FUND FOR SACRED HEART

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THE 2022-2023 FUND FOR SACRED HEART:   

 

ACROSS THE SCHOOL

• Interdisciplinary leadership and wellness programming for students, parents, and educators

• Investing in curricular planning and enhancing design for K-12 arc of learning  

• Enhancing science and technology across the curriculum

• Practicing good stewardship and sustainability

• Expanding media literacy through hands-on learning

• Strengthening athletics so students enjoy a variety of character and team building experiences

• Supporting Financial Aid to continue to make Sacred Heart education accessible to talented students

• Supporting faculty professional development to provide forward thinking pedagogy to help girls excel

• Enhancing our connection with Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Reservation, including faculty exchange

• Connecting alumnae with classmates, students, and school life

• Enhancing internet speed on campus and electrical capabilities of outdoor spaces

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LOWER SCHOOL

• Leveraging new greenhouse facility for students to expand their understanding and year-round access to gardening, exploration of tropical plants, and sustainability 

• Enhancing capstone projects through on and off campus field trips, and additional enrichment opportunities

• Supporting visiting artists, authors, and speakers, to share inspirational stories and expertise 

• Preparing for a Lower School strings orchestra by offering violin instruction Barat-grade 1

• Expanding media studies through Lower School News From the Heart broadcasting and Lower School Tiger Times

• Teaching team building skills through grade 3-4 Mountain Workshop and grade 4 Wilderness Survival Day

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

• Deepening research skills and media literacy to increase critical thinking, self awareness, and advocacy

• Launching instructional, interactive technology for online lessons in math, writing, and grammar to provide appropriate challenge and growth 

• Supporting visiting artists, authors, and speakers, to encourage curiosity and self-expression 

• Using art to demonstrate understanding and express emotion

• Reinstating trips to build community and reinforce learning across the curriculum 

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UPPER SCHOOL

• Enhancing STEM programming, including robotics, VR and AR technology, to immerse students in practical use of math, physics, and engineering along with examining, manipulating, and encountering first-hand concepts that are currently inaccessible, abstract, and theoretical 

• Establishing both a Humanities Hub for Writing and Critical Thinking and a Math Learning Hub for support and enrichment

• Exploring Goal III deeply, students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumnae will build community through expanded service opportunities, student panels, and expert presentations

• Enhancing Freshmen Seminar to help girls build skills to succeed in high school and beyond

• Expanding newly-established Chess Club into a competitive program participating in interscholastic tournaments

• Establishing cross-disciplinary speaker series that enhances interdisciplinary coursework 

• Investing in a team to provide a community of care of student-centered support and mentoring