Cardinals Go Green!

The Environmental Club has been working with an organization called Green Light New Orleans this year, and we have recently started a branch called Green Light Sacred Heart. The goal of Green Light New Orleans is to reduce the city's carbon footprint and help people understand the human impact on our environment by going to people's homes and replacing their light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). The Club will be volunteering with GLNO and are going to be more involved in the fund raising aspect of the organization. See what we have done so far at:   http://www.greenlightsacredheart.org/

Med School on the Horizon?

Academy of the Sacred Heart Upper School students attended Medical School last week. They were challenged and exposed to a variety of clinical skills that first year medical students learn. The girls participated in "Hands on" activities ranging from listening to heart and lung sounds to practicing with laparoscopy surgical tools. Students were introduced to the LSUHSC Human simulators that place LSUHSC above and beyond other Medical Schools in the Nation. Pictured from left to right are:  Olivia Meisner, Greer McKindrick, Leah Johnson, Elizabeth Selden, Amy Fok, Caroline Egan (Exchange student), Sarah Saussey, Lauren Terrel, Clerc Cooper, Lindsey Owen, Mae Lobrano, Kelley Henican, Laura Nance, Gabriela Ruiz and Isabelle Schmit. Gabriela Ruiz practices her laparoscopy skills with Leah Johnson in the background.

Sacred Heart/NOCCA Vocal Music Students Accepted to Auditions at Top National Arts Schools

The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) is proud to announce that two Sacred Heart students in their Music Department: Vocal Division have been selected to the next rounds of auditions at the top music conservatories in the country.   Senior, Emma Caffrey, was selected by the Juilliard School, while fellow senior, Ashley Milanese, was selected by both The Juilliard School & Curtis Institute of Music. The Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia, PA) educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians for careers as performing artists on the highest professional level. One of the world's leading music schools, Curtis provides full-tuition scholarships to all of its students, ensuring that admissions are based solely on artistic promise. Admission is highly selective, and enrollment is small--about 160 students per year, based on the musicians needed for a symphony orchestra, opera department, and select programs in piano, organ, harpsichord, composition, and conducting. The Juilliard School (New York, NY) has set this country's standard for education in the performing arts since its 1905 founding. Juilliard's student body is drawn from 47 states and represented by 50 foreign countries, with its alumni among the best known and respected artists worldwide.

Yale Wiffenpoofs Perform for ASH Students

Senior, Caroline Crumley, Named A+ Athlete by WWL-TV & McDonald's

Crumley has been selected by McDonald's and WWL-TV Channel 4 as an A+ Athlete.  She will film an interview with WWL Sports Director, Jim Henderson, and the 60 second feature will air on WWL-TV soon after.

Sacred Heart/NOCCA Vocal Students Earn Praise at Regional Competition

Ashley Milanese and Emma Caffrey each had top-3 finishes at the annual National Association of Teachers of Singing Southern Regional Competiton.  Ashley won first place in the women's college division, while Emma finished third in the women's high school competition.

The competition was held at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas and was open to high school and college students from Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.