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One Girl at a Time

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Empowered to Live With

Courage and Confidence

From Early Childhood through grade 12, Sacred Heart Greenwich blends tradition with innovation, resilience, and purpose to empower girls to lead with confidence and curiosity. Our joyful, inspiring learning environment shapes students who embrace the opportunities and challenges of the future and are driven by ambition, compassion, and a deeper sense of meaning.

Co-Ed Early Education

Barat Center

Nurturing Curiosity and Wonder

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Lower School

Grades K-4

Beginning a Journey of Discovery

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Middle School

Grades 5-8

Embarking on an Extraordinary Journey

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Upper School

Grades 9-12

Leading with Courage and Confidence

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A Framework to Support

Each Girl's Success

110

acre campus

7:1

student-faculty ratio

86%

of faculty hold advanced degrees

5.8M

in financial aid awarded annually

63+

athletic teams

300+

students in theatre or choral groups

Sacred Heart Schools

Rooted in Goals and Criteria

Faith

Goal I: A personal and active faith in God.

We believe faith informs and guides our decisions and actions in the pursuit of truth and knowledge.

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Faith

Goal I: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to a personal and active faith in God.
  • The School identifies itself to the wider community as a Catholic-independent-Sacred Heart School and embodies the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart.
  • The School forms its student and adult members in attitudes of the heart of Jesus, such as gratitude, generosity, compassion and forgiveness.
  • The School community reflects an ethos of joy, hope and celebration and its programs assert that there is meaning and value in life.
  • The School community welcomes and respects persons of all faiths and educates to an understanding of the religions and spiritual traditions of the world.
  • School leadership prioritizes space and time for silence and contemplation for its members to deepen their interior life. 
  • Members of the school community, open to the transforming power of the Spirit of God, engage in personal and communal prayer, discernment and reflection which inform their actions. 
  • The School community, rooted in the love of Jesus Christ, nurtures the spiritual lives of its members through the exploration of one’s relationship to God, to self, to others and to creation.

Intellect

Goal II: A deep respect for intellectual values.

We believe we have an obligation to develop our intellectual talents and skills as reflective, lifelong learners who create a positive impact in the world.

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Intellect

Goal II: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to a deep respect for intellectual values.
  • Sacred Heart educators and students engage in challenging experiences that inspire intellectual curiosity, a global mindset and a life-long love of learning.
  • Sacred Heart educators develop and implement a dynamic curriculum, effective instructional methodology, current educational research and ongoing evaluation.
  • Sacred Heart educators and students utilize a variety of teaching and learning strategies to support their growth and development.
  • The School curricular and co-curricular programs integrate innovation and collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, the exploration of emerging technologies and critical evaluation of information.
  • The School utilizes space and the physical environment in alignment with best pedagogical practices.
  • The School cultivates aesthetic values and the creative use of the imagination.
  • Sacred Heart educators assume responsibility for their professional growth, supported by resources and a culture that promotes life-long learning.

Justice

Goal III: A social awareness that impels to action.

We believe we have a responsibility to confront injustice, seek equality, practice compassion, and respect the dignity of each and every person.

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Justice

Goal III: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to a social awareness which impels to action.
  • Sacred Heart educators prepare students to serve the common good in an interdependent world. 
  • Sacred Heart educators immerse students in diverse global perspectives, developing competencies such as critical consciousness, language facility and cultural literacy. 
  • The School, drawing from Catholic Social Teaching, educates students to analyze and work to eradicate social structures, practices, systems, and values that perpetuate racism and other injustices.
  • All members of the School community accept accountability for the care of God’s creation, practice effective stewardship of the earth's resources and work to alleviate the climate crisis.
  • School programs promote informed active citizenship and civic responsibility on the local, national and global level.
  • The School community engages in direct service, advocacy, outreach and partnerships to work for justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
  • Sacred Heart educators work to develop in the students a life-long commitment to service.

Community

Goal IV: The building of community as a Christian value.

We believe our Sacred Heart community fosters an inclusive environment in which all are welcomed, embraced, and challenged to contribute to the good of the whole.

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Community

Goal IV: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to the building of community as a Christian value.
  • The School, affirming that all are created in the image and likeness of God, promotes the inherent dignity of the human person and strives for relationships characterized by inclusion and mutual respect.   
  • The School implements an ongoing plan for educating all members of the community to the charism, mission and heritage of the Society of the Sacred Heart.
  • The School engages with the Network of Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada and Sacred Heart schools around the world.
  • All members of the School community support a clean, healthy and safe environment.
  • Members of the School community practice and teach with a spirit of peace and reconciliation the principles of non-violence and conflict management.
  • School leadership demonstrates a conscious effort to recruit students and employ faculty and staff of diverse races, ethnicities and backgrounds.
  • School leadership allocates financial resources to support socio-economic diversity both in the admissions process and in the daily life of students.

