Emma McLean, Gr. 9 Received a Perfect Score on Pascal Math Contest!

Emma McLean in grade 9 received a perfect score of 150 on the Pascal Mathematics Contest which is the grade 9 version of the Canadian Mathematics Competition administered by the University of Waterloo.  Over 22,000 students across Canada write this contest so this is indeed an amazing accomplishment.

Congratulations, Emma! 

Sacred Heart High School Musical "The Sound of Plaid"

Tickets for our upcoming SHHS musical, "The Sound of Plaid" are now on sale and can be purchased at our reception desk or by calling 422-4459.

Thursday, April 4th at 7:30 pm all tickets $15, includes a post show dessert reception






Friday, April 5th at 7:30 pm tickets $10 adult/ $8 student & senior



Saturday, April 6th at 2:00 pm/7:30pm tickets $10 adult/$8 student & senior

Forever Plaid has become a huge hit around the world and a favorite among audiences everywhere. Theatres have come to love the four-character show that is easy to produce and always elicits a great audience response. 

Now for larger groups comes a show that is both old and new all at the same time:  The Sound of Plaid.  Building upon the funny characters and classic songs of Forever Plaid, THE SOUND OF PLAID is a great new twist on the much loved original.

In the 1960's, friends who met in the audiovisual club form a student choral group. When they discover that their high school music program was going to be cut from the curriculum, they decide to do a benefit to raise money. On the way to pick up their custom made plaid tuxedos and skirts, their bus is struck by lightning.  

THE SOUND OF PLAID are taken from this planet, through the Power of Harmony and the Expanding Holes in the Ozone Layer (and other astro-technical stuff) they are allowed to come back to perform the show they never got to do in life

Entrance Tests Gr. 7-12 - Saturday, March 23rd

We invite all prospective students/families from grade 7 to grade 12 to come to our Entrance Testing at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 23rd at 5820 Spring Garden Road, Halifax.

For further information, please contact Robyn Erickson, Admissions Director, at 422-4459 or rerickson@shsh.ca

Spring Cleaning at Sacred Heart - Large Parlour!

Sacred Heart School is Spring cleaning.  Take a look at the large parlour!

Weekly Update, Ms. Scott March 4

March Break smiles abound as everyone heads off home or to places near and far.  Wherever you are I hope the next two weeks will be refreshing.

The Jr.’A’ Basketball team have had an amazing season.  Their playoff game on Monday evening against Oxford went into double overtime and we won 60-57.  The final was on Wednesday against Halifax Central and we lost 43-22.  To reach the City Championship, and be runners up, was a great accomplishment.  Congratulations to all the team members and to Coach Bryan Fader!

Youth and Philanthropy Initiative – For the past three years our Grade 9s, under Mrs. Drummond’s direction,  have been involved in this very worthwhile programme which is sponsored by the ToskanCasale Foundation.  The students learn about social issues in their community, the grassroots organizations that are working to address the issues, and how they themselves can help.  The girls work in teams to create a presentation about their organization.   The final four teams presented on Thursday to a panel of student and teacher judges, as well as to grades 7, 8 and 9.  Congratulations to Alex Baillie, Grace LeBlanc, Caroline Surrette, Markley Wakeland and Mexican Exchange student, Ximena Gómez Mendoza for their winning presentation: Alice Housing will be receiving a cheque for $5000.   All four presentations were exceptionally well done.

Sacred Heart Exchanges – this week we said goodbye to three students from Sacred Heart in Mexico who have been with us for the past four weeks.  They had a wonderful time.  Today Emma Churchill left to spend four weeks at Sacred Heart in Bogota, Colombia.  Although we have welcomed students from Bogota for the past six years, Emma is the first to head south.  We wish her well and look forward to hearing about her experiences. 

Re-enrollment for 2013-2014 – Thank you to all who have sent in your re-enrollment contracts for next year.  If you have yet to re-enroll your daughter I encourage you do so at your earliest convenience.

Mid-term Report Cards – this year your daughter’s mid-term report card will be posted on Net Classroom.  They will be posted on Monday, March 18 and a hard copy will be sent home with your daughters on Tuesday, March 19.

Parent-teacher interviews – these will be on-line through School appointments once again.  Bookings will open on Monday, March 18 at 9:00 a.m. and will stay open until Thursday, March 21 at 12 noon.  Parent-teacher interviews take place on Thursday, March 21 and will run from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Flynn and Roach place 1st and 3rd at Hart House Debate at the U. of T.

Last weekend, two Sacred Heart students competed in the Hart House Debate Tournament at the University of Toronto.  Individually, Rory Flynn placed #1 and Mattea Roach #3. (The only other debater to beat Mattea was the captain of Team Canada who recently placed 11th in the world in Anatalya.) Rory also won the award for the top junior high debater at the event, as she did last year.  As a Team for Sacred Heart,  Rory Flynn and Mattea Roach were 3rd after the regular rounds, and this time the Team Honours went to UCC, the same team the girls had beaten in the final round at the Queen’s University tournament in January. 

The Hart House tournament, held in British Parliament style, is the largest tournament of the year, attracting 264 debaters from Ontario, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. Though half of the final round teams were from Nova Scotia, tournament was used to select the Ontario teams to the Nationals;  the UCC team qualified to go to the Nationals in Alberta in April where we will debate them for a third time.

Our Sacred Heart contingent at the Tournament: (L. to R.) team members Rory Flynn and Mattea Roach, Aislin Flynn, SHSH ’12 - the tournament director, Deirdre Casey SHSH ‘09 - President of the Hart House debate club, and SHSH Coach Brian Casey. 

Not pictured, Patricia Donnelly, former SHSH Headmistress.

Youth & Philanthropy Initiative - Winner is Alice Housing!

Since January, the grade 9 girls have been working on YPI, the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative. It 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 $5000 grant from the Toskan-Casale Foundation for their charity. This year's winner is Alice Housing. Congratulations to all of the grade 9 girls for their hard work and amazing presentations!