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'''Allentown Central Catholic High School''' is a [[parochial school]] located at 301 North Fourth Street in [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]], in the [[United States]]. It predominantly serves students from the [[Lehigh Valley]] region of the state.
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As of 2006, the school's total enrollment is 934 students, with a nearly equal number of female and male students. The school competes athletically in the [[Lehigh Valley Conference]] in District XI of the [[Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association]]. It plays its home [[American football|football]] and some of its [[soccer]] games at [[J. Birney Crum Stadium]], a 15,000 capacity stadium in the city.
The '''United States Army Corps of Engineers''', or '''USACE''', is made up of some 34,600 [[civilian]] and 650 [[military]] men and women. The Corps' mission is to provide [[engineering]] services to the [[United States]], including:
* Planning, designing, building and operating [[dams]] and other [[civil engineering]] projects
* Designing and managing the construction of military facilities for the [[United States Army|Army]] and [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
* Providing design and construction management support for other Defense and federal agencies
==School accomplishments==
The Corps' history began in [[1775]] when the [[Continental Congress]] authorized the first Chief Engineer whose first task was to build fortifications near [[Boston]] at [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Bunker Hill]]. The first Corps were mostly composed of French subjects, who had been hired by [[George Washington]] from the service of [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]]. In [[1802]] a corps of engineers was stationed at [[West Point, New York|West Point]] and constituted the nation's first [[military academy]].
===Academic accomplishments===
===Highlights===
[[Continental Congress]] authority for a '''"Chief Engineer for the Army"''' dates from [[June 16]], [[1775]]. '''A corps of Engineers for the United States''' was authorized by the Congress on [[March 11]], [[1779]]. '''The Corps of Engineers''' as it is known today came into being on [[March 16]], [[1802]], when the President was authorized to '''"organize and establish a Corps of Engineers ... that the said Corps ... shall be stationed at West Point in the State of New York and shall constitute a Military Academy."''' The [[United States Military Academy]] was under the direction of the Corps of Engineers until [[1866]]. The Corps' authority over river works in the United States began with its fortification of [[New Orleans]] after the [[War of 1812]]. '''A Corps of Topographical Engineers''', authorized on [[July 4]], [[1838]], was merged with the Corps of Engineers in March, 1963.
*First place, ''[[Scholastic Scrimmage]]'', 2005 and 2006.
Notable projects by the Corps include the 555 ft 5 1/8 in (169 m) tall [[Washington Monument]], completed under the direction and command of Lieutenant Colonel [[Thomas Lincoln Casey]] in [[1888]], major [[hydroelectric]] projects, the planning and building of [[The Pentagon]], and the [[Manhattan Project]].
===Athletic accomplishments===
===Leadership===
The [[Chief of Engineers]] has separate and distinct command and staff responsibilities. As a staff officer at the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]], the Chief advises the Army on engineering matters and serves as the Army's [[Topography|topographer]] and the proponent for [[real estate]] and other related engineering programs. As commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Chief of Engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design and [[construction]] management agency. This office defines policy and guidance and plans direction for the organizations within the Corps. The current Chief of Engineers is [[Carl A. Strock|LTG Carl Strock]].
Allentown Central Catholic is particularly known for its highly successful girls [[basketball]] team, which has won the Pennsylvania state championship in four of the past five years. The school's Pennsylvania state championships include:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters is made up of an Executive Office and 17 Staff Principals. The Headquarters, located in [[Washington, DC]], creates policy and plans future direction of all the other Corps organizations.
*Pennsylvania state champions, boys basketball, 1984, 1986.
===Organization===
*Pennsylvania state champions, girls basketball, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
The Corps is organized geographically into nine divisions and 45 subordinate districts throughout the U.S., [[Asia]] and [[Europe]]. The districts oversee project offices throughout the world. Divisions and districts are defined by [[watershed]] boundaries for civil works projects, and by political boundaries for military projects. The eight U.S. divisions are:
*Pennsylvania state champions, football, 1993, 1998.
*Pennsylvania state champions, girls cross country, 2002.
*Pennsylvania state champions, girls volleyball, 2002.
==Notable alumni==
*[[Great Lakes and Ohio River Division]] (LRD)
*[[Michelle Marciniak]], women's basketball coach, [[University of South Carolina]], and former professional basketball player, [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[Portland Fire]] and [[Seattle Storm]].
*[[Mississippi Valley Division]] (MVD)
*[[Billy McCaffrey]], former [[college basketball]] shooting guard, [[Duke University]] and [[Vanderbilt University]].
*[[North Atlantic Division]] (NAD)
*[[Ed McCaffrey]], former professional football player, [[New York Giants]], [[San Francisco 49ers]] and [[Denver Broncos]].
*[[Northwestern Division]] (NWD)
*[[Tony Stewart (football player)|Tony Stewart]], current professional football player, [[Cincinnati Bengals]].
