Sacred Heart School

History

A dream of Father CharlesK. Kennedy and the members of Sacred Heart Parish materialized on February 13,1949, when ground was broken for the new parochial school and convent. Theschool was completed during the summer of 1949 and opened for classes inSeptember of that year with an enrollment of 112 students. His Eminence, JamesFrancis Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles, dedicated the newbuildings on October 9, 1949. Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary were the first community to staff theschool, and continued through June 1968. In September 1968 the Sisters of the HolyCross took charge of running the school. From the beginning there have alwaysbeen some lay teachers on the staff. Since September 1974 Sacred Heart Schoolhas had a lay principal. Since September 1979, the school has been staffedcompletely by lay personnel. Today 29 dedicated lay personnel staff the school.Sacred Heart School opened a kindergarten in 1979, employing a teacher and afull time aide. In the Fall