Where girls lead the way
Sacred Heart Academy empowers young women to strive ever higher by fostering a foundation of moral and spiritual values, a sense of purpose and responsibility, and the confidence to lead with love and integrity.
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SHA Girls,
Soar.
Experience The Difference
Sacred Heart Academy inspires young women to help build a better world. Since 1946, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages every student to foster her voice, build her confidence, develop her leadership skills, and reach her academic potential.
At SHA, The future for young women is
Limitless.
Experience Our Academics
Academic excellence is the hallmark of Sacred Heart Academy. Here, students thrive in an academic program designed to help girls take an active role in their learning, challenge themselves in unique courses such as Biotech and DNA Sequencing, embrace leadership roles, and reach their full potential.
Strong Bonds,
Never Broken.
Experience Our Community
SHA bonds are strong, special, and lifelong. In our all-girls environment, students truly know and respect one another, and treat each other with kindness, compassion, and honesty. It’s this shared connection and sisterhood that forever links our 7,000+ alumnae.
Join In. Stand Out.
Play with Purpose.
Experience Our Athletics
SHA student-athletes pursue excellence both on and off the field, celebrating victories with humility and acknowledging defeat with grace. With more than 20 athletic teams, including 14 varsity sports, there are so many opportunities to play as a SHArk!
All Things in
Faith, Truth, & Love
Experience Our Spirituality
Our faith-based community celebrates students’ differences while encouraging young women to embrace their talents and serve others. Everything we do is based on the charism of the Apostles and inspired by our core values: Catholic Community, Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, and Social Justice.
Only at SHA
SHA students let their talents shine in our award-winning theater program. Under the direction of theater veteran MaryLee Delaney, our annual musical lights up the legendary stage of the Shubert Theater in New Haven, where students work alongside theater professionals on performance, set design, lighting, sound, and costuming.
A SHA education extends beyond traditional academics. On Fridays, guest speakers, group discussions, and hands-on activities enhance student knowledge on topics such as spirituality, social justice, physical and emotional wellness, and more.
At SHA, students not only study scientific breakthroughs—they make them. In a college-level biotechnology program not typical of a high-school setting, students embark on high-tech gene discovery work that has resulted in dozens of published sequences in GenBank, the National Institutes of Health genetic sequence database.
SHA prepares young women to confidently explore leadership roles in a digital- and globally-focused jobs market by bringing the real worlds of business and finance to the classroom. Here, students gain valuable hands-on experience as they learn to research, analyze, and compete in the global economy.
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