Sacred Heart Academy 2019-2020 Parent Enrollment Guide

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Parent Enrollment Guide 2019-2020

Some schools promise you the world, Sacred Heart Academy will teach you how to change it.

Forward-thinking, future-looking and globally-focused, Sacred Heart’s International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme is a comprehensive, inquiry-based approach to learning that benefits every classroom and every student. IB creates critical, creative and reflective thinkers who are prepared for life. IB assures that Sacred Heart provides world-class learning for world-ready leaders.

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Kate Loewen Director of Enrollment - Admissions KLoewen@shslou.org

Nicole Burke Director of Enrollment - Recruitment NBurke@shslou.org

MEET SHA’S ENROLLMENT STAFF SHA’s dedicated enrollment staff are here to serve you, wherever your family may be in the decision making process. Have you scheduled your daughter’s shadow visit yet? Eighth graders may shadow a current student beginning mid-September.

Seventh graders may shadow during spring semester, beginning mid-January.

You may request a specific shadow host, or you will be matched with a student with similar interests. To schedule a shadow visit, contact the Enrollment Office at 502.896.3926 or visit sha.shslou.org/shadow/.

Here at Sacred Heart, we know that an exceptional education is an investment in your daughter’s future. That is why we are committed to providing financial assistance to as many families with demonstrated financial need as possible.

Last year, SHA awarded $1 million in financial aid and scholarships. For more information, visit sha.shslou.org/facts/.

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Tips FOR HIGH SCHOOL SELECTION AND ENROLLMENT

Be a part of your daughter’s high school decision. Talk to your daughter about her different school choices to find the one that fits her needs the best. Keeping an open dialogue will cut down on the stress she may feel.

Schedule a shadow visit for your daughter in the spring of her seventh grade year, and encourage her to visit multiple schools. During her 8th grade year, she may wish to shadow her top two choices again as she narrows down her options. Following each shadow visit, sit down with your daughter and talk about her experience. What was her favorite part of the day? Could she see herself as a student there?

Attend enrollment events throughout the year. Read the next page for a schedule of prospective family events SHA hosts throughout the school year. Take these opportunities to see the campus, talk to teachers and parents and to learn about what makes SHA unique.

Choose the school that best fits the needs of your daughter academically, socially and spiritually. A student should attend a school that provides her with opportunities to grow in her talents and interests while challenging her academically. Encourage her to choose a high school independently of her friends’ influences.

Use the High School Placement Test as a target date for making a high school decision (December of her 8th grade year). Prospective students are encouraged to test at the school they will likely attend.

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SHA Quick Facts

As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, SHA provides a continuum of international education for all students at all grade levels.

Our college-preparatory program aims to develop internationally minded citizens and educate the whole person through a comprehensive approach that empowers our students to become world-ready leaders by developing a principled, caring and knowledgeable response to the world around them.

• $24 million college scholarship money earned by the class of 2019 • 77% of the Class of 2019 earned college scholarships • 32 International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced Placement (AP) and college level courses offered at SHA • 25.9 Average ACT score • 6 Counselors assisting students with the high school transition, college selection and planning for their futures • 4 Academic levels for freshmen and sophomores, all college preparatory • 4 year concentrations in music, visual arts, and computer science • Over 60 clubs and organizations to choose from – and students can start new clubs!

• 93 team state championships. Fifteen sports, with at least one no-cut sport offered each season • 56% of junior/senior classes enrolled in college credit courses • 446 college credit tests taken • More than 22,000 hours of community service completed by freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes • 3 choirs (Bel Canto, A Cappella and Madrigals) perform throughout the year with recent performances in Austria, New York City’s Carnegie Hall, Ireland and throughout Kentucky.

• 48 acres on the Ursuline Campus, home to Sacred Heart Schools and the Ursuline Sisters. SHA provides on-campus athletic facilities, plenty of green space, the 500-seat Ursuline Arts Centers and a variety of other features that provide a college-like atmosphere for our students.

As an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, our college-preparatory program aims to develop internationally minded citizens.

World-Class Learning for World-Ready Leaders.

Each day, our students live the Ursuline Core Values of Community, Reverence, Service and Leadership.

Contact the SHA Enrollment Office at 502.896.3926 or SHAadmissions@shslou.org.

Visit SHA online at sha.shslou.org.

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