General Info

Sacred Heart Schools, located in Atherton, Calif., is a Roman Catholic, independent, coeducational school that enrolls more than 950 students. It comprises various schools, such as St. Joseph s School of the Sacred Heart and Sacred Heart Preparatory that provides academic education to students in prekindergarten through grade 12. Sacred Heart Schools was founded in 1898 and has a more than 60-acre campus. It offers college preparatory programs and higher learning opportunities. Its schools curriculum includes English, mathematics, history, fine arts, foreign languages, science and social studies. Additionally, it provides advanced placement and honors level courses that include English language and literature, geography, biology, physics, chemistry, computer science, calculus and statistics. Sacred Heart Schools has a library that provides curriculum books, online databases, catalogs, referral sources and internet search tools. Its schools also organize various extracurricular activities, such as band, dance, orchestra, drama and painting. It additionally provides various sports activities, such as football, water polo, baseball, basketball, swimming and tennis.