At Sacred Heart School, our students are provided with a faith-based, challenging education while, at the same time, creating a caring and supportive environment. Creative and critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and a love of learning are major goals. We encourage a whole education for the whole child, where we educate with our developmentally appropriate core curriculum as well as instill the values of respect, responsibility, honesty and faith. Sacred Heart is an accredited school and we follow the NYS Common Core Curriculum and guidelines from the Archdiocese of New York.

Resources:

http://commoncore.scholastic.com/parents

https://www.engageny.org/

The art program at Sacred Heart School follows the New York State and Archdiocesan Visual Arts Education Standards. Through experiences, the students become aware of: Aesthetics (perceiving and appreciating); Art Criticism (evaluating); Art Heritage (understanding); and, Art Production (creating). The overall goal of the art teacher is to foster self-expression and creativity through use of different materials and concepts.

Sacred Heart School is proud of the large number of students that actively participate in the opportunities for music education. Music provides students with valuable lifelong skills such attention to detail, self-confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Music instruction is offered, weekly, to students in grades Pre K – 8. Students are also taught liturgical songs and are accompanied during the monthly Liturgies.

Instruction in Band instruments is provided through the Paul Effman School of Music and students may begin instruction in band instruments beginning in grade 2. Families contract directly with Paul Effman School of Music and school provides time and space for practice during the school day. Band recitals are held at Christmas and in the Spring.

Spanish language instruction is offered, weekly, to students in grades 1-8

Physical Education is offered, weekly, to students in grades Pre K-8.

Sacred Heart School  has a dedicated school library. Students in grades PK through 4 participate in weekly formal library classes. A love of reading is promoted through fun and informative read-alouds. An effort is made to include classic children’s literature in the curriculum and to introduce new authors and books.  Students also learn library skills they will need to conduct research as they move on to the upper grades.

Students in grades K through 8 have a formal, weekly computer class.  The Sacred Heart School computer lab has over 20  desktop computer stations. Students in grades 4 through 8 have chromebooks which can be used in the computer lab and in the classroom.  Over the course of the school year, students participate in lessons involving a variety of computer skills and programs including keyboarding, coding, cybersafety, digital citizenship, Word, Excel and Google Suite.