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.

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History Of Sacred Heart High School

Sacred Heart High School opened in 1923-24. In 1925 The Rev. Cyprian Abler, O.F.M. Cap, completed the high school by adding four rooms to the building which then served as a preparatory Capuchin Seminary. He and the Sisters of St. Agnes received full State accreditation in 1926. Affiliation with the University of New York, and accreditation by the Board of Regents were achieved on April 30, 1930.

Our school began to grow 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, cafeteria, and a library.

The DeLaSalle Brothers of the Christian Schools came to Sacred Heart in September, 1965. Their arrival coincided with Sacred Heart changing from a co-institutional to a co-educational school. By 1967 the circular building was completed for occupancy, containing science laboratories with the latest in modern equipment, carpeted classrooms, and a 2,178 square foot gymnasium.

Sacred Heart has been many things to many people. A student who graduated in 1965 remarked: “Every building has a spirit, the spirit of 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 sights and faces of the OLD SACRED HEART will live on in our generations of alumni. 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.

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.