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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. As of 2010, the current principal, Doreen Keller is the school's first female to hold the office, and its president is Brother Richard J. Carey, FMS. 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. () ==History== ''Sources''〔()〕 * 1926: Brother Florentius founds Mount Saint Michael Academy in Bronx, New York * 1932: Brother Florentius is assigned as principal of St. Anne's School in Lawrence, Massachusetts * 1935 * * ''July'': Brother Florentius announces that Central Catholic High School will open in September, meeting the need of an all-boys school in Lawrence * * ''September 16'': Fifty boys began their first day of classes at Central Catholic at its location on Haverhill Street * 1935-1938: The school outgrows its small campus at the Knights of Columbus building and expands into borrowed spaces at Holy Trinity School, Franklin Street School, and Hampshire Street School. The Hampshire Street site would later grow into the school's current location. * 1938 * * ''May 1'': Brother Florentius dies * * ''June 10'': Ground is broken on Auburn Street, near the intersection of Hampshire Street, on a permanent building for the school * * ''August'': Brother Joseph Abel is named principal * * ''June'': The fifty boys who enrolled in school four years previously become the school's first graduating class * * ''December 11'': The completed building is dedicated, complete with eight classrooms, a library, cafeteria, science laboratory, and residence quarters for the fifteen Marist Brothers who taught at the school * June, 1945: The school graduates its 400th student * 1950: Memorial Gymnasium Building is completed with the largest-at-the-time auditorium seating 2500 and gymnasium in the Merrimack Valley, locker rooms, and more classrooms. The building, still in use to this day, is known as the "Gym Building" * 1951: Memorial Gymnasium Building is dedicated to fourteen alumni killed in action during World War II * 1960: The first three lay teachers are hired at the school. Two of these men, Mr. Warren Hayes and Mr. Michael Sullivan, continued teaching until 2001. * 1967: The first lay female teacher is hired at the school * 1969: The Board of Directors are established and initiate a campaign to construct a new building * 1970: The new building, at 300 Hampshire Street, is opened and is still used to this day. * September 16, 1971: The Hampshire Street building is dedicated * 1972: The Auburn Street building's use is discontinued * 1984: The Auburn Street building is demolished * 1989: Football team wins its first Merrimack Valley Conference Football title completing a perfect 10-0 regular season. The team was led by dynamic big-play receiver Mark Conway, who was named to the Boston Herald All Scholastic team. * Mid '90s: The Memorial Gymnasium Building undergoes extensive renovations. * September, 1996: Upon the closing of its sister school, St. Mary's High School, Central Catholic opens in September as a co-educational institution and admitting young women from St Mary's as well as from throughout the Merrimack Valley. * December, 1997: Football team wins the MIAA Division II Super Bowl by beating Wakefield, MA 34-16 behind captain Joseph Uliano '98 who was The Eagle-Tribune Defensive Player of the Year and named to both the Boston Herald and Boston Globe All-Scholastic Teams.〔()〕 * December, 1998: Football team repeats as MIAA Division II Super Bowl champions with its 29-13 victory over Acton-Boxborough Regional High School (Acton, MA) behind captain and 2-time MIAA Super Bowl champion quarterback Niall Murphy '99.〔 * March 14, 1999: The Central Catholic Boys Varsity Basketball Team wins their first MIAA (Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association) Division 1 State Championship, beating Holy Name of Worcester 63-57 in the title game. The team was led by Gatorade Massachusetts Player of the Year,〔(Massachusetts Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year )〕 Merrimack Valley Conference MVP, Boston Globe All-Scholastic, and eventual McDonald's All-American Scott Hazelton '00.〔 * 1999: Brother Thomas Long, FMS, who graduated from the school in 1973, is appointed as the first president of the school. Mr. David DeFillippo, from the class of 1966, is appointed as the school's first layperson principal. Marc Pelletier, from the class of 1979, is named Dean of Students * 2001: Christopher Sullivan, from the class of 1981, is named Dean of Studies. * 2003: The replacement of 1100 student lockers paid for by Walk 4 and 5 * 2005: A brand new $12.5 Million addition is opened which connects the Memorial Gymnasium to the Hampshire street building and includes a new main entrance between the buildings, a new cafeteria, chapel and state-of-the art lab and computer facilities * April 25, 2006: In Memoriam: Mr. Peter V. O'Sullivan, beloved teacher, mentor and coach at Central for over 30 years dies. * 2006: For the first time in the school's history, 100% of Central Catholic's 272 seniors graduate and go on to higher education. * March 15, 2008: The Central Catholic Boys Varsity Basketball Team wins the MIAA (Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association) Division 1 State Championship, beating St. John's High School (Shrewsbury, MA) in the title game, and complete the season ranked #17 in the nation by maxpreps.com. *July 2010: Doreen Keller is named first woman principal at Central Catholic. *November 2010: The girls varsity soccer team wins their first ever MIAA Division 1 State Title in the 15 yr history of the program. The game was against Shrewsbury at Worcester State College November 19 where the Raiders took the Colonials down 2-1. * August 2013: School President Bro. Thomas P. Long, FMS resigns. * October 2013: Brother Rick Carey is named CCHS President. * December 7, 2013: Football team wins the MIAA Division I State Championship by defeating Xaverian 34-17, behind captain and All-State running back D'Andre Drummond-Mayrie and wide receiver Cody Demers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Catholic High School (Massachusetts)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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