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DCC Faculty of the Week: Dalton ‘Max’ Hrinya
Max Hrinya started at DuBois Central Catholic in 2019 as a part-time employee teaching higher level math. When the opportunity to teach full-time, DCC was happy to have Max return! A graduate of The Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Mathematics: System Analysis and from IUP with a BS in Secondary Mathematics Education. He […]
DuBois Central Catholic Announces Middle School Officers and Project
Ashley Nelson, Advisor for the DCC Middle School Student Council recently announced the newly elected 2020-2021 Middle School Student Council officers. They are President, Westin Youngdahl, DuBois, Vice-President, Kaden Bush, Sykesville, Secretary, Aurea Slimak, DuBois, and Treasurer, Peyton Gilbert, DuBois. Student Council is just one of many extracurricular activities’ students participate in at DCC. […]
DCC Pro-Life Week Diaper Drive Wraps Up
As part of their festivities for Pro-Life Week, held in October, DCC Campus Ministry held a month-long diaper drive with middle and high school students. Over 70 packages of diapers were collected. The winner of the Cutest Senior Baby Picture, which was also held for Pro-Life, was Madison Clark. Total monies collected from the contest […]
DCC Holds Senior Night and Fall Sports Recognition
On the night of September 21, 2020, DuBois Central Catholic seniors, their parents and administrators, gathered on the soccer field to recognize senior athletes and to give the senior class the opportunity to light lanterns and send them into the sky for good luck going into the new school year. Despite the pandemic, tradition needed […]
Jeff Gankosky Joins DCC Administration
Jeff Gankosky has joined the administration of DuBois Central Catholic as the new Business Manager as of Monday, September 21, 2020. Gankosky brings 29 years of financial, HR, and insurance experience to DCC. Gankosky lives in Brockway with his family. Gankosky replaces Belinda Vasbinder who resigned after eight years of service to pursue other employment. […]
DCC Announces Staffing Changes
Students returning back to school on Monday, August 24, will notice several staffing changes. Due to retirements, DCC said farewell to first grade teachers, Brenda Aravich and Barb Dettore, Joseph Lesnick, Librarian & Elementary Music teacher and Diane Himes, MS/HS Administrative Assistant. Brenda Aravich, began her career at St. Catherine of Siena School as a Kindergarten […]
DCC Return to School 2020 Action Plan
DuBois Central Catholic is offering three options for students for school this year, which starts August 24th. Click here to view the plan. First, students can return to school for in-person instruction, which will include some classes outdoors. Second, if parents want to send their child to school, but the student has been sick or […]
Micknis Receives Master’s Degree
Michael David Micknis, a faculty member for DuBois Central Catholic, was conferred his Master’s of Science in Educational Development and Strategies from Wilkes University, Summer 2020. Micknis completed his Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the Pennsylvania State University in 2002. Micknis has been employed by DCC for 17 years. He teaches Social Studies […]
DCC Discusses Reopen Plan, Open House and Other Events
The Diocese of Erie has requested that each school within the Diocese create a plan of action for the Reopening of Schools for the 2020/2021 School year. Gretchen Caruso, President of the DCC School System stated, “The Erie Diocese recognizes that each school is unique and plans need to reflect local needs. The Health and […]
Event Changes Due to COVID-19
The following events have been cancelled as of Friday, March 27, the April Bloodmobile and The Annual Palm Sunday Spaghetti Dinner have been cancelled. All ticket monies collected for the spaghetti dinner will be returned. All sporting events and the All Sports Banquet have been cancelled. Students will be acknowledged in a special way when school […]
