Sacred Heart High School was a

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, United States, operating under the auspices of the

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. The school had been accredited by the

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Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 20, 2012. As of the 2009–10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 288 students and 23.8 faculty (on an FTE basis), resulting in a

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of 12.1:1.Data for Sacred Heart High School

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. Accessed July 10, 2011.

History

In 2012 the archdiocese announced plans to close the school, but it was given a reprieve. In the spring of that year the school, designed to accommodate an enrollment of 350, had 67 twelfth graders and a total of 202 students. On April 12, 2013, it was announced that Sacred Heart High School would close at the end of the school year, on June 30. This announcement was made with no prior warning by Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan of the Camden Diocese. He maintained that his decision was final and gave no chance for the five-year plan that was established a year prior to take effect. Post-closure St. Joseph High School in Hammonton was the closest remaining Catholic high school. That school closed in 2020, replaced by the private non-diocesan St. Joseph Academy.

Athletics

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, Cumberland and

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(NJSIAA). The baseball team won the Non-Public Group C state championship in 1974 (defeating St. Mary High School of Rutherford in the playoff finals) and 1978 (vs. Immaculate Conception High School of Montclair), and won the Non-Public B title in 1999 (vs.

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) and 2000 (vs. St. Mary). The 1978 team won the Parochial C title with a 5-2 win against Immaculate Conception of Montclair in the championship game at

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. The 2000 team finished the season with a record of 28-3 after winning the Parochial C title by defeating St. Mary of Rutherford by a score of 6-0 in the championship game. The 1979 boys basketball team won the Non-Public Group C state title, defeating runner-up St. Anthony High School by a score of 75-68 in overtime in the championship game to finish the season with a 19-4 record. The girls basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state title in 2003 (defeating

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in the tournament final) and 2005 (vs. Morris Catholic) The team, coached by Steve DiPatri, won the 2001 Parochial South B state sectional championship with a 34–28 win against

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. The 2001 team moved on to win the Group B state championship with a 65–53 win over Marist High School. In 2003, the team won the Parochial South B title again, capping off a 22-game winning streak that included defeating

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47–40 in the final game of the tournament. The team won the title again in 2005 over Holy Spirit High School. The 2005 team moved on to win the Group B state championship with a 74-37 drubbing of Morris Catholic High School. In 2004, the girls' softball team won the Parochial South B state title over McCorristin Catholic High School with a 5–2 win in the tournament final. The girls' tennis team won the 2006 Parochial South B title with a pair of 3-2 wins, over Bishop Eustace High School in the semifinals and over

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in the tournament final. In 2008, the boys' soccer team won the Non-Public B state championship by defeating

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by a score of 1–0, ending the season with a 19–2 record and marking the program's first state title. In 2012, the softball team won its first and only state championship, defeating Immaculate Conception High School of Lodi by a score of 3–1 in the Non-Public B tournament final, completing the season with a 27–6 record.

Notable alumni

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(1917-2002),

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of the

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in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the

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from 1966 to 1993.Pray, Rusty
"Bishop James L. Schad, leader in Camden Diocese"
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as of March 4, 2016. Accessed December 2, 2017. "Bishop Schad, who grew up in Vineland, N.J., and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in the town in 1935, 'wanted to be a priest forever,' said his brother Louis."

References

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