinboro University of PennsylvaniaElon UniversityEmbry-Riddle University (FL)Fashion Institute of TechnologyFlorida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyFlorida State UniversityFordham UniversityGannon UniversityGeneva CollegeGeorge Mason UniversityGeorgetown UniversityThe George Washington UniversityGettysburg CollegeGrove City CollegeHarvard UniversityHaverford CollegeHigh Point UniversityHoward University

Immaculata UniversityIndiana University BloomingtonIndiana University of Pennsylvania Jacksonville UniversityJames Madison UniversityJohn Carroll UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityJuniata CollegeKent State UniversityKenyon CollegeKutztown University of PennsylvaniaLa Roche CollegeLa Salle UniversityLehigh UniversityLoyola University MarylandLynchburg CollegeMacalester CollegeManhattan CollegeMansfield University of PennsylvaniaMarietta CollegeMarquette UniversityMarymount Manhattan CollegeMercyhurst UniversityMiami University (OH)Michigan State UniversityNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityNorth Carolina State University Northeastern UniversityNova Southeastern UniversityOhio UniversityOhio Northern UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityPenn State University – Multiple CampusesPoint Park UniversityPrinceton UniversityPurdue UniversityRipon CollegeRoanoke CollegeRobert Morris UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologyRollins CollegeSaint Francis UniversitySaint Joseph’s UniversitySaint Vincent CollegeSalve Regina UniversitySeton Hall UniversitySeton Hill UniversitySlippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSt. John Fisher CollegeSt. John’s University – Queens CampusSUNY AlbanySyracuse UniversityTemple University

Thiel CollegeTulane UniversityUnited States Air Force AcademyUnited States Military AcademyUnited States Naval AcademyThe University of AkronThe University of Alabama – TuscaloosaThe University of ArizonaThe University of North Carolina at Chapel HillThe University of Texas, AustinUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of Colorado at BoulderUniversity of DaytonUniversity of DelawareUniversity of DenverUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Mount UnionUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of OklahomaUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pittsburgh – Multiple CampusesUniversity of RichmondUniversity of RochesterUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of ToledoUniversity of UtahUniversity of VermontUniversity of Wisconsin—Madison Vanderbilt UniversityVassar CollegeVillanova UniversityVirginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)Wake Forest UniversityWashington & Jefferson CollegeWashington University in St. LouisWaynesburg UniversityWesleyan UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWestminster CollegeWheaton College (IL)Wheeling Jesuit UniversityWillamette UniversityXavier UniversityYale UniversityYoungstown State University

Faith and Service

The students of Central Catholic are conscious of their own spiritual development and are, as “Men of Faith”, concerned with helping members of society who need them the most.

Faith

Central Catholic’s Lasallian Ministry actively promotes a life of prayer; the frequent reception of the sacraments, especially the Eucharist; and a student retreat program that meets the needs of the students at various stages of their spiritual, emotional, and academic development.

Service

Students are offered the opportunity to participate in community service programs and mission trips locally, nationally, and internationally. Opportunities to act as “Men of Service” are regularly provided by Lasallian Ministry. To learn more, please visit our website, www.centralcatholichs.com.

Athletics and Activities

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AthleticsBaseball • Basketball • Bowling • Cross Country • Fencing • Football • Golf Ice Hockey • Inline Hockey • Lacrosse Rowing • Rugby • Soccer • Swimming Tennis • Track & Field • Volleyball Ultimate Frisbee • Wrestling

ActivitiesChess Club • Environmental Club • Fishing Club • Forensics Society (Speech & Debate) Intramurals • Jazz Band • Lasallian Ministry • Marching Band • Masque Drama Club National Honors Society • Outdoors Club • PA Junior Academy of SciencePhotography Club • Quiz Bowl • Robotics Team • Spanish Club • Student Council Students Against Dangerous Decision-Making • Towers Yearbook • Viking News Network • Viking Newspaper