Sacred Heart High School (New Jersey)

Sacred Heart High School is a co-educational four-year Catholic high school in Vineland, New Jersey, United States. The school operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. [ [http://www.camdendiocese.org/schools/directory.html Catholic Schools Office] , Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

As of the 2004-05 school year, the school had an enrollment of 348 students and 25.8 faculty (on an FTE basis), resulting in a student-teacher ratio of 13.5. [ [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00865257&ID=00865257 Data for Sacred Heart High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

Sacred Heart High School has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1963. [ [http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NJ295)&org=CSS Sacred Heart High School] , Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

Athletics

The Sacred Heart High School Lions compete in the National Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, New Jersey. The Cape-Atlantic League operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

The girls basketball team won the 2001 Parochial South B state sectional championship with a 34-28 win against Gloucester Catholic High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/scripts-bracketmaker/tmenu.cfm?tid=3353&tclass=Parochial%20South%20B 2001 - Parochial South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.] The 2001 team moved on to win the Group B State Championship with a 65-53 win over Marist High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/scripts-bracketmaker/tmenu.cfm?tid=3353&tclass=Parochial%20Finals 2001 - Parochial Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.] In 2003, the team won the Parochial South B title again, capping off a 22-game winning streak that included defeating St. Rose High School 47-40 in the final game of the tournament. ["Camden Catholic takes on a tall foe - Defending state champ Bergen...", "The Philadelphia Inquirer", March 15, 2003. "Sacred Heart has won 22 in a row, including Wednesday's 47-40 win over St. Rose of Belmar in the South Jersey Parochial B championship."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=30419&tclass=Parochial%20South%20B 2003 Girls Basketball - Parochial South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.] The team won the title again in 2005 over Holy Spirit High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=93726&tclass=Non-Public%2C%20South%20B 2005 Girls Basketball - Non-Public, South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.] The 2005 team moved on to win the Group B State Championship with a 74-37 drubbing of Morris Catholic High School. [Seegers, Sandy. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/sports/highschool/articles/highschoolsports69-031305mocath.htm "Mo. Catholic hits the wall: Nothing goes right for Crusaders as title hopes dashed by Sacred Heart] , "Daily Record (Morristown)", March 13, 2005. Accessed July 17, 2007. "Little, if anything, went right on Saturday night for the Morris Catholic girls basketball team in their 74-37 loss to Sacred Heart in the Non-Public B final at the Ritacco Center in Toms River."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=93726&tclass=Non-Public%20Finals 2005 Girls Basketball - Non-Public Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

In 2004, the girls softball team won the Parochial South B state title over McCorristin Catholic High School with a 5-2 win in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=67062&tclass=Parochial%20South%20B 2004 Softball - Parochial South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

The girls tennis team won the 2006 Parochial South B title with a pair of 3-2 wins, over Bishop Eustace High School in the semifinals and over Moorestown Friends School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=180276&tclass=South%20B 2006 Girls Team Tennis - South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

Notable alumni

*Nelson Albano, represents the 1st legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly. [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/albano.asp Assemblyman Albano's Legislative Website] , New Jersey Legislature. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.shhslions.com/ Sacred Heart High School]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00865257&ID=00865257 Data for Sacred Heart High School] from the National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/sacredheart/ South Jersey Sports: Sacred Heart HS]