We will be adding a five-day option to our new 3-year-old program, Little Acorns. For the 2018-19 school year, families will be able to choose a three-day (T, W, Th) or five-day (M-F) program. Little Acorns meets from 8 a.m. to noon with optional Stay and Play in the afternoon. This year, Little Acorns is exclusive to Academy families, but will be open to ALL families next year. If you have a Little Acorn–or know someone who does–please contact Lisa Tebbe, Admissions Director. [Applicants must be three years old by July 1, 2018, and potty-trained.]

The Academy Mothers’ Club invites  you and your special guests to Breakfast with Santa! Join us on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. for a personal visit with the Jolly Old Elf, crafts, home-baked cookies and more. Register here.

• Coming to the Academy of the Sacred Heart  and Assumption School
• Sundays, January 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2018 from 4-5 p.m. (first two weeks at Assumption, last two weeks at the Academy)

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The Network of Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada has launched a new website: sacredheartusc.education. The Network invites you to 

• Discover the mission of Sacred Heart education in Canada and the United States.
• Meet our 24 member schools as well as other Sacred Heart schools around the world. 
• Learn how we extend the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart through education. 
• Explore our programs and resources, and most importantly our commitment to form future leaders to serve with faith, intellect and compassion. 

The previous Network site, www.sofie.org, will stay live through the end of the year, but is no longer being updated.

We observed the Feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, beloved foundress of our school, on Friday, Nov. 17 with an all-school liturgy in Rauch Memorial. Rev. Zac Povis presided at the liturgy attended by students, parents, faculty and staff, alumni and parents of alumni. Pre-Primary students took part in the opening procession, laying oak leaves at the feet of a wooden statue of St. Philippine that was recently gifted to the Academy by Rob and Susie Le Clercq of Lake Forest, Ill., “in gratitude for many blessings received from Philippine Duchesne while in their home.” Carved by liturgical artist Sebastian Buscher, the statue now graces the entrance of Cribbin Hall library. 

• St. Philippine Duchesne by Sebastian Buscher
• Read more about the statue and its restoration.

Thanks to the Fathers’ Club for orchestrating our Trunk or Treat event on Sunday. What a fun night! More photos can be found on our Facebook page.

October 20 is the Feast of Mater Admirabilis. All Sacred Heart schools display a painting or statue of the Blessed Mother, clad in pink, that was painted in the mid-19th century by a French RSCJ postulant, Pauline Perdrau. Learn more about the story of Mater Admirabilis, long cherished by Sacred Heart communities throughout the world. Mother Most Admirable, pray for us! 

Mrs. Horner’s Remarks on the Feast of Mater Admirabilis