Wisdom

Goal V: Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

We believe we are called to grow in wisdom and lead discerning lives characterized by self-knowledge and the understanding of how our choices impact ourselves and others.

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Wisdom

Goal V: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.
  • Student and adult members of the School community grow in courage and confidence as they discover new abilities, cultivate strengths, learn from mistakes, develop empathy and exercise resilience in meeting challenges.
  • All members of the School community take personal responsibility for health and balance in their lives supported by a school culture that promotes spiritual, intellectual, physical and social-emotional well-being.
  • Members of the School community model and teach respectful dialogue in support of clear, direct open communication.
  • All members of the School community endeavor to practice informed, ethical decision-making and accountability.
  • Student and adult members of the School community model, practice, and teach safe, ethical and responsible use of technology.
  • Sacred Heart educators cultivate in the students life skills, such as initiative, creativity and agility.
  • Sacred Heart schools recognize and educate to motivational, inspirational, and transformational leadership.

Part of a Network of Sacred Heart Schools

Experience a world of opportunity across 41 Schools, 150 Countries, One Mission.

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All Heart.

All Girls.

The Almonacy Family

“The values of compassion, kindness, and faith—these are universal and enable our girls to develop the character to be strong leaders."

 

The Almonacy Family

The Zaccario Family

“Sacred Heart Greenwich has implored our girls to be confident, to be self-assured, to speak their mind and not be afraid."

 

The Zaccario Family

The Flores Family

“It is really special the way girls can thrive in what's unique to them, be it athletics, academics, arts, science efforts–there is a place for everyone."

 

The Flores Family

The Del Raso Family

“Not only is Sacred Heart Greenwich an elite academic institution, but it is also rooted in Catholic Faith, something that is really important to both of us."

 

The Del Raso Family

The Han-Rutledge Family

“As I think about our daughter growing up and developing more confident relationships with her peer groups, with her teachers, I think having a very solid base and a culture of girls looking out for you is really important. Sacred Heart Greenwich puts a lot of effort into that."

The Han-Rutledge Family

 

The Dinkelmann Family

“Sacred Heart Greenwich is a community for both families and students. The girls really feel like sisters; they care for each other, they cheer for each other and are very supportive of one another."

 

The Dinkelmann Family

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Alumnae Spotlight:

She is...

Our amazing alumnae work in a range of fields and industries across the world. The Alumnae Spotlight highlights a few of their stories and how they embody the vision of the Sacred Heart Greenwich graduate.

Margaret Brennan

Class of 1998

Margaret Brennan '98 is Moderator of CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" and CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C.

Margaret Brennan

CLASS OF 1998

Margaret Brennan '98, Moderator of CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" and CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. Brennan became moderator of "Face the Nation" in February 2018 and quickly became known for her tough but fair questioning of world leaders, politicians and policy makers. She brings to her coverage of domestic politics a background in national security and financial news. Brennan's interviews with leaders, scientists, and newsmakers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic earned "Face the Nation" two Emmy Award nominations for outstanding news analysis, and for coverage of the tension between the U.S. and Iran. Graduating with highest distinction from the University of Virginia in 2002, she earned a bachelor's degree in foreign affairs and Middle East studies with a minor in Arabic. As a Fulbright-Hays Scholar, she studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan. She is also the recipient of an honorary doctor of letters degree from Niagara University. Brennan resides in Washington DC with her husband and their two sons.

Dr. Alexandra Lewis

Class of 2001

Dr. Alexandra Lewis ’01 is an Anesthesiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Alexandra Lewis

CLASS OF 2001

Dr. Alexandra Lewis received a bachelor's degree in History of Science History of Medicine from Yale University and a master's degree in International Health Policy and Health Economics from the London School of Economics. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School and completed her anesthesiology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard-affiliated hospital. During her residency, she obtained a certificate in global health delivery from the Harvard School of Public Health and has worked extensively abroad from a notable transplant hospital in Sicily to an Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in China. She was recently accepted to Oxford Business School for a Women’s Leadership Summit and continues to work on gender equity issues in the field of anesthesiology.

Kristin Uhmeyer

CLASS OF 2005

Kristin Uhmeyer is a systems engineer at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions.

Kristin Uhmeyer

CLASS OF 2005

Kristin Uhmeyer ’05 is a systems engineer at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. Kristin has an extensive background in Aerospace Engineering having received a Bachelor of Science from MIT in 2009 and a Master of Science from University of Colorado Boulder in 2013. She is also a NASA Space Academy alumna having graduated from the program in 2008. In 2018, she received the Sacred Heart Greenwich STEAM Alumna Award.