Live as a Raider, Live With Purpose, Live as a Marist

Students, faculty, and staff came together on Monday, September 14, for our Inaugural Opening School Convocation to officially open the 2026-2027 school year and celebrate our identity as Raiders and Marists.

Photo Album: Opening School Convocation

Monday, September 15, 2026 - Memorial Gymnasium

Click here to view album and download photos on Raider SmugMug.

 

Opening School Convocation

Banner Procession

• Class of 2027
  • Micaiah King '27
  • Sarah Tressler '27
  • Denzel Dume '27
  • Alexia Faria '27
• Class of 2028
  • Wesley Otero '28
  • Alani Cora '28
  • Everett Edwards '28
  • Jeremiah Perdomo '28
• Class of 2029
  • Miles Lucido '29
  • Katerina Syrniotis '29
  • Caitlyn Reilly '29
  • Matteo Martin '29
• Class of 2030
  • Gabriela Matteos '30
  • Jameson Qualter '30
• Marist Pillars
  • Haley Costa '27

Opening Prayer

• Madelyn Manry '27
• William Gabriel '27

Principal's Welcome & Introduction: The Marist Pillars

Mrs. Doreen (Devine '71^PMA) Keller, Interim Principal

Excerpt: "As we focus on these five Marist pillars this school year, it is the hope that you will learn to embrace and live each one as a member of the Central Catholic community. It is the sum of all five and their interaction that gives our school a distinctive Marist style. 'You are a Raider, Live as a Marist.'"

Student Welcome

Micaiah King '27, Senior Class President

Excerpt: "To our newest Raiders: Welcome to Central! You have joined a supportive, challenging, spirited Marist community as your home for high school. Right now, you might be feeling a little overwhelmed, and that’s okay. We were all a little nervous, and also excited when we first got started here Don’t fret! As Raiders, we're all here to help one another."

 

Video Slideshow

 

President’s Address

Mrs. Jodi Linnehan Kriner, President

Excerpts: "Raider Spirit is contagious, and it happens when people care enough to be there. Go support your friends at a swim meet, see a Theatre Guild production, attend a concert - show up for something you might not normally go to." "Think about how we live our Marist Pillars here at Central and how we continue to make Raider Nation a place where everyone feels at home, loved, and respected."

Presentation of Symbols

Each student, faculty, and staff member was presented with a pin representing a Marist Pillar. They were invited to pin the Marist Pillar pin to their lanyards to serve as a reminder to live each day as a Marist.

Closing & Singing of the Alma Mater

In the midst of Lawrence city
stands the school we love.
Emblem of pure of faith and duty
blessed by God above.
Lift the chorus, speed it onward,
Loud her praises bless.
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater,
Dear CCHS.

 

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The Mission of Central Catholic High School

Central Catholic High School makes Jesus known and loved. We educate the whole person for college and for life, with particular care for the least favored and those in need.

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We are Marist & Catholic.

We believe in something bigger than ourselves.

Here, students of all faiths and religious identities share a commitment to serve those most in need.

Students experience an inclusive journey of personal growth while making a positive impact on the world.

We believe in our own potential and in the goodness of others.

Guided by the vision of Saint Marcellin Champagnat, we are inspired to make the world a better place by serving and leading.

As Marists, we believe strongly in the importance and power of family; it’s at the very heart of the Central Catholic experience.

So much of what our alumni remember most—the abiding respect for everyone in our community, our commitment to the least favored, the dedication of our faculty, and the unbreakable bonds of friendship, can be traced directly back to the Marist tradition of family spirit.

The Five Pillars of our Marist Identity

The Five Pillars of Marist Identity were introduced by the Marist Province in 2015 as ideals to which all Marists, students and adults alike, should commit to.

The Pillars are:

Presence… caring for each other, seeking relationships founded on love, being attentive and welcoming with a sense of openness

Simplicity… being straightforward and genuine, humble and modest, ‘doing good quietly’

Family Spirit… relating to each other as members of a loving family, building community, offering the warmth of welcoming, acceptance and belonging, sharing our successes and failures, setting clear standards of honesty, mutual respect, and tolerance

Love of Work… being generous of heart, constant, and persevering in our daily work, confident, visionary, decisive in meeting the needs of our community and encouraging each other to discover the dignity of our work with young people and with each other

In the Way of Mary… seeing Mary as a perfect model of being Marist, tender, strong, constant in faith, open to God’s calling us to our own journey of discipleship