Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School

Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School

Infobox_High School
name=Lafayette Central Catholic


motto= He Shepherds, We Shape, They Shine
established=1956
location=Lafayette, Indiana
principal= Mr. Dennis Musial
students=338 [ [http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapshot.cfm?schl=D415 Indiana Department of Education Statistics for Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School] / Accessed January 9, 2008.]
type=Catholic, Private
Athletic Conference= Hoosier Heartland
colors= Navy Blue and White
color box|navycolor box|white
mascot= Knights
website= [http://www.lcss.org www.lcss.org]

Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School (often referred to as CC, LCC, or Lafayette Catholic) is a Roman Catholic high school located on the south side of Lafayette, Indiana, which lies 65 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The school was founded in 1956 under the direction and guidance of Bishop John George Bennett of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana.

The current enrollment is close to 400 students. Grades seven and eight, the junior high, occupy their own wing of the school. Central Catholic is the first Catholic high school in the diocese and draws most of its students from the six local parishes, although some students come from parishes outside of the county. The vast majority of Central Catholic students come from the three Catholic elementary schools, St. Mary, St. Boniface, and St. Lawrence. 95% of the student body is Catholic.

Central Catholic has a high number of students that graduate with degrees beyond the state's core 40 requirement; at least one-fifth of the students have graduated with the Indiana Academic Honors Diploma (AHD) over the past two years. Only one out of 220 students graduated with the Standard Diploma (STD). This may be in large part due to the characteristics of the school community and the city of Lafayette which creates a good environment for high school institutions:

The presence of Purdue University and Ivy Tech not only populate the county with highly educated citizens, but may also keep the community focused on the value of education.

The local economy, dominated by Purdue and a growing high-techsector, needs a highly-educated workforce, thus forcing area schools to have high academic standards.

The competition from local schools also demands high academicstandards. For Central Catholic to survive and flourish, familiesmust be willing to give up a free education in exceptional publicschools to send their children to a private school with tuition costs.

Central Catholic has a high college attendance rate—89% over the past four graduating classes.

Athletics

Central Catholic has a long tradition in the IHSAA and is a member of the Hoosier Heartland Athletic Conference along with Rossville, Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Tri-Central, and Carroll. The Knights have had much success in class sports, most notably in boys basketball when the state switched to the class system in 1998, and more recently in baseball where they have been a state finalist 5 out of the last 6 years. As of 2008, no other Indiana Class A school has experienced as much athletic success as Central Catholic. The Knights were the first school in Indiana to hire a woman (Sheila Donahue) to coach a boys IHSAA sanctioned athletic team (tennis) in the early 1980's and later received Coach of the Year honors in the conference.

Central Catholic Champions

Baseball Sectional Champs: 1991, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Regional Champs: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

Semi State Champs: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007

State Finalist: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 State Champions: 2004, 2007

Boys Basketball Sectional Champs: 1973, 1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Regional Champs: 1973, 1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008 Semi State Champs: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 State Runner-Up: 1999

State Champions: 1998, 2000, 2003

Boys Cross Country

Sectional Champs: 1968, 1970, 1976

Football Sectional Champs: 1976, 1989, 1999, 2005 Regional Champs: 1976, 1999

Semi State Champs: 1999 State Champions: 1976, 1999 Girls Basketball

Sectional Champs: 2006 Regional Champs: 2006 Semi State Champs: 2006 State Champions: 2006 Girls Cross Country

Sectional Champs: 1998 Regional Champs: 1998

Girls Golf

Sectional Champs: 1994 Girls Softball Sectional Champs: 2006

Regional Champs: 2006 Girls Tennis

Sectional Champs: 2006 Girls Volleyball

Sectional Champs: 2005

External links

* [http://www.lcss.org/ Home Page]
* [http://www.dioceseoflafayette.org/ Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana]
* [http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapshot.cfm?schl=D415 Indiana Department of Education Statistics for Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School]

References

http://www.ccknightsfootball.com/Welcome.html Football team website

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