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' Next Generation State Standards.
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)
Art Production (creating)
The overall goal of the art teacher is to foster self-expression and creativity through
the use of different materials and concepts.
Art is offered, weekly, to students in Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grades.
Our students prepare for a wonderful Art Exhibition in collaboration with One River School in Hartsdale of their masterpieces. The artwork is displayed in the Gallery and enjoyed by all for a week.
Sacred Heart School is proud of the large number of students who actively participate in the opportunities for music education. Music provides students with valuable lifelong skills such as attention to detail, self-confidence, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
Music instruction is offered, weekly, to students in Kindergarten through 8th grades.
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 Sacred Heart School provides time and space for instruction after the school day. A Band recital is held at the annual Christmas Concert.
Spanish language instruction is offered, weekly, to students in 1st through 8th grades.
Students learn to spell, read, and have small conversations. Culture, art, and history are contextualized in the lessons.
Our Physical Education Program is offered, weekly, to students in Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grades. It brings students the joy of movement while developing their self-confidence, better socialization, cooperative plan, and good sportsmanship.
Sacred Heart School has a dedicated school library. Students in Pre-Kindergarten through 4th grades 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 research as they move on to the upper grades.
Students in grades Kindergarten through 8th have a formal, weekly computer class. The Sacred Heart School computer lab has over 20 desktop computer stations. Students have Chromebooks which can be used in the computer lab and the classroom. Over 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.