DUBOIS — DuBois Central Catholic School began its 60th year as a Diocesan school on Monday, Aug. 23. Throughout this year, the school will be commemorating six decades of excellence in Catholic education.
The school’s history dates to 1961, when the diocesan high school opened on Hospital Avenue. Catholic education had already been established in DuBois by the Sisters of Mercy who established St. Catherine’s School in 1915. However, Bishop Gannon established a group of high schools in the diocese in the early 60s to give Catholic education a chance to grow.
In the fall of 1995, the new Central Christian Middle School was formed, encompassing grades six through eight and was housed in the renovated lower level of the high school. The school became the…
