Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart
Welcome to Sacred Heart Academy, where we educate the complete young woman – spirit, mind and body. At SHA, we are committed to helping our students achieve their full potential in all areas to be successful in college and beyond. To do so we maintain a challenging academic environment with an outstanding faculty, small class sizes, and a full array of regents, honors and advanced placement courses to challenge our students. With personal attention, each student is encouraged to grow, lead and serve.
Take the rigorous courses. Earn Advanced Designation Regents Diplomas. Strive for a minimum of 85 (mastery) on your Regents examinations. Our students hear these academic mantras every day, and they choose to accept the challenge. The 98 graduates in the Class of 2009 have seen their hard work pay off, with an impressive return on their academic investment. Together they earned $16,200,000 in scholarships and awards from colleges and universities across the country. Of our graduating seniors, 86 percent completed the rigorous coursework needed for a Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation, placing SHA in the top two percent of high schools in Western New York. Business First included SHA in the top ten of all Western New York high schools, and identified SHA as one of only nine schools that achieved a “Subject Sweep” for top ten percent performance in math, English, foreign language and social studies.
In addition to our core academic subjects, SHA students have the opportunity to explore academic interests in art, dance, music, technology, and many other additional electives. Seniors may participate in our Internship Program to gain a realistic working experience in a chosen field of interest. Rounded out with a four-year religion, physical education and Leadership Studies curriculum, we graduate young women who are prepared to be leaders in every aspect of their lives.
James Dempsey, Ph.D.
Director of Academics