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Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York)

Convent of the Sacred Heart
Sacratissimi Cordis Conventus
Burden-7e91.jpg
The convent is housed in the former Otto H. Kahn and James A. Burden houses (left to right)
Address
1 East 91st Street
Manhattan, New York City
United States
Coordinates 40°47′5″N 73°57′27″W / 40.78472°N 73.95750°W / 40.78472; -73.95750Coordinates: 40°47′5″N 73°57′27″W / 40.78472°N 73.95750°W / 40.78472; -73.95750
Information
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 PK12
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

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.


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