*[[Pacific Ocean Division]] (POD)
*[[Christine Taylor]], actress and wife of actor [[Ben Stiller]].
*[[South Atlantic Division]] (SAD)
*[[South Pacific Division]] (SPD)
*[[Southwestern Division]] (SWD)
Since [[11 September]] [[2001]], the Corps has responded with the creation of expeditionary elements in Iraq (the Gulf Region Division or GRD) and Afghanistan (the Afghanistan Engineer District or AED).
===Enforcement===
One of the major responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers is administering the wetlands permitting program under Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. (AKA "The [[Clean Water Act]]"). This Act authorized the Secretary of the Army to issue permits for the discharge of dredged and fill material. Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (codified in Chapter 33, Section 403 of the [[United States Code]]) gave the Corps authority over navigable waters of the United States. As navigable waters are defined as "navigable waters of the United States are those waters that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and/or are presently being used, or have been used in
the past, or may be susceptible for use to transport interstate or foreign commerce", the Corps has broad authority to enforce this.
There are three types of permits issued by the Corps: Nationwide, regional General, and individual. 80% of the permits issued are nationwide permits, which include several general types of activities, as published in the Federal Register. To get a nationwide permit, an applicant need only send a letter to the regional Corps office notifying them of your intent. Regional general permits are specific to each Corps division office. Individual permits are required for projects greater than 0.5 acres (2,000 m²) in size.
===Research===
The [[Engineer Research and Development Center]] (ERDC) is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research and development command. ERDC consists of eight unique laboratories.
Research support includes:
* [[Dam safety system]]s
* [[Cartography|Mapping]] and [[topography]] terrain analysis
* [[Infrastructure]] design, construction, operations and maintenance
* [[Structural engineering]]
* Cold regions and ice engineering
* Coastal and [[hydraulic engineering]]
* Environmental quality
* [[Geotechnical engineering]]
* High performance computing and information technology
===Support services===
There are several other major organizations within the Corps of Engineers:
* Huntsville, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center (CEHNC) - provides engineering and technical services, program and project management, construction management, and innovative contracting initiatives, for programs that are national or broad in scope or not normally provided by other Corps’ elements
* Transatlantic Programs Center (CETAC) - supports U.S. government programs and policies overseas
* Finance Center, USACE (CEFC) - supports the operating finance and accounting functions throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
* Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (CEHEC) - provides administrative and operational support for HQUSACE and Corps Field Offices
* Marine Design Center (CEMDC) - provides total project management including planning, engineering, and shipbuilding contract management in support of Corps, Army, and national water resource projects in peacetime, and augments the military construction capacity in time of national emergency or mobilization
* Institute for Water Resources (IWR) - supports the Civil Works Directorate and other USACE offices by developing and applying new planning evaluation methods, polices and data in anticipation of changing water resources management conditions.
* 249th Engineer Battalion - generates and distributes prime [[electrical power]] in support of fighting wars, disaster relief, stability and support operations as well as provides advice and technical assistance in all aspects of electrical power and distribution systems. It also maintains Army power generation and distribution war reserves.
==Trivia==
*The logo of the Corps, the Gold Castle, was started in 1839 on an informal basis by cadets at [[USMA|West Point]]. Beginning in 1841, many wore personal insignia of this type on their uniforms as they became commissioned officers in the U.S. Army. In 1902, the castle was formally adopted by the Army as the insignia of the Corps of Engineers. It was once changed to silver from gold from 1894 to 1921. [http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/vignettes/Vignette_90.htm]
*A current tradition was established with the "[[Gold Castles]]" pins of General [[Douglas MacArthur]], who served in the Corps early in his career, and had given them to his Chief Engineer, General [[Leif J. Sverdrup]] in 1945. On [[May 2]], [[1975]], upon the 200th anniversary of the Corps, retired General Sverdrup, who had [[civil engineer|civil engineering]] projects including the landmark 17 mile-long [[Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel]] to his credit, presented the Gold Castles to then-Chief of Engineers Lieutenant General [[William C. Gribble, Jr.]], who had also served under General MacArthur in the Pacific. General Gribble then announced a tradition of passing the insignia along to future Chiefs of Engineers, and it has been done so since. [http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/vignettes/Vignette_89.htm]
==External links==
* [http://www.usaceacchs.army.milinfo/ UnitedAllentown StatesCentral ArmyCatholic CorpsHigh ofSchool EngineersOfficial Web Site].
*[http://www.highschoolsports.net/defaultcal_300.cfm?school=PA181023819 Allentown Central Catholic athletics schedule and scores] at HighSchoolSports.net.
* [http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/collection/ACE/ Historic photos of Corps of Engineers lock and dam projects throughout Texas in 1910-20s from the Portal to Texas History]
*[http://www.lviac.net/central.asp Allentown Central Catholic High School Page at Lehigh Valley Conference Official Web Site].
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