SACRED
HEART HIGH SCHOOL
Mission Statement
The Mission of
Sacred Heart High School is to provide a quality Catholic
education for young men and women of various backgrounds and
abilities. Each individual is empowered through a
values-oriented curriculum that stimulates religious,
intellectual, social, and cultural development to recognize
his or her gifts and talents and to use them to promote
justice and respect for the dignity of all people.
History Of Sacred Heart High
School
Sacred
Heart High School had a very modest beginning. Founded in
1923, it opened in Monastery Hall and occupied two rooms.
Only business courses were offered to the fifty boys and
girls who made up the first class. Our school began to grow
gradually and in the late 40’s and early 50’s we were able
to accommodate a little over 200 students. In 1954, the
archdiocese gave Father Finian Sullivan permission to expand
the facilities. Through his efforts, two wings were added to
the school. Upon completion, there were 16 additional
classrooms, a cafeteria, and a library large enough to
accommodate 1600 students.
Sacred
Heart has been many things to many people over the years but
it was summed up best by a student who graduated in 1965.
“Every building has a spirit, the spirit of the people who
have lived there and worked there. The spirit of our school
is more significant than most; for what happens within a
school’s walls is likely to affect many of its students for
the rest of their lives. The spirit of Sacred Heart consists
of people, many thousands who have gone before us and will
come after us. The sights and faces of the old Sacred Heart
will live on in our generations of alumni. So as the
Freshmen class each year looks forward to the first day of
school, let them first stop and say thank you – to all the
people who have made their memories possible.”
Today, our
facility has two fully equipped science and internet
accessible technology labs. Selected students are eligible
for our Humanities Honors Program and AP Courses.
All students
participate in our Enrichment Days, because we firmly
believe that learning occurs both in and out of the
classroom. Each year our students travel to museums,
historic locations, such as Boston and Philadelphia, centers
of business and industry as well as, cultural events.
The dedicated
faculty are committed to educating young men and women to
become leaders who will have learned to integrate the
spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical dimensions
of their lives. The faculty are professionals who foster a
desire for excellence in achievement among their students.
The future of Catholic Co-Education is at Sacred Heart High
School.
Philosophy Of Education
Sacred Heart High
School is a Catholic parish secondary institute of
co-educational learning. It provides an environment that
stimulated the total spiritual, intellectual, moral,
emotional, social, and cultural development of every student.
By discovering God’s teachings and His teachings and His
Church, the student is given a foundation which will guide
him/her to function effectively as a mature Christian in
today’s world. Quality education is promoted and encouraged
through motivation, creative teaching, and a meaningful
learning environment. True education is a work of a lifetime.
In participating in the education of a young person, the
school acts as a bridge between the home and the Church.
Archdiocesan Non-Discrimination
Policy
Roman Catholic
School in the Archdiocese of New York base not only their
educational purposes, but all their activities on the
Christian teaching of the essential equality of all men rooted
in the fatherhood of God, Christ’s love, and man’s
supernatural destiny.
Thus, with discrimination so
repugnant to their nature and mission, Catholic Schools in the
Archdiocese have not and shall not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration
of educational policies, admission policies, scholarship
programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.
