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Gary Alipio
International best-selling author Dion Leonard and his fluffy sidekick, Gobi, visited with Lower School students to share Finding Gobi amazing true adventure.
All ASH News & Blog
This page is a compilation of news and blogs from the many authors in the Sacred Heart community.
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Caroline Avegno '04
At the Academy of the Sacred Heart, our founding story connects us with the values of internationality and global citizenship.
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Communications
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.
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Communications
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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Communications
Sacred Heart's Academic Games team won 2nd place in the elementary division of the New Orleans Academic Games League 2019-20 Propaganda tournament.
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Marketing
Vidigami is a great photo sharing platform for the entire Academy of the Sacred Heart community.
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Communications
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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Communications
Seventy-two Middle School students qualified for Duke Talent Identification Programs (TIP) by scoring above the 95th percentile on a grade-level standardized test.
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Communications
Twenty-four Sacred Heart alumnae returned to campus on Friday, October 18 to coach 8th grade students in the basics of interviewing and networking.
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Communications
The environmental science class watched the True Cost documentary to learn about the consequences of fast fashion.