Welcome to Sacred Heart Education
Welcome! Discover the mission of Sacred Heart education in Canada and the United States. Meet our 24 member schools as well as other Sacred Heart schools around the world. Learn how we extend the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart through education. Come explore our programs and resources, and most importantly our commitment to form future leaders to serve with faith, intellect and compassion.
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Guiding Principles
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Our International Network
Explore our international community page with an interactive map of the schools worldwide.Read More -
Summer Service Projects
The Summer Service Projects, now in their 28th year, offer students a unique experience of service and community, which has consistently made a significant impact on the lives of all who have been involved as well as the school communities to which the students return.Read More
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SchoolsThe Network of Sacred Heart Schools is an association of Catholic independent schools acting in cooperation with the USC Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart to advance a shared mission. -
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EducatorsThe women and men serving in schools across the Network are committed to an education that transforms. -
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StudentsOur students are ages pre-primary through high school. Their learning communities are single gender, co-institutional or coeducational. -
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Alumnae and AlumniAfter graduation, Sacred Heart students join a world-wide community of alumnae and alumni around the world. -
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Religious of the Sacred HeartSent by the Church to communicate the love of the Heart of Christ, over 2,000 Religious of the Sacred Heart serve with partners in mission in over 41 countries around the globe. -
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Goals and CriteriaCapturing the essence of a Sacred Heart education, the Goals and Criteria embody pedagogical principles that have endured while the context of the world within which they operate has changed. -
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CountriesThe fruit of Madeleine Sophie Barat’s global vision and Philippine Duchesne’s missionary spirit is that there are Schools of the Sacred Heart in over 40 countries. -
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TrusteesEach school has a Board of Trustees (Directors) who through their generosity of time and experience work to ensure the integrity of the mission of Sacred Heart education and financial viability of the school into the future.
Recent News
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PASH Third Grader Featured on the Rachel Ray Show for His Inspiring Community Service
Sacred Heart Goal 3 embodied as nine year old, Sandro Cunningham collected over 1,000 coats in 3 years to donate to people in need.Read More -
Lenten Reflection
Read More“Lent and life are both short and critical – the days as they pass are engraving, recording, sculpturing the things of the future on our souls. No two days are alike.”Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ, Prayer in Faith -
Students Collaborate on Innovative Solutions to Social Problems
Upper Schoolers used design thinking and teamwork to develop solutions to social problems in “Expeditionaries,” a social entrepreneurship intensive over MLK weekend.Read More -
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Taking Action in Mexico Creates Learning Opportunities
During this service learning trip, the coed group immerses themselves in Mexican culture, learning about the local people, language and traditions, and even working on a sustainable farm.Read More -
Third and fourth grade students perform with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Third and fourth grade students at the Academy of the Sacred Heart performed with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra during a concert held in the Nims Fine Arts Center on the school's campus on February 20 to promote music education and expose children to the wonders of the symphony orchestra. Under the gifted baton of conductor David Torns, the concert was part of the Bob and Jeri Nims Young People's Concerts in which the LPO partners with Carnegie Hall's Link Up program to offer students the opportunity to perform with the LPO.Read More -
Prekindergarten Skypes with author/illustrator Christian Robinson
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Upper School students travel to New Orleans for service trip
Ceci Duncan '21 was one of nine students who attended the annual Upper School service trip to New Orleans. Over the course of the five-day trip, the students and chaperones volunteered with the St. Bernard's Project. The group stayed at Duchesne House for Volunteers and worked in Baton Rouge each day on a rebuild project. Enjoy Ceci's reflection on the time spent in New Orleans.Read More -
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GSA Day for Rainbow Refugees
At SHSH, we’re all about sharing love in a safe and accepting environment. Our Gender and Sexuality Alliance recently held a colour day by donation, bake sale, and screening of “Love, Simon” all to raise funds for Rainbow Refugees; an organization that helps LGBTQ asylum seekers.Read More -
Art Students Receive Awards from Scholastic Art Competition and VASE Art Competition
Several artworks will advance to State competition or be showcased at a local studio.Read More
On the weekend of February 9, several Duchesne Upper School students participated in the Texas Art Educators Association Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) District Competition. -
8th Grade Helps Combat Hypothermia in Science Class
Polar vortex! Bomb cyclone! Blizzard! All of these terms signify snowy weather and below freezing temps. Our 8th grade students recently conducted an experiment in science class to help combat one of the major issues during winter storms—providing warmth to the homeless. On a shoestring budget of $5.00, students designed devices that utilized a chemical reaction to provide temporary heating for homeless individuals.Read More -
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THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF MUSIC LITERACY
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AIA Architect and Founder of Princeton Design Guild Presents at MS Assembly
