Impelled to act.

 

Integral to the Sacred Heart experience, each student develops a deep understanding of the challenges faced by others and a social responsibility which impels to action.

Throughout Lower and Middle School, students progressively build a social awareness, grow in compassion and understanding and learn how they can draw upon their skills to impact and influence the larger world.

In Upper School, each student engages in a unique year-long social justice program that requires immersion projects and a more sophisticated and committed level to service initiatives. The program not only provides transformative experiences for both students and people in the communities they serve, but also, it propels students to emerge from Sacred Heart as leaders creating positive, faith-based change at the local, national and global level.

Lower School: Develop Social Awareness

  • Prepare holiday food baskets for Little Sisters of the Assumption.
  • Visit nursing home residents.
  • Fundraise for the annual Penny Harvest to support leukemia and lymphoma research.

Middle School: Identify Passion and Purpose

  • Organize a Math-a-thon to fund cancer research at St. Jude’s Hospital.
  • Fundraise for girls education in India and Uganda.
  • Deliver Meals on Wheels to elderly at the Carter-Burden Center with Head of School, Mrs. Adams each week.

Upper School: Lead Meaningful Change

  • Teach a robotics at the Concourse House.
  • Build homes with Habitat for Humanity in NYC, New Jersey, West Virginia and New Orleans.
  • Learn, reflect, pray, network, and advocate with youth from around the country at the annual Ignatian Family Teach-In in Washington, DC.

H.E.A.R.T.

Run solely by volunteer Sacred Heart Upper school students and 91st Street alumnae, H.E.A.R.T. (Health, Education and Responsible Tools) is a summer outreach program that helps children from under-resourced communities develop lifelong habits and routines that promote health, self-esteem, and academic achievement. Since its inception in 2011, H.E.A.R.T. programs have enriched the lives of over 400 children and provided educational leadership opportunities to more than 200 high school and college volunteers.

To learn more, please email Michael Chung at mchung@cshnyc.org. 

H.E.A.R.T.