Sacred Heart High School (Ville Platte, Louisiana) Explained

Sacred Heart School
Address:114 Trojan Lane
City:Ville Platte
State:Louisiana
County:(Evangeline Parish)
Zipcode:70586
Country:United States
Coordinates:30.6853°N -92.2689°W
Religion:Roman Catholic
Head Of School:Fr. Tom Voorhies, Pastor
Ranking:1A
Average Class Size:55
Type:Private, Coeducational
Grades:K12
Language:English
Campus:High School
Campus Type:Urban
Hours In Day:7
Athletics:Football, Baseball, Basketball, Softball, Golf, Tennis, Track & Field
Accreditation:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Mascot:Trojan
Team Name:Trojans
Established:1913
Free Label:High School Principal
Free Text:Dawn Shipp
Free Label1:Elementary Principal
Free Text1:Virginia Morien
Free Label3:Athletic Director
Free Text3:Josh Harper

Sacred Heart School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Ville Platte, Louisiana. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette.

It is the only Catholic school in Evangeline Parish.[2]

History

The Sisters of Mount Carmel opened the school in 1913. A poor area economy forced the school to close in 1928 but it reopened in September 1931 due to efforts from Father J. Maurice Bourgeois.[2]

In May 2015 a group of parents protested, asking for the school to remove principal Dianne Fontenot, complaining about a decrease in student enrollment and excessive firing of personnel.[3]

Campus

The school has a high school and elementary school section. Both the elementary and high school each house administrative offices and a chapel. The high school chapel has a confessional, and the high school has 13 classrooms, a library, a science laboratory, a commons area, a dining area, and a gymnasium. The elementary school has 24 classrooms, two libraries, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, and a science laboratory.[2]

Student body

the school had 718 students in grades K-12, with 464 of them in K-8 and 254 in high school. As of 2014 students originated from Ville Platte, Bunkie, Grand Prairie, Mamou, Opelousas, Pine Prairie, Vidrine, Washington, and Whiteville.[2]

Accreditation

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School is accredited by AdvancED.AdvancED is the unified organization of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI), and Commission on International and Transregional Accreditation (CITA).[4]

Athletics

Sacred Heart athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Championships

Football Championships

Football
Sacred Heart and Ville Platte High School, since 2000, regularly play each other in the Tee Cotton Bowl. Jeré Longman of The New York Times stated that this game was created as a "unifying civic gesture".[5]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement . 2009-06-23 . SACS-CASI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ . April 29, 2009 .
  2. "Sacred Heart School ." AdvancED. Retrieved on December 4, 2016. p. 4.
  3. Web site: Sacred Heart protest in Ville Platte. KATC. 2015-05-04. 2016-12-04.
  4. Web site: AdvancED - Institution Summary. www.advanc-ed.org. AdvancED. 1 October 2016.
  5. News: Longman, Jeré. Louisiana School Could Be Facing a Last Hurrah. The New York Times. 2008-11-12. 2016-12-04. - Print: page B12, New York edition, title: "The Last Hurrah?"
  6. Web site: H. Bernard LeBas. house.louisiana.gov. May 7, 2015.