What's up around the Sacred Heart campus?
![Robotics Team Wins Judges' Award in FIRST® LEGO® League]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1578330669/ashrosary/gisnjjyeakz96kc7jiuo/roboticsthumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578330669/ashrosary/gisnjjyeakz96kc7jiuo/roboticsthumbnail.jpg","width":480}])
Our Middle School Robotics Club, the Riveters, competed in their first ever FIRST® LEGO® League competition on Saturday, December 14. The Riveters placed 7th overall and received the Judges Award.
![Juniors with Drew Brees]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576174624/ashrosary/wnmgjbwsylahhffe52pn/JuniorAchivementSemifinals.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576174624/ashrosary/wnmgjbwsylahhffe52pn/JuniorAchivementSemifinals.jpg","width":480}])
Continuing a streak of several consecutive years, a team of Upper School financial literacy students have been named semi-finalists in the Trust Your Crazy Ideas Challenge (TYCIC), a partnership between Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans (JA), the Brees Dream Foundation and The Idea Village.
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Sacred Heart's Academic Games team won 2nd place in the elementary division of the New Orleans Academic Games League 2019-20 Propaganda tournament.
![congratulations to Duke TIP qualifiers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573150086/ashrosary/zpulklgdo3xb49pqy3gg/480x340DukeTipQualifiers19.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573150086/ashrosary/zpulklgdo3xb49pqy3gg/480x340DukeTipQualifiers19.jpg","width":480}])
Seventy-two Middle School students qualified for Duke Talent Identification Programs (TIP) by scoring above the 95th percentile on a grade-level standardized test.
![Sacred Heart 8th Graders Host Alumnae on Campus for Interviews, Networking]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572456635/ashrosary/fsnbv4u42xdeamxrbgnb/AlumnaeInterviewswith8thgraders-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572456635/ashrosary/fsnbv4u42xdeamxrbgnb/AlumnaeInterviewswith8thgraders-2.jpg","width":480}])
Twenty-four Sacred Heart alumnae returned to campus on Friday, October 18 to coach 8th grade students in the basics of interviewing and networking.
![eco fashion show 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572287472/ashrosary/flktsdrgs9kuzdeswt3e/480x_IMG_6286.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572287472/ashrosary/flktsdrgs9kuzdeswt3e/480x_IMG_6286.jpg","width":480}])
The environmental science class watched the True Cost documentary to learn about the consequences of fast fashion.
![4th Grade Saints]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573151806/ashrosary/ij6r6pmqavl5xj6657lo/ASH4thGradeSaints.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573151806/ashrosary/ij6r6pmqavl5xj6657lo/ASH4thGradeSaints.jpg","width":480}])
In observance of All Saints Day, the 4th Graders at the Academy of the Sacred Heart transformed into saints and were featured in several events throughout the day, including an all-school mass and Living Saints Museum.
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Second grade students celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving on May 22 to commemorate receiving the sacrament of First Communion.
As part of their study of oviparous animals, Little Hearts three-year-olds learned about creatures with feathers with a focus on the ostrich, hummingbird, and chicken.
Third and fourth graders hosted a reception for the opening of their student art show “Palette” on display at the Mater Campus from April 9-12.
Shape and color recognition is an important part of the Little Hearts one-year-old curriculum.
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.