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Sacred Heart School was established in 1912, with the first class of 30 students being taught in a barn owned by local resident Martin Hogan. [3]: 158 [4] In 1913, the school's first elementary school building was built. [3]: 160 The school was originally run by the School Sisters of St. Francis, and had a total enrollment of 66 in 1921. [5]
The Class of 1966 were the last to graduate from Sacred Heart when the high school closed due to low enrollment. Until 2004, Sacred Heart only offered classes through the 8th grade. In 2004 Sacred Heart Catholic School was granted permission by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi to reopen its high school by adding the 9th and 10th grades. In ...
Sacred Heart Preparatory (commonly called Sacred Heart Prep, SHP, or Prep) was an all-girls school with a significant boarding component until 1984, when it adopted the Preparatory name, ended the boarding program, and started admitting boys. For the 2017 – 2018 school year, SHP had an enrollment of 629 students, half of whom were male, 58% ...
In 2018, Sacred Heart School was named a National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, an honor recognizing the highest-performing public and non-public schools in the country. In the 2021-2022 school year's i-Ready Diagnostic, [ 7 ] 93% of Sacred Heart students tested at or above grade level in math, and 92% tested at or above grade level in reading.
In June 1939, Maud Lee Flood donated the home she had shared with her deceased husband at 2222 Broadway. During WWII, boys were allowed to join the lower school. In 1950, the school purchased the neighboring Grant house for $150,000. The lower school, grades 1–8 split to the new location, while the upper school remained at the Flood Mansion.
The school opened in the fall of 1988 after Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school merged with Griffin High School, an all-boys Catholic high school located across the street. Even prior to the merger, certain classes at both schools were taught on a co-educational basis.
Our Lady of Guadelupe School (Interparochial) - Merged into St. Joseph's School in Roselle in 2020; Sacred Heart School; St. Adalbert Parochial School - The land for the school and church building was dedicated on November 6, 1906. [42] Historically many of the students were Polish American. [41]
Villa Duchesne is an independent, Roman Catholic school in Frontenac, Missouri, United States linked with 147 schools in 30 countries through the International Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Villa Duchesne is coed in preschool and elementary and all-girls in grades 7-12. The preschool/elementary program was formerly called Oak Hill School.