Convent of the Sacred Heart Sacratissimi Cordis Conventus |
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The convent is housed in the former Otto H. Kahn and James A. Burden houses (left to right)
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1 East 91st Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
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Coordinates | 40°47′5″N 73°57′27″W / 40.78472°N 73.95750°WCoordinates: 40°47′5″N 73°57′27″W / 40.78472°N 73.95750°W |
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Type | Private, Day, College-prep |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1881 |
Founder | Society of the Sacred Heart |
Head of school | Joseph J. Ciancaglini |
Head of Upper School | Margaret Savino |
Chaplain | Rev. John Kamas |
Grades | PK — 12 |
Gender | Girls |
Enrollment | 670 (approx.) (2008) |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Red and White |
Athletics | -11 interscholastic sports -Colin Hope, Physical Education Department Chair |
Athletics conference | AAIS, NYSAISAA |
Mascot | Cardinal |
Team name | Cardinals |
Publication | Zenith (literary magazine) |
Newspaper | Spirit of 91st Street |
Yearbook | Cornerstone |
Tuition | Pre-kindergarten — US$25,600 Junior kindergarten — $35,290 Grades kindergarten through 12 — $44,735 |
Head of Middle School | Catherine Hubacz |
Head of Lower School | Patricia Hult |
Upper School Dean of Studies | Pati Ruiz |
Upper School Dean of Students | Amanda Codina |
Director of Admissions | Elizabeth Santini |
Website | cshnyc.org |
Convent of the Sacred Heart is an independent Roman Catholic all-girl school in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Teaching from pre-kindergarten all the way through to twelfth grade, it is located on Manhattan's Upper East Side at East 91st Street and Fifth Avenue.
The school is housed in the former Otto H. Kahn House and James A. Burden House, both of which are New York City-Designated Landmarks.
Founded in 1881 by the Society of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic congregation established in France in 1800, the school is New York City’s oldest private school for girls. The school was originally housed in a Manhattan brownstone on Madison Avenue at East 54th Street.
By the 1930s, the school had outgrown its Madison Avenue space and moved into the Kahn mansion. In 1940, the Society acquired the Burden mansion next door.
In addition to being a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart and a part of the global Network of Sacred Heart Schools, a worldwide network of over 150 schools committed to the mission of a Sacred Heart education, the school is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools.