Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School

Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School, located in Elgin, Nebraska, United States, is a Catholic high school established in the fall of 1967. It was named in honor of Pope John XXIII, the 261st pope of the Catholic Church. It is located in the Archdiocese of Omaha.

History

On May 6, 1966, six parishes from the area came together to discuss the building of a central Catholic high school. The parishes decided on a design that with a 30,300 square feet building which would hold up to 350 students in a one-level loop corridor.

Pope John offers mass every Tuesday, in which a selected class takes part in preparing and carrying out the duties. The priests from each of the six parishes rotate who would celebrate mass each week.

The current superintendent is Mrs. Betty Getzfred, and the school currently teaches approximately 115 students in grades 7–12.

Activities

Pope John's school colors are blue and white, with their mascot being the Crusader. The Crusader is based on the Crusades, which happened in the late 1100s. Just as the crusaders fought for their faith, so the crusader of Pope John stand in as a show of striving for inner strength and faith.

Pope John takes part in the D-1 activities in the Nebraska School Activities Association. The school's track and field team has had a few students qualify for state championships in recent years, and the ladies' basketball team made it to state in 2006. In 2008, the ladies' basketball team made it to the state championship game and ended up getting state runner-up. The boys' basketball team made it to state for the first time in 2007. In November 2007, the football team won the school's first state championship. The wrestling team has been quite successful over the years, producing 17 state champions in Class C and Class D and has finished in the top three in team scoring twice (1983 and 1994).

References

External links

* [http://www.pjcc.esu8.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.pjcc.esu8.org/Schoolinformation/history.htm History]
* [http://ne.localschooldirectory.com/private_schools_info.php/school_id/16466 Enrollment]