Since 1877, Sacred Heart Academy has been educating young women.

Sacred Heart Academy is the only Catholic high school in Kentucky to offer the International Baccalaureate Program, a rigorous honors program for juniors and seniors. SHA students in the IB diploma program have a 96 percent success rate (compared to the world rate of 78 percent).

A Catholic high school community, Sacred Heart encourages respect for other religious traditions and beliefs.

SHA embraces cultural diversity.

Sacred Heart Academy and the Ursuline Campus provide a safe, caring and disciplined environment that promotes growth in wisdom, knowledge, and responsible freedom. We challenge our students to search for truth and strive for excellence.

Sacred Heart enhances our students’ self-confidence by promoting sincere and healthy relationships with faculty and staff who are role models of the Ursuline core values of community, reverence, leadership and service.

Sacred Heart Academy teachers are knowledgeable in their content area and continue to grow in their knowledge and their teaching skills. Teachers are prepared and organized and use multiple approaches to address students’ varying learning styles. Teachers challenge students daily to perform to their potential and at high levels.

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