The Diocese of Pittsburgh is celebrating Catholic Schools Week through Saturday with activities highlighting the theme, "Catholic Schools: Dividends for Life."

"For almost two centuries, the diocese has made a major investment in the life of each of our students and their families, giving them all they need to become faith-filled disciples of Christ," Bishop David A. Zubik said.

Catholic schools locally and nationally -- more than 2.1 million students attend the nation's 7,250 Catholic schools -- are celebrating by hosting school, parish and community events.

Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh are the fourth-largest school district of any type in the state, with 108 schools serving the six-county Diocese of Pittsburgh, encompassing about 24,000 students and about 1,800 teachers.

Last year, more than 97 percent of Catholic high school graduates went on to post-secondary education.

Catholic high schools in the South Hills:

Seton-LaSalle, Mt. Lebanon: 412-561-3583

Serra Catholic, McKeesport: 412-751-2020

Catholic elementary schools in the South Hills:

Brookline Regional Catholic, Brookline: 412-563-0858

Bishop Leonard-St. Mary of the Mount Academy, Mt. Washington: 412-431-4645

St. Katharine Drexel, Bethel Park: 412-833-0223

St. Thomas More, Bethel Park: 412-833-1412

St. Sylvester, Brentwood: 412-882-9900

St. Louise de Marillac: Upper St. Clair: 412-835-0600

St. Anne, Castle Shannon: 412-561-7720

St. Margaret, Green Tree: 412- 922-4765

St. Joan of Arc, South Park: 412-833-2433

St. Bernard, Mt. Lebanon: 412-341-5444

St. Elizabeth, Pleasant Hills: 412-881-2958

Our Lady of Grace, Scott: 412- 279-6611

SS. Simon & Jude, Scott: 412-563-1353

St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin, Whitehall:

412-882-3353

St. Angela Merici, White Oak: 412-672-2360

St. Joseph Regional Catholic, Port Vue: 412-678-0659

St. Therese of Lisieux, Munhall: 412-462-8163

St. Agnes, West Mifflin: 412-466-6238

Catholic elementary schools in Washington County:

Madonna Catholic Regional, Monongahela: 724-379-5977

St. Patrick, Canonsburg: 724-745-7977

John F. Kennedy, Washington: 724-225-1680

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has its headquarters at 111 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh 15222. For more, e-mail dioceseofpittsburghcommunications@diopitt.org or visit www.diopitt.org.

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