Sacred Heart Exchange Programme

Sacred Heart School of Halifax is part of an international network of schools. Our high school students have the opportunity to go on exchange to another Sacred Heart school around the world and are hosted by families. Here are some of the most recent exchanges taking place now or have taken place. If you want to learn more about our incredible opportunities for your son or daughter, please contact Charlotte Riley for the girls' high school at criley@shsh.ca or Monica Rojo at mrojo@shsh.ca for the boys' high school.

Juliana Murphy Gr 9 hosting Marguerite Roger Nantes Gr 9R Jan 30- March 27 

IN PROGRESS

Emma McLean hosting Sydney Cristan, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, Feb 13-21 2015 COMPLETED

March- April ‘15

Sandler Gordon Gr 11 travelling Bondues France Feb 24- March 24 2015

hosting Noémie Ghesquier Bondues France  IN PROGRESS

Mia Ferguson Gr 10, Ailie Sullivan Gr 9,  travelling Mexico City February 28- March 29 2015 

IN PROGRESS

Alex Baillie- travelling Mt Anville, Dublin, IN PROGRESS

Emma McLean Gr 11- travelling Grand Coteau, March 14-April 5 2015

Holly Stuart Gr 10 travelling Omaha, NE, hosting Sarah Schmidt Oct ‘15

Lucinda Sande Gr 9 travelling Nantes, France, hosting Pauline Bouche Nantes Apr 4- May 11

Mia Ferguson is visiting Paola Monroy an international student from Mexico City who spent Gr 8 in Mia's class

Andrea and Rachel Field are visiting their hosts Lucie Cortier and Eugénie Perthame in both Bondues and Nantes, France

Emma Mclean boarding at Grand Coteau, riding at their Equestrian Centre and doing a Service Project in New Orleans before returning Halifax.

Friendships that last a lifetime!

Youth & Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) & The Winner is...

For a number of years, Sacred Heart High School grade 9 girls have worked on the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI).   The programme teaches students about social issues in their community, the grass roots organizations that are working to address those issues, and how they can help and become more engaged. The students work in teams to create a presentation about their issue and organization culminating in one team winning a $5,000 grant from the Toskan-Casale Foundation for their charity. 

This year's winner is Supportive Housing for Young Mothers (SHYM).  This organization helps young mothers and their children develop the skills they need to build strong families in a safe, stable and nurturing environment.  SHYM enables young mothers learn about and focus on parenting.  Young mothers are offered group programming aimed at health promotion, independent living/household management skills, parenting skills, and building knowledge in the areas of child development, domestic abuse, healthy relationships, self-advocacy, poverty, and racism.  Support, education, referrals, and advocacy are provided to assist young mothers in returning to school and/or work and pursuing their goals.

Our grade nine grant winners are:

Hannah, Jessica, Caroline and Molly (Molly is absent from the photos) 

Congratulations to the grant winners and we are thrilled the funds will go to SHYM!

Seeking Humanities Teacher for September 2015

Sacred Heart School of Halifax is seeking a 

Humanities Teacher for September 2015.

Click here for the job ad.

Gabrielle Cote Wins Skating Gold!

Congratulations to Gabrielle Cote, Gr. 7, for winning Gold!  She is the Provincial Champion in the pre-juvenile category. She is going to Skate Atlantica at the end of this month.

Chef Dale Alumnae/i Fundraising Event!

The Chef Dale cooking demonstration was held on Friday, February 27th at the home of alumna, Nicole Ferguson.  It was a wonderful event filled with lots of good food, laughter and friendship.  Alumna, Emma Adamski, was also with Chef Dale and provided her own food demonstrations as well.  What a night it was!  Thank you to Nicole and her family for hosting this event in her lovely home.  Thank you also to Chef Dale and to Emma for their time and talents.

The menu was

Basic Crepe Recipe 

filled with a mixture of cheese and cream on top of roasted red pepper coulis and 

topped with sauteed mushrooms and shredded Parmesan

Tuile Dough Recipe 

on top of homemade chocolate sauce and whipped cream with strawberries

Beet Cured Arctic Char

Lemon Dill Vinaigrette

"Everything Bagel" Mix

Emma Adamski has her own food service business called

"Manual Food & Drink Co."

check it out

Bursary Dinner April 25th!

Sacred Heart Bursary Dinner takes place on 
Saturday, April 25th at The Lord Nelson Hotel.  
The theme this year is Mexican. 

¡México Fantástico! 

Don't miss our main bursary fundraising 
event of the year!  

Tickets are available for purchase online:  

Click here or call 902-422-4459.

Platinum sponsor

Parkland at the Gardens/Shannex

Gold sponsors

Atlantic Acura 

Bloom Wealth & Legacy Planning

Silver sponsors 

ACE Plumbing & Heating Ltd.

Knightsbridge Robertson Surrette 

Red Door Realty 

Silver donors 

Angela Giammario & Paul Hopkins

Nathalie & Darin McLean

Stephanie & Mark Nickerson

Click here to view our Bursary Dinner Page.

Braydon Cox, Gr. 6, School Champion in Geography Challenge!

Congratulations to Braydon Cox, Gr. 6, this year's School Champion in the Geography Challenge! Thank you, Mrs. Chipman for orchestrating this friendly competition again this year.

For more information, click here.