In keeping with the Ursuline Sisters’ holistic education model, Sacred Heart Model School places great emphasis on the importance of art in education.

The performing arts are the physical and practical expression of the beauty of the human spirit. SHMS believes that everyone has the capacity to make art. Performing arts provide a venue in which students learn in a most practical way how to work with others, how to respect their talent and uniqueness, how to enjoy each others’ accomplishments and how to help each other excel. Studies show that students of the arts outperform their non-arts peers academically with the help of enhanced creative and critical problem-solving skills and self-discipline.

In addition to experiencing our exceptional art and music curriculum, Sacred Heart Model School students have the unique opportunity to further explore the arts by attending Sacred Heart School for the Arts (SHSA), a member of Sacred Heart Schools located on the Ursuline Campus. In partnership with SHSA, our Arts Exploration Program currently enables Model School students to take a range of performing arts classes as part of their school-day curriculum. Classes include:  violin, keyboard, guitar, drama, dance, choir, percussion, harp, ballet, handbells and fairytale theater.

After school, many of our students continue their arts exploration by enrolling in drama, music, dance and visual art classes at Sacred Heart School for the Arts. Many of the classes are conveniently scheduled to begin right after school and to end right around the time mom or dad will be heading home from work.