Welcome
Headmistress Monthly Letter
Important Facts
Our History
Mission Statement
Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Schools

Important Facts    

The School

  • Grades 5-12
  • Total Enrollment: 385
  • Students hail from over 65 communities in the greater Boston area
  • Founded in 1880
  • Part of the Sacred Heart Network of 22 schools in the United States and 44 countries abroad

Classes and Activities

  • Advanced Placement Courses: Art History, Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, Environmental Science, European History, French Language, Latin Literature, Physics B, Physics C, Spanish Language, Statistics, Studio Art, U.S. Comparative Government, U.S. Government, and U.S. History

  • Foreign Languages:
            Middle School: French, Latin, or Spanish
            
            Upper School: French, Latin, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish
            International and Domestic Exchange Program

  • Fine and Performing Arts:
            Middle School:Art, Chorus, Cantilare, Dance, Instrumental Ensemble, Musical Theatre, Shakespeare Performances in grades 6-8
            
            Upper School: Art, Chorale, Dance, Digital Photography, Gospel Choir, Drama, MA Drama Festival, Musical Theatre
           
  • Sports:
           Middle School: Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey,
           Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Tennis
           Instructional: Softball, Swimming, Tennis 

                 Upper School: Basketball, Crew, Cross Country, Dance, Field 
                 Hockey, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Sailing, Soccer, Softball, 
                 Squash, Tennis, Volleyball
                 Non-competitive: Swimming

A Sampling of Recent College Enrollment: 
Boston College, Bowdoin, Colby, College of the Holy Cross, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Fairfield, George Washington University, Georgetown, Hamilton, Harvard, Kenyon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Middlebury, New York University, Notre Dame, Princeton, Smith, Stanford, Trinity, Tufts, UC Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, University of Richmond, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt, Washington University, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Williams, Yale 

Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to:

  • A personal and active faith in God,
  • A deep respect for intellectual values, 
  • A social awareness which impels to action,
  • The building of community as a Christian value, and
  • Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom. 

Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart. 785 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02458. Tel. 617.244.4246
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