On Monday, February 4, Kevin Wilkes, AIA architect and founder of Princeton Design Guild visited campus to present to Middle School students during assembly and spoke to MS art classes. Wilkes spoke to eighth-grade art students about the design process and how to create physical spaces that reflect abstract concepts while harnessing opportunities and addressing challenges from the environment in which the spaces are located. His presentation was timely as students are currently working on landscape design projects.Read More -
????: Chinese New Year Celebration at PASH
On February 1, the entire student body celebrated Chinese New Year. Thanks to the generosity of many Princeton Academy families, the Chinese New Year celebration consisted of a wonderful performance of Peking Opera, a presentation about the origins of calligraphy, a Temple Fair, and delicious Chinese food and treats.Read More -
National Geographic GeoBee
On Jan. 29, 10 of our middle school students competed in a GeoBee, sponsored by National Geographic. Thousands of schools participate each year, and the top 100 test scorers become eligible for the State Bee on Mar. 29.Read MoreEach State winner will then go to Washington D.C. in May for a national competition. -
HERE’S HANK AUTHORS HENRY WINKLER AND LIN OLIVER VISIT STEVENS LIBRARY
The co-authors read to grades K-3 from their books featuring a character with dyslexia.Read More
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver, co-authors of the Here’s Hank series, which features a very clever second grader with dyslexia, came to Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton to meet with Kindergarten through third grade students. During the visit at Stevens Family Library, the pair shared about their inspiration to write the series, answered questions about the process of writing, and read an excerpt from the newly published 29th book in the series. -
DAVIDSON IS NO. 1 OVERALL PICK OF NWSL COLLEGE DRAFT
Read MoreTierna Davidson, who graduated from Sacred Heart Prep in 2016, was selected first overall in the NWSL College Draft on Thursday by the Chicago Red Stars. -
Follow the Sixth Annual Costa Rica Service and Cultural Immersion Trip
All tenth grade boys and girls — as well as their chaperones — are spending the week of January 13–19 in a small town about three hours from Costa Rica's capital. Follow the trip on the school's travel blog and on social media.Read More -
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Bicentennial Closing Mass
Read MoreOur celebration of Philippine comes to a close this Sunday at the Celebration of the Feast of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne and the Bicentennial Closing Mass in St. Louis will take place on Sunday, November 18 at 2:30 p.m. (CST). We are sharing this liturgy via live stream so our Sacred Heart family around the world may join in the celebration! A recording also will be available for 24 hours after the completion of the liturgy, on the same webpage.
We thank all who have made the Bicentennial year so rich with prayer and learning, with exploration and truth-telling, with new understanding and new relationships, with publications and holy cards, with sculpture and Flat Philippines. Special Thanks to Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ and Bicentennial Committee for their creative energetic leadership of our celebration. The International Service Day, the class plans and the many activities across the Network proved to be an ideal way to make Philippine and the mission of the Society better known throughout the world! Thank you.
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St. Philomena School to partner with Network of Sacred Heart Schools
I am delighted to share with you that the Leadership Team of the Faithful Companions of Jesus in the Americas and the Board of Trustees of St. Philomena School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island have decided to apply for membership to the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. The school is a Catholic independent school in good standing in the Diocese of Providence. The FCJ know our sisters in various parts of the world. Venerable Marie Madeleine, the FCJ foundress, and St. Madeleine Sophie were contemporaries; both knew and worked with Fr. Joseph Varin. The motto of the FCJ and the school is Courage and Confidence. St. Philomena School belongs to the New England Association of Independent Schools and the school leaders know several Sacred Heart educators from across the Network.Read More
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Moving Towards Reconciliation: Conversations and Efforts about Race, Slavery and History Across the Network
Read MoreUnquestionably, the issue of race and reconciliation is a topic that confronts and challenges our school communities today. It is not a new topic, and while it is national in scope, the reality and impact are felt in particular in the local context of each school community. For that reason, the Network of Sacred Heart Schools is working with the Society of the Sacred Heart United States -- Canada Province to provide opportunities and resources for our school communities to understand the experience of racism broadly and locally. -
New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney visits 91st Street
Lower and Middle School students today welcomed New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney! Ms. Pinkney, the award-winning author of numerous books for children and young adults, will speak with the 91st Street parent community and older students tonight.Read More
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Welcome! Discover the mission of Sacred Heart education in Canada and the United States. Meet our 24 member schools as well as other Sacred Heart schools around the world. Learn how we extend the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart through education. Come explore our programs and resources, and most importantly our commitment to form future leaders to serve with faith, intellect and compassion.
Schools of the Sacred Heart share in the educational mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart as articulated in the Goals and Criteria. The structure supporting Sacred Heart education in Canada and the United States includes the Conference of Sacred Heart Education and the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Together they provide services and programs to ensure vitality of mission for the member schools sponsored by the Society of the Sacred Heart.