Student Activities

		In addition to school-wide and grade-level assemblies presented throughout the year, Sacred Heart School provides our students with a range of activities for their personal, spiritual, and academic enrichment. The entire student body joins in the Halloween parade through Mount Holly; collects canned goods for the Saint Vincent DePaul Society; contributes to the missions and Holy Childhood Association, and prepares Christmas gifts and cards through the Adopt-A-Family Program for our less fortunate families and senior citizens. Our students have contributed over $3000 in the past two years to the Muscular Dystrophy Association through their annual Hop-A-Thon. The students make over 300 sandwiches for the soup kitchen during Catholic School Week.
All grades benefit from the generosity of our parents, local merchants, and parishioners, who offer their time and talents as guest speakers, craftspeople, and classroom assistants. Through the local police department DARE program, our fifth graders are made aware of the consequences of substance abuse. In addition to special awards presented to our students for their participation in contests such as the state-wide Spelling Bee and National Geography Bee, student academic achievement is recognized in many ways throughout the school year. One of six nationwide recipients of the 1999 NCEA Parent-Partnership Award, the Sacred Heart School PTA parent volunteers provide educational and social programs for our students and their families.
		As an expression of their faith commitment, students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight are responsible for preparing liturgical and paraliturgical services for the entire school and parish communities. The Parent-Teacher Association funds a number of educational assemblies and related activities such as Catholic Schools Week and field day.
Our fifth, sixth, and junior high school students are also eligible to run for a position on the Student Council, which assists in the coordination of school activities, such as our reading and prayer buddies program and safety patrol. As a part of our parish-sponsored co-curricular program, Sacred Heart students are eligible to become members of the boys' and girls' basketball teams, the cheerleading squad, and the local chapter of the Boys/Girls Scouts of America. These programs together with other student community-service and parish-related projects constitute a sampling of the opportunities available to our children.