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Convent of the Sacred Heart’s student-run philanthropy, the Barat Foundation, presented grants to nine non-profits on May 14 at a ceremony for the Upper School and grant recipients.
“Today, we are delighted to present grants to nine outstanding organizations that enable young people to lead healthy, independent, and confident lives,” said Fiona Cavise, a senior at Convent of the Sacred Heart who is the 2011-12 president of the Barat Foundation.
As a Sacred Heart school, we are called to educate our students to a social awareness which impels to action. This spring, 91st Street implemented a unique service-learning program for its ninth-grade students through which the school has reached out to 14 local non-profits, building and strengthening relationships with community organizations that are making a difference in the lives of our fellow New Yorkers.
Lights, camera, action! Location: The Regis School. Theme: Academy Awards. For the very first time, the cameras rolled in celebration of Mother’s Day with Regis pre-kindergarten boys. A glitzy, glamorous “Oscar” ceremony was hosted at the famous Kodak Theater classroom where each little boy presented the most coveted golden statuette, the Oscar, to his mother.
Fourth graders at Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School exchanged artwork throughout the school year with their ePals in Taiwan. This international exchange has been a part of Oak Hill’s art curriculum since 2006. Oak Hill student artwork is currently on display at the school in Tainan, Taiwan and Taiwanese student artwork is displayed at Oak Hill.
On a recent Saturday morning at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles, Missouri, 26 Seventh Class students welcomed several small and very young Special Olympians and their siblings from St. Charles and St. Louis Counties for a morning of games, refreshments and fun.
In the wake of Earth Week great news from Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco, CA. Stuart Hall High School seniors, Kyle Chew and Grant Kawahatsu created a video on the topic of water pollution, "Our World, Our Responsibility," for the Just Video Contest. The purpose of the contest was to create a short video on either human trafficking, water issues, or immigration and relate it to Catholic social teachings.
Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School is celebrating its recent designation by the National Wildlife Federation. America's largest conservation organization has officially identified the school’s nature trail as a Certified Wildlife Habitat.
Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School juniors Kristen Buehne, Meghan Grojean, Sophie Flotron, and Morgan Link were accepted into the 2012 Students and Teachers as Research Scientists (STARS) program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The Villa Duchesne students will be working with some of the top scientists and researchers in the St. Louis metro area. UMSL hosts this annual summer research program for academically talented junior and senior high school students.
Regis Spotlights Brazil, Celebrates Diversity with International Day
Developed in partnership with the prestigious Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, NJ, Outline Pro™ for iPad® is the first app to engage students in planning and organizing their essays and papers. It's uniquely designed for both instructional use in the classroom and home use by students.
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