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The Academy of the Sacred Heart is proud to announce that ten students have been named as National Merit Scholars in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
What's up around the Sacred Heart campus?
Rosary Campus News
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On September 2, five Academy of the Sacred Heart students raised more than $1,000 in a Whole Kids Outreach SWIMATHON.
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On the morning of Wednesday, September 6, Middle School gathered in the Chapel to induct the student council officers and class representatives for the 2023-2024 school year.
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This week at Sacred Heart, the Consul General of Ukraine in Houston Tarasiuk Vitalii, the Consul for Economic Issues Pavlo Moiseichenko, and Honorary Consul Edward Hayes met with 2 Ukrainian students from the New Orleans area (Sacred Heart and Mount Carmel Academy).
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Academy of the Sacred Heart inducted 17 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion in an early morning ceremony on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.
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The Class of 2023 has achieved many great accomplishments during their years at Sacred Heart. To celebrate our recent graduates, we're spotlighting a few members of the Class of 2023 who exemplify each of the five Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart education.
Mater Campus News
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As a service project in celebration of Catholic Schools Week, Academy of the Sacred Heart students turned their Maker Space into a Glitter Den this holiday season. Then, they delivered door hangers for residents of Lambeth House in New Orleans
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At 10 years old, Louise Hymel already understands that being able to vote is a privilege. The fourth grader at the Academy of the Sacred Heart School in New Orleans was eager to vote for her favorite children’s book, by using a real voting machine, during an election held in the school’s Mater Campus Library.
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We had a great week celebrating Catholic Schools' Week in the Preschool and Lower School. The Nims Fine Arts Center and Mater Gym were filled with joyful hymns Monday as we began our week honoring our foundress, St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, as a school community.
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The 4th grade welcomed the opportunity to talk to the financial experts at Hancock Whitney during their financial literacy fair about the mechanics of running a profitable business and personal banking.
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This week, the three-year-old students had special visitors from Hancock Whitney Bank who reinforced all of their recent classroom lessons.
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Governor John Bel Edwards wanted to personally thank first grader Landry Flettrich for a card that she mailed him.