About Us - Mission & Goals Criteria | Sacred Heart Greenwich

Learn more about how Sacred Heart Greenwich students, faculty, and staff live out the Goals and Criteria.

MISSION

Sacred Heart Greenwich, an all-girls, independent, Catholic school, educates and empowers students to pursue excellence, build courage and confidence, and lead lives of purpose and integrity.

VISION

Sacred Heart Greenwich envisions a world where all girls and women are able to shape the future through learning and service, defined by our Goals and Criteria. We transform the world, one girl at a time.

AT SACRED HEART GREENWICH, WE LIVE OUR VALUES DAILY THROUGH THE GOALS AND CRITERIA:

FAITH

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

INTELLECT

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.

JUSTICE

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

COMMUNITY

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.

WISDOM

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.

Goals & Criteria

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.

Goal 2: 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.

Goal 3: 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.

Goal 4: 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.

Goal 5: 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.

In the Goals and Criteria, the Society of the Sacred Heart defines the mission of the School as part of the Society's educational mission in the Catholic Church.

Each school is accountable to the Society through the Sacred Heart Commission on Goals for adherence to the Goals and Criteria.

Each school's Board of Trustees and Administration establishes and upholds policies that are consistent with the Goals and Criteria.

The School allocates its resources to support each Goal and its Criteria.

The School is in compliance with professional standards as stated by accrediting agencies.

Learn More About our Logo

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The above logo of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, currently used by the Society of the Sacred Heart and Sacred Heart Schools across the globe, was originally designed by Oonah Ryan, RSCJ for a general chapter meeting of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in1982. The logo, expressive of the Society’s spirituality, was embraced by the delegates and has been used and adapted ever since by Sacred Heart schools and communities of the Society.

The ribbon heart represents our hearts, the Society of the Sacred Heart, and the Heart of Jesus. At the opening of the heart is the cross, which calls us to be as open, vulnerable, and as welcoming as Jesus.

It reminds us to embrace and treasure one another with the same love Jesus has for us.

In choosing to use this symbol as our logo we affirm our commitment to act as one Body, uniting our hearts with those of the Religious of Society of the Sacred Heart, ever inspired by the Sacred Heart of Jesus to be the heart of God in the world. Our common mission calls us to live as a responsive community that welcomes and embraces humanity and all of creation, transforming attitudes and practices when oppression limits the fullness of life, and being bearers of hope in our world.

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