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SHA was
founded
in 1877, and has graduated more than 300 National Merit
Finalists, Semi-Finalists and Commended Students.
In 1998,
Sacred Heart Academy was named a Blue
Ribbon National School of Excellence by the U.S. Department
of Education.
Eighty-five
percent of our teachers
have Masters degrees or beyond.
SHA is
the only Catholic high school in the state of Kentucky to
be accepted into the International
Baccalaureate program, offering students specialized high
school diplomas, college credit and/or advanced placement
at most universities. For more information, contact ibsha@sacredheartacad.com.
Our sports
program offers a history with over 60 state championships,
as well as a 750-capacity gym; an eight-lane, 400-meter
regulation track; regulation field hockey, softball and
soccer fields; and a five-court tennis complex.
Our students
enrich their lives through a four-year
retreat program; a wealth of clubs,
organizations and athletic teams; and the performing arts
in cooperative programs on campus with the Ursuline
School for the Performing Arts.
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The Academy
offers the latest equipment and technology
training with more than 200 computer workstations, Internet
access, a school Web site
(www.sacredheartacad.com),
a four-year technology training program and a regionally-acclaimed
multi-media TV, and video studio.
Shadow
Days offer 7th and 8th-grade girls a special way to experience
life at Sacred Heart by "shadowing" one of our students
for a day. To schedule a visit, call 502-896-3926.
SHA offers
all students a college-preparatory
program, and students may enroll in Advanced Placement
courses, as well as transferable college credit courses available
through a cooperative agreement with Bellarmine University.
The student
to faculty ratio at SHA is a low 15 to 1.
Students
earn more than 15,000
service hours annually through a wide range of interesting
community projects -- from coaching wheel-chair basketball
to helping refugees new to Louisville.
A variety
of academic and minority scholarships, work/study programs,
tuition assistance and need-based financial
aid are available at SHA. For more information about tuition
assistance, call 502-897-6097.
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