Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton
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280 Gladstone Avenue North Yorkton, Saskatchewan, S3N 2A8 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 51°13′12″N 102°28′34″W / 51.22°N 102.476°WCoordinates: 51°13′12″N 102°28′34″W / 51.22°N 102.476°W |
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| School type | High School |
| Motto | Faith, Knowledge, Unity |
| Founded | 1917 |
| School board | Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools |
| Principal | Rachel Sterzuk |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 400 |
| Language | English, French Immersion |
| Area | Yorkton |
| Colour(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | A Saint Bernard"Barkley" |
| Team name | Saints |
| Website | sacredheart |
Sacred Heart High School is a high school located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Sacred Heart High School was founded by the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, and the school celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 1991. Sacred Heart High School has a long tradition of providing strong academic and spiritual education to its students. On January 11, 1917, the school opened, and was originally established as the Sacred Heart Institute, under the leadership of Sister Ambrosia Lenkewich, the Canadian Provincial Superior at the time.
In 1945, the name changed to Sacred Heart Academy and it became a boarding school for girls from grade nine to twelve. The first volleyball team was established in 1959, and the first Musical was held in 1961. In 1967, the first male teachers were hired. From 1967 to 1973, boys and girls from Sacred Heart Academy and St. Joseph's College, the boys' school, exchanged classes. Sacred Heart High School had a swimming pool and a bowling alley in the basement, which is unique to any other school.
In 1973, boys were allowed to enroll at Sacred Heart Academy, making it co-ed for the first time. The name was then changed to Sacred Heart High School. Grade eight was added to the school in 1989.
In April 1998 Sacred Heart was completely handed over to the Yorkton Catholic Schools.
In the fall of 2000, the Yorkton Roman Catholic School Division was granted approval to construct a new high school and the new facility opened in February 2003. With this new facility came more opportunities for students to join different types of clubs. There had already been a Drama Club but the new facility had a $1.3 million Theatre.
The Sacred Heart Crest represents the fundamental values of faith, knowledge, and unity. Each colour in the crest represents a certain aspect of the school's mission statement. Green symbolizes faith while gold symbolizes knowledge and white symbolizes unity. This crest design was the winner of a school competition in 1975 and was created by a grade 10 student at the time, Lucie Gelinas.
Every month two students from Sacred Heart High school (male & female) are chosen as Saint of the Month which is a program designed to acknowledge students that are hard working and are involved with extra curricular activities. These students are nominated by a committee that meets at the end of each month. Votes are cast by who they think is most deserving.
The Sacred Heart High School Choir presents an opportunity for music lovers to perform vocally.
The Sacred Heart High School Drama Club produces a play to enter in Regional and Provincial Festival competitions. In 1999, Sacred Heart were the provincial winners for their production of “The New Canadian Kid”. In 2004, “The Wild Flowering of Chastity” won the Provincial Drama Festival crown. "Baby", the 2008 Saskatchewan Drama Festival play, placed Best Overall on both the Regional level and the Provincial level. Many acting awards were given to actors and actresses in both plays, and awards were given out as well to students who mastered the technical roles behind the scenes.
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