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President's Perspective
Formal Assessment Key to Preschool Success
The Cure for Summer Boredom
Celebrate with an Engraved Brick or Paver
Interlude 2013 is a Success
The Latest News
Music in Our Schools Month
St. Angela Merici
Don't Be Late
School Safety Update
SHSA Events & News
LYC Events & News
SHS Mobile App & Dean Alert
Calendar of Events
 
The Link
March 2013

President's Perspective

By Dr. Cynthia Crabtree, president 

 

I wish you and your family the hope, love and joy that is Easter and a safe and memorable Spring Break. As St. Angela said, "You have every reason to be happy and rejoice, because a great reward awaits you in heaven." READ MORE

Sacred Heart Preschool Adopts Teaching Strategies  Gold Assessment System 

 

Teaching girls and boys to be creative and confident thinkers is the norm at Sacred Heart Academy and Sacred Heart Model School, and if you've ever visited Sacred Heart Preschool, you know it's the norm there, too. In an effort to validate the success of SHP and to formally access the development of each child, SHP will begin using Teaching Strategies Gold at the start of the 2013-14 academic year. READ MORE

The Cure for Summer Boredom:

Sacred Heart Summer Camps!    

 

Sacred Heart School for the Arts

Summer Camps and

Bored Kids
We'd give anything to be at a Sacred Heart summer camp right now!

Classes

Dance, Drama, Music & Visual Art -- All ages!

Classes begin June 10

 

Click here

to view SHSA Summer Arts camps and classes and to register on line or call 502.897.1816

 

Sacred Heart Preschool

Summer Enrichment Program

Our nine-week Summer Enrichment Program is theme-based, with a new theme each week. This fun, creative curriculum includes science, math, language arts, creative movement, art and music. The program is open to children ages 1 - 6. You may enroll in one or both sessions. Join the fun!

  • Session One: May 30 - June 28
  • Session Two: July 1 - August 4 

Click here for SHP Summer Enrichment Program details or call 502.896.3941.

 

Sacred Heart Academy

Summer Sports Camps

Every summer SHA offers a variety of athletic camps for pre-high school girls interested in learning more about a sport or sharpening their skills. Half-day camps are offered in basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, field hockey, soccer, softball, and volleyball.

 

Click here for the 2013 SHA Athletic Camp brochure or call 502.893.9353

 

Louisville Youth Choir at SHSA

Summer Camp

For rising 4th - 12th grade students

July 22-26

 

Call 502.896.5859 or see below for details.

Celebrate a graduation, honor a favorite teacher Stepping Stones or coach

 

What better way to celebrate a graduation, honor a family member, pay tribute to a faculty member or coach who inspired or commemorate a team championship than with a specially engraved brick or paver in the beautiful Sacred Heart Schools piazza. Your brick or paver memorializes your ties to Sacred Heart Schools as well as advances the heritage of excellence that is our distinction. Click here for details on how to leave a lasting legacy. Place your order by April 1 and your brick or paver will be down in time for graduation photos with the family!

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Interlude 2013 was a roaring good time for the more than 500 parents, alumni, faculty/staff and friends who attended the annual dinner/auction on March 9. The big winners of the night were Stacy and Craig Olmstead, whose lucky raffle ticket netted the $25,000 grand prize! Cadence Olmstead, an SHMS Level 2 student and graduate of SHP, sold her mom and dad the winning ticket. TheInterlude 2013 Raffle Winners  Olmstead's son, Craig Jr., attends SHP.

 

The real winners are the students of Sacred Heart Schools! Thanks to YOU, Interlude surpassed its goal of netting $220,000! All proceeds from the auction and raffle directly benefit your child in the classroom. When you see or visit one of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for their generosity.

 

Click here to view event photos and for a list of 2013 Interlude sponsors.

Have You Heard the Latest News?   

 

The SHMS boys' swimming team captured the City Championship! SHMS finished 1st in the following seven events  and relay: 1st grade freestyle - Ryder John; 3rd grade backstroke - Max Brown (meet record); 5th grade freestyle - Sungmin Kang; 5th grade breast stroke - Patrick Brooks; 7th grade free style - Isabella Carrico; 8th grade butterfly - Keefer Barnum; 1st and 2nd grade relay - Ryder John, Max Allen, Brennan Leet and Thomas Mercer. The girls' team placed 3rd in the meet. Overall, SHMS placed 2nd as a team. The team is coached Reid Brown. READ MORE

 

 

Orchestrating for Success  

 

March has been designated Music in Our Schools Month by the   National Association for Music Educators. The the month long celebration happens every year with the goal to show the importance of music education in schools and the community, while enlisting the help of teachers, students, parents, members of the community, and local organizations to become advocates of music education. At Sacred Heart Schools, our music programs are "Orchestrating for Success" every day! READ how two of our schools, SHP and SHSA, celebrated Music in Our Schools Month.

  

Pope Clement St. Angela's Pope

 

In the January issue of The Link, we learned that when Angela was 56-years-old, she evaded a request from Pope Clement VII. The Pope was going to offer her a position involving nursing in Rome. Angela felt so confident that God wanted her to work in Brescia that she left in the middle of the night so as not to have to say no to a Pope. But what else do we know about St. Angela's Pope? READ MORE

Clock - Too Late

Don't be late.

Your annual fund gift makes a difference today

 

Sacred Heart Schools parents received a letter, email, phone call or all three in the fall asking for a gift to the Annual Fund. Time is running out to make this important commitment. Please remember that the Annual Fund is used immediately by your school administrator and is considered part of the school's operating budget. It is used for the nuts and bolts of an SHS education: classroom and curricula enhancements, technology upgrades, and most important, student financial aid. Please don't wait until the end of the school year to make your 2012-2013 Annual Fund gift. Your gift will make a difference today. To make your gift, email Lindsey Smith, Annual Fund Officer, or call 502.735.6501. Make a secured online gift today!

Parent Child Holding HandsYour Child is Our First Priority: School Safety Update

 

The SHS Security Task Force continues its review of school safety measures. Presently, the team is investigating classroom door locks that will be consistent at each of our four schools and will be easy to trigger in the event of a school lockdown while not being intrusive during the normal school day. The team has participated in a number of webinars on school safety and will continue to review policies and procedures in the coming months.

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Mulan Jr

Disney's Mulan Jr. 

(Youth Drama)

April 25 - 27

Based on the 1998 Disney film Mulan, and the story Fa Mulan by Robert D. San Souci.

 

Hansel and Gretel (Dance Department)

May 10-12

This storybook ballet, based on the classic Grimm's fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel tells the story of the brother and sister-duo who get lost in the woods and stumble upon a delectable house made of gingerbread. Hansel and Gretel are soon helping themselves, unaware they are falling straight into a trap set by the fabled Wicked Witch.

 

Click here for show times and to purchase tickets.

 

LYC LogoLouisville Youth Choir News & Events

 

Pops Concert

April 28, 2013

7 p.m.

Ursuline Arts Center

 

 

Summer Camps

July 22-26

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Closing concert on July 26 at 4 p.m.

$225 per camp

 

Bella Voce Camp (rising 9th -12th grades)

For the serious solo singer, this camp includes the study of vocal literature, vocal pedagogy, resume prep, breathing and vocal mechanisms, vocal health, student of diction and theory for singers.

 

Summer Vocal Camp (rising 4th - 8th grades)

This day camp will involve daily choir rehearsals, music theory, group voice instruction, audition preparation and rhythm.

 

For details on the Pops Concert or summer camps, please contact Terri Foster or call 896.5859.

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