{"id":66370,"date":"2025-12-20T22:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/66370\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T22:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T22:13:06","slug":"central-catholic-high-school-in-pittsburgh-launches-55m-capital-campaign-as-100th-anniversary-nears-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/66370\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh launches $55M capital campaign as 100th anniversary nears \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh has launched a $55 million capital campaign, just in time for the school\u2019s 100th anniversary in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">It\u2019s titled \u201cThe Centennial Campaign: Rooted in Tradition, Building for Our Future,\u201d and officials say it\u2019s the most ambitious capital initiative in the school\u2019s 100-year history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The campaign will support several major projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Phase one saw renovations to the house, which serves the De LaSalle Christian Brothers organization that serves on campus. The building\u2019s chapel also got improvements, and underutilized parts of the home were transformed into administrative space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Phase two includes the construction of a 102,000-square-foot student center with a gym, TV studio, dining hall and more. The center will replace the school\u2019s old gym and provide a space for extracurricular and learning activities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Finally, phase three aims to improve the school\u2019s main building, boosting ADA compliance, security and climate control. The fine arts program will receive more space, while dining and athletic facilities will be moved to the new student center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Central Catholic was founded in 1927 and has educated more than 25,000 boys in the Pittsburgh region, officials say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh has launched a $55 million capital campaign, just in time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[35271,1085,10093,19338,35272,14965,35270,7197,35269,35274,6704,73,75,74,521,35273],"class_list":{"0":"post-66370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-55-million","9":"tag-building","10":"tag-campaign","11":"tag-capital","12":"tag-catholic","13":"tag-catholic-school","14":"tag-centennial","15":"tag-central-catholic","16":"tag-central-catholic-high-school","17":"tag-chapel","18":"tag-high-school","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","21":"tag-pittsburgh-news","22":"tag-school","23":"tag-student-center"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}