Part of the “x” factor of a Sacred Heart school is that we belong to something larger than ourselves; we are part of a national and international network. Participation in this larger “something” forms us in our unique educational mission.
At this week’s meeting in St. Charles of the Heads and Board Chairs of Sacred Heart schools throughout North America, we talked about the many ways our faculty, staff and students can connect.
The Head of School from San Francisco recently did a study of excellence in schools. She found that excellence in education is found not so much in our competitors down the street or across town, but across the ocean—meaning internationally. According to her research, the best reading performance happens in Finland, and the best math performance is seen in Japan. As she studied these “best” schools in the world, she discovered that the number one indicator of success in of all those schools of excellence was educating to a global perspective.
Sacred Heart schools have long had this perspective as part of our very being. That was joyfully reassuring to us, as I hope it might be to you!
Happy October,
Sister Glavin
