The Archdiocese of St. Louis is pleased to host the 2017 Convention & Expo of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) at The America’s Center from April 18-20, 2017. Learn more and watch the WELCOME TO NCEA 2017 IN ST. LOUIS video. We look forward to sharing the story of St. Philippine Duchesne and the Academy of the Sacred Heart at the 2017 NCEA convention.
Fifteen of our Seventh and Eighth Class students will fan out across the country this summer to take part in Network of Sacred Heart Schools’ summer service projects.
Congratulations to Paul McClain, Sixth Class, who received a perfect score in the second of three meets for this year’s WordMasters Challenge—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually.
Competing in the difficult Blue Division of the WordMasters Challenge, Paul earned a perfect score of 20 in the recent meet. Nationally, only 11 sixth graders achieved a perfect score. Paul and his classmates were coached by Mrs. Laura Craig, Fifth and Sixth Class Literature and Writing teacher.
With sorrow we share that Derek Griffitts, Academy Class of 2012 and a senior at Lutheran High School, has lost his battle with cancer, dying on Saturday, April 2. Funeral arrangements can be found here. We extend our deepest sympathy to the Griffitts family—Harry, Denise and Lindsey—and the promise of prayers on their behalf.
Our Middle School students made us all very proud at the Excellence in Mathematics Contest held March 19 at St. Louis Community College in Florissant.
6TH CLASS earned second place in the small school team category. Students whose scores qualified for this award were Matthew Leight, Anna Robben, Paul McLain and Nathan Rich. Additionally, all four of these students placed among the top 10 students in their division: Anna placed 10th, Nathan 8th, Paul 6th and Matthew 2nd overall.
Don’t forget to set your DVRs for Wednesday, April 6 at 4:30 p.m. on KSDK-Channel 5 — when Sabrina Fritz ’07 will be competing on Jeopardy.
Sabrina is currently in her final year as a bio-medical engineering major at Northwestern University. Best of luck, Sabrina!
Have we saved the best for last?! There’s one more Gift-Gathering Party for Chemin de Fer—Demolition Ball for ASH parents! Sign up by April 11. Read more…
Happy Easter and Welcome Back!
Yesterday we enjoyed a visit from the Program Director for the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, Mr. Ian Humphreys. In this newly-created role, Ian will facilitate and help plan programs for students, faculty and staff in the 24 Network of Sacred Heart schools in the United States and Canada. He spent the day meeting with various groupings of Academy faculty, staff and students to:
Working with Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, our Social Justice Leadership Council is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Monday, April 11 from 2:30-6:30 p.m. in the Playroom. Those who wish to donate blood can CLICK HERE to schedule a time to donate, but walk-ins are also welcome. Social Justice students will provide babysitting for children whose parents wish to donate. For further information, please contact Mrs. Marleen Monahan.
This week we have had four visitors at the Academy helping us with a Religion Curriculum review. They are:
Congratulations to Anastasia Ramig (7th Class), one of 250 school spelling bee champs who competed in the written semi-final round of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee March 5, and one of 33 students who went on to participate in the oral finals March 12 at McKendree University.
As one of the final ten spellers, she advanced to “the chairs,” and ended in sixth place. What an achievement! Congratulations, Anastasia, and thank you for representing your school in such a stellar fashion.
