Cleveland Central Catholic High School is a private

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high school located in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

. It is run by the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland The Diocese of Cleveland ( la, Dioecesis Clevelandensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Pope Pius IX erected the diocese April 23, 1847, in ter ...

. It is a member of the North Central Association, the Notre Dame Education Association, and the National Catholic Education Association.

History

Cleveland Central Catholic was formed by the merger of 4 Roman Catholic Cleveland high schools - St. John Cantius, Lourdes Central, St. Michael the Archangel, and St. Stanislaus. Its first year of operation was the 1969-1970 scholastic year.

Clubs and activities

Student clubs include: Academic Challenge Team, Chess Club, Class Councils, Spanish Club, National Honor Society, Liturgical Music, SADD, Drama Club, and Intramural Sports. The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the

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(OJCL) and

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(NJCL).

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Girls basketball – 2007 * Boys basketball – 2009

Notable alumni

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– Actress *

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– NBA player, 1999-2012 *

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– WNBA player for the

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* Jayson Wells (born 1976) - basketball player * Bill Wertz – former

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– football player

Notes and references

External links

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