Sacred Heart High School (Ville Platte, Louisiana)

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

Sacred Heart School
Address
114 Trojan Lane

Ville Platte
,
(Evangeline Parish)
,
Louisiana
70586

United States
Coordinates30°41′7″N 92°16′8″W
Information
TypePrivate, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1938
Head of schoolFr. Tom Voorhies, Pastor
Average class size55
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day7
CampusHigh School
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Blue and Gold         
AthleticsFootball, Baseball, Basketball, Softball, Golf, Tennis, Track & Field
MascotTrojan
Team nameTrojans
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
USNWR ranking1A
High School PrincipalDawn Shipp
Elementary PrincipalVirginia Morien
Athletic DirectorJosh Harper
Websitewww.shsvp.com

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

As of 2014 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]

Athletics

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".[4] The State of Louisiana had given the school failing marks, and under No Child Left Behind it was considered failing.[4]

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).[5]

Notable alumni

Notes and references
  1. SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  2. "Sacred Heart School Archived 2016-12-03 at the Wayback Machine." AdvancED. Retrieved on December 4, 2016. p. 4.
  3. "Sacred Heart protest in Ville Platte". KATC. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  4. Longman, Jeré (2008-11-12). "Louisiana School Could Be Facing a Last Hurrah". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-12-04. - Print: page B12, New York edition, title: "The Last Hurrah?"
  5. "AdvancED - Institution Summary". www.advanc-ed.org. AdvancED. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. "H. Bernard LeBas". house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
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