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Ursuline School for the Performing Arts and Sacred Heart Academy celebrate black history

LOUISVILLE, KY (March 2007) - Ursuline School for the Performing Arts and Sacred Heart Academy will celebrate black history in a public performance on Tuesday, April 3 from 8 to 9 a.m. in Ursula Auditorium, bldg. 5 on the Ursuline Campus, 3105 Lexington Road. The celebration will showcase African and African-American music, African dance and African-American poetry. The SHA gospel choir and step team will perform, and students will read poetry. Special guest will be University of Louisville graduate students in theatre who will perform a hip-hop rap. The performance, suitable for teenage students and above, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 897-1816.

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Sacred Heart Academy (SHA), founded in 1877 by the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, is a member of Ursuline Campus Schools, and is a college preparatory secondary school for girls. Sacred Heart is the only Catholic high school in Kentucky to offer the International Baccalaureate program, and 99 percent of SHA graduates attend hundreds of colleges and universities across the country. In addition to being a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, SHA celebrates more than 70 state athletic championship titles. In 2006, SHA’s graduating class earned over $9.6 million in college scholarships. The Academy has more than 10,000 alumnae worldwide.

Find SHA online at http://www.sacredheartacad.com/.

Ursuline School for the Performing Arts (USPA), a member of Ursuline Campus Schools, sponsored by the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, is fully-accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and provides opportunities for students of all ages who wish to pursue careers in the performing arts or who simply want to enrich their lives through music, dance, drama, or the visual arts. USPA programs are open to the public, complement those offered by other schools on campus, and encourage students to explore meanings, associations and interpretations of their encounters with the arts. In addition, arts integration classes taught by USPA faculty during the school day are an important component of the educational offerings of the other four Ursuline Campus schools. USPA is housed in Angela Hall, with modern music and dance studios, rehearsal areas, and performance spaces.

Find USPA online at http://www.ucschools.com/uspa.