Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr, commonly referred to as, SHA or Sacred Heart, is a highly selective, independent, private,

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school for girls. Sacred Heart is located on the Main Line in

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and consists of a Lower, Middle, and Upper School with approximately 232 in enrollment. The school is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools.

History

Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr was established in 1865 by the

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. It has been lay owned and operated since 1969. It joined the

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in 1999, reuniting it with its roots. Located in

in the heart of the

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, Sacred Heart serves families in the greater

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area and surrounding Delaware Valley region.

Academic curriculum

Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr is an independent, Catholic college-preparatory K-12 school for girls and has been in continuous operation for over 150 years.

Athletics

Sacred Heart's high school participates in 10 varsity sports, including:

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Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

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Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

, and Track Sacred Heart's middle school participates in Field Hockey, Basketball, Crew (club), Tennis, and Lacrosse.

Tuition (2021-2022)

*Kindergarten $13,260 *Lower school $15,165 *Middle school $17,715 *Upper school $21,960

Scholarships

Entering ninth-grade students are eligible for merit scholarships. Academic scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate exceptional academic ability. A scholarship entrance exam is given in the fall. Scholarships may also be awarded to students with talent in Art or Music. Entering sixth-grade students are eligible for merit scholarships. The scholarship entrance exam is administered in winter. Scholarships include: * The Sister Matthew Anita MacDonald Scholarship * The Jeannine Broussard ’85 Scholarship * The Mae Mac Neal Cardone Scholarship * The Editha R. DeLone ’38 Scholarship * The Mary Jane Powers Scholarship * The Patricia Ryan Scholarship * The Gerald P. Rorer Scholarship * The St. Philippine Duchesne Scholarship.

Notable alumni

* Mary T. Clark, American academic, civil rights advocate, and Augustine of Hippo expert *

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, co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism and

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architecture professor

Notes and references

External links

Official website
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