| Allentown Central Catholic High School | |
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 Allentown Central Catholic High School | |
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301 N. 4th Street , 18102 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°36′30″N75°28′2″W / 40.60833°N 75.46722°W /40.60833; -75.46722 |
| Information | |
| Type | Private,Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic |
| Established | 1926; 99 years ago (1926) |
| Principal | Randy Rice |
| Faculty | 43.8 (on anFTE basis) |
| Grades | 9th–12th |
| Number of students | 650[3] (2020–21) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.8 |
| Campus type | Midsize city |
| Colors | Green and gold |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Pennsylvania Conference |
| Mascot | Vikings and Vikettes |
| Nickname | CCHS/ACCHS |
| Rival | Bethlehem Catholic High School[2] |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Affiliation | National Catholic Educational Association |
| Athletic Director | Colleen Nosovitch |
| Website | www |
Allentown Central Catholic High School (ACCHS), often referred to asCentral Catholic orCentral, is aprivate,parochial school located at 301 N. 4th Street inAllentown, Pennsylvania. The school is managed by theDiocese of Allentown, and predominantly serves students from theLehigh Valley region of easternPennsylvania.
As of the 2020–21 school year, Allentown Central Catholic had a student enrollment of 650 students and 43.8 classroom teachers (on anFTE basis) for astudent–teacher ratio of 14.8, according toNational Center for Education Statistics data.
The school was founded asMasson Memorial School in 1926 by Rev. Leo Gregory Fink, then rector of Sacred Heart Parish. The school was named in honor of Msgr. Peter Masson, Fink's predecessor at Sacred Heart.[4] The cornerstone of the new school's first new building was laid in March 1927.[5] The building, now known as Masson Hall, was constructed on the corner of 4th and Chew Streets inAllentown.
As the school grew, new buildings were added. Rockne Hall, the school's indoor sports gymnasium, was constructed in 1940 and named in honor of formerNotre Dame football coachKnute Rockne. Commodore Barry Hall, named afterAmerican Revolutionary War naval heroCommodore John Barry, was built in 1964. Other buildings, including parts of the Sacred Heart School building, were used by the school during the second half of the 20th century.[6][7]
Allentown Central Catholic High School is a multiple winner of theBlue Ribbon Award, awarded by theU.S. Department of Education.
Allentown Central Catholic competes athletically in theEastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) in theDistrict XI division of thePennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), one of the premier high school athletic divisions in the nation. Previously, from 2002 to 2014, the school competed in theLehigh Valley Conference.
Allentown Central Catholic holds the fourth-most Lehigh Valley Conference championships in all sports behindParkland High School,Emmaus High School, andEaston Area High School.[8] Central Catholic holds the record for the most Lehigh Valley Conference championships in girls'basketball, girls'cross country, and girls'volleyball.[8]
CCHS plays its homefootball and some of itssoccer games atJ. Birney Crum Stadium, a 15,000 capacity stadium and the largesthigh school football stadium in theMid-Atlantic, located on Linden Street between 20th and 22nd streets inAllentown.
The school plays the majority of its indoor sporting events, including basketball andwrestling, in Rockne Hall, the school's historic indoor sporting facility, which was named in 1941 for formerNotre Dame head football coachKnute Rockne, whose life was cut short at 43 in a1931 plane crash.[9]
The school's boys'lacrosse team won the PIAA 2A State Championship in 2021.
The school'sfootball team has won three PIAA state championships (1993, 1998, and 2010).
The CCHS girls'basketball team has won seven PIAA state championships, in 1973, 1978, 1987, and four in a row from 2001 through 2004. The boys' basketball team has won three PIAA state championships, in 1984, 1986, and 2021.[10]
In 2001–2002, both the girls'volleyball and girls'cross country running teams were Pennsylvania state champions. Additionally, in 2007, 2008, and 2016[11] the girls' volleyball team won the AAA state championship.
CCHS is one of elevenLehigh Valley-area high schools with anice hockey team; the team is a member of the Lehigh Valley Scholastic Ice Hockey League.[12]
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