Bishop McCort High School

Infobox City |official_name = Bishop McCort High School


nickname= McCort, BMHS


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nickname= McCort, BMHS


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map_caption = Location of Bishop McCort within Pennsylvania.
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania
subdivision_name2 = Cambria
website = http://www.mccort.org
footnotes = Bishop McCort High School is located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in Cambria County. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.

Early History

Johnstown Central Catholic High School opened its doors on September 8,1922, with an enrollment of 128 freshmen. The original building, which is still in use today, held classrooms for freshmen, sophomores, and an economics room. The original auditorium/gymnasium was added to the school in 1929.

From 1947 to 1962 freshmen students were forced to study elsewhere because the original building was not sufficient to hold the growing enrollment. The parish grade school buildings of St. John Gualbert in the downtown; St. Casimir, Cambria City; St. Anthony in Woodvale were used. Two daily sessions for freshmen were needed in the year before the opening of the remodeled and expanded Catholic High school.

In 1961 the original building had three structures added to it. One wing, which parallels Irene Street, contained science and computer labs, art and business classrooms, health, guidance, and administrative offices.

A second wing provided athletic, choral, and orchestral facilities. The school chapel serves as a connector to and unifier of the McCort School complex.

Johnstown Catholic, expanded and renewed, became Bishop McCort High School. Honored by the name change is the Bishop John J. McCort who started the Diocesan Catholic High School.

People of Note

*John Stofa - former professional American football player, Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals
*Artrell Hawkins - professional American football player, New England Patriots,Carolina Panthers, Cincinnati Bengals. Currently with New York Jets
*Jack Ham - Hall of Fame professional American football player, Pittsburgh Steelers
*Pete Duranko - former professional American football player, Denver Broncos
*Tom Bradley - Defensive coordinator/assistant coach, Penn State University
*Joe Daniels - assistant college football coach, Ohio State

Current Day

The current campus has seen many changes over the past five years. New additions were recently added to the guzzitorium with over $100,000 coming from the Guzzi family of Johnstown, PA. Among the additions were new lighting and sound systems.

The school is in the final stages of planning for a million dollar indoor gymnasium (The Bach Wellness Center) which will be used by all athletic teams. It will be composed of a synthetic playing field for use by the football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, track and field and cheerleading teams. A new weight room will be added, as well as locker rooms and coaching offices.