A Brief History of Sacred Heart School
A dream of Father Charles K. Kennedy and the members of Sacred Heart Parish materialized on February 13, 1949, when ground was broken for the new parochial school and convent. The school was completed during the summer of 1949 and opened for classes in September of that year with an enrollment of 112 students. His Eminence, James Francis Cardinal McIntyre,
Archbishop of Los Angeles, dedicated the new buildings on October 9, 1949. Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary were the first community to staff the school, and continued through June 1968. In September 1968 the Sisters of the Holy Cross took charge of running the school. From the beginning there have always been some lay teachers on the staff. Since September 1974 Sacred Heart School has had a lay principal. Since September 1979, the school has been staffed completely by lay personnel. Today 29 dedicated lay personnel staff the school. Sacred Heart School opened a kindergarten in 1979, employing a teacher and a full time aide. In the Fall of 1985, a computer lab was set up with 8 Commodore computers donated by the Knights of Columbus. The school now has 20 Pentium 4 computers, a fulltime computer teacher. In addition to a full academic curriculum the school offers spanish, music, computer, yearbook, newspaper, and physical education classes, after school sports, cheerleading, vocal, band and hand bell choirs. The school also supports an Academic Decathlon Team and Mathlete Teams at the Junior High level. The school participates in and has been successful at many local essay and art contests such as the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Astronomy Club, NASA Math and Space Odyssey, Cherish the Child, Holy Cross Family Ministries, Air Quality Management District, the Catalyst Foundation, The Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge, and the National Geographic Geography Bee. Sacred Heart School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school is a member of the Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA), National Catholic Education Association and the Antelope Valley Christian Athletic League. Current School Year
Sacred Heart School currently has one class for each grade, K-8. Each class has a total of 36-38 students. There are 29 faculty and staff members that provide instruction in the classroom, a computer lab, music program, library, and PE program, and support services in the school office.
