Catholic Central High School is a coeducational, college preparatory school. Catholic Central High School was founded in September, 1923 by Bishop Edmund F. Gibbons, at the request of the Pastors from the parishes in Troy, Watervliet and Green Island. The school was located on Eighth Street in Troy before moving to its present location at 116th Street and Seventh Avenue in North Troy. The original Catholic Central High School building on Eight St. has now become part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The first principal was Father Burns. The student body numbered 525 students. The first class graduated in June, 1924 and numbered thirty-two. When the doors reopened in September, 1924, there were 1,046 students registered in the high school. In 1953, Catholic Central purchased the Cluett Peabody & Company building, which had been used for experimental purposes in the field of textile research as a miniature textile mill. Beginning September, 1954, Catholic Central High School was relocated to its present-day campus in North Troy. In 1957, where once lay a vacant lot, soon became the Monsignor Burns Gymnasium. The basketball team no longer had to play its "home" games "away". Today, the gymnasium houses not only the gym but cafeteria, stage for dramatic productions, a weight room and band room. Catholic Central High School educates students in grades 712 and offers a college preparatory/Regents curriculum along with the University at the High School program under the direction of the State University of New York at Albany. Advanced placement courses are also offered in several disciplines.
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Catholic Central High School is located in Troy, New York at 116th Street and 7th Avenue, central to the Capital District. It services students from Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties. Busing is provided by the resident public school district for families within a fifteen-mile radius. Buses come from vicinities in Clifton Park, Niskayuna, Colonie, Troy, Waterford, East Greenbush, Brunswick, Averill Park and Hoosick Falls. Tuition assistance is available, including a summer work study program. Catholic Central has won the International Center of the Capital Region Academic Worldquest Competition twice, in 2018 and 2019, earning a spot in the National Academic Worldquest Competition both years in Washington DC.
Chris Conroy - Screenwriter of Lionsgate Pictures' "Employee of the Month" and other films.
Joe Mahoney - Professional Baseball Player who is currently on the Miami Marlins roster, graduated with the class of 2004 and was drafted in 2007 in the 6th Round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
Maureen Stapleton - American actress in film, theater and television.
The school offers boys and girls baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, indoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. CCHS participates in the Colonial Council athletic league. Modified participation in the high school sports program for middle school students. The 201011 Girls Varsity Volleyball team won the Big 10 Championship and went on to the Section II semi-finals where they lost to Queensbury. They defeated many great teams, especially Troy High School, whose team had not lost a game in 3 seasons until their defeat by Catholic Central.
