Our Philosophy
An Upper School student at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart develops her interests and finds her passions as she grows into a poised and strong leader equipped to thrive in college and beyond.
Empowered to take risks, she develops courage to meet challenges in athletics, the arts, clubs, and academic competitions. She gains confidence as she acquires critical thinking and problem-solving skills through a wide variety of curricular offerings in a dynamic program that encourages autonomy, creativity, and collaboration. She discovers the compassion of Christ-centered love as she encounters others through direct, actionable, off-campus service embedded into the curriculum and promotes the common good in our interdependent world.
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Academic Curriculum:
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![English]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753992134/duchesne/ziuapkhts26cq3ihrhpf/LMP_3571-SharpenAI-Softness.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753992134/duchesne/ziuapkhts26cq3ihrhpf/LMP_3571-SharpenAI-Softness.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753992134/duchesne/ziuapkhts26cq3ihrhpf/LMP_3571-SharpenAI-Softness.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1753992134/duchesne/ziuapkhts26cq3ihrhpf/LMP_3571-SharpenAI-Softness.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753992134/duchesne/ziuapkhts26cq3ihrhpf/LMP_3571-SharpenAI-Softness.jpg","width":1344}])
![Extra Disciplinary]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753905213/duchesne/darvzptrt8tvqebkabvn/IMG_7236.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753905213/duchesne/darvzptrt8tvqebkabvn/IMG_7236.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753905213/duchesne/darvzptrt8tvqebkabvn/IMG_7236.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753905213/duchesne/darvzptrt8tvqebkabvn/IMG_7236.jpg","width":1008}])
![Fine Arts]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753728820/duchesne/tltlevblnt61njjaqzoq/IMG_5633.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753728820/duchesne/tltlevblnt61njjaqzoq/IMG_5633.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753728820/duchesne/tltlevblnt61njjaqzoq/IMG_5633.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753728820/duchesne/tltlevblnt61njjaqzoq/IMG_5633.jpg","width":1008}])
![Mathematics]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753724907/duchesne/isxmgre3btwdlhg1g5y2/20240110_MathEngelbrecht_Catalog_1111.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753724907/duchesne/isxmgre3btwdlhg1g5y2/20240110_MathEngelbrecht_Catalog_1111.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753724907/duchesne/isxmgre3btwdlhg1g5y2/20240110_MathEngelbrecht_Catalog_1111.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1753724907/duchesne/isxmgre3btwdlhg1g5y2/20240110_MathEngelbrecht_Catalog_1111.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753724907/duchesne/isxmgre3btwdlhg1g5y2/20240110_MathEngelbrecht_Catalog_1111.jpg","width":1344}])
![Physical Education]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1754079921/duchesne/vdyp1woiuagllanzmszu/Image17.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1754079921/duchesne/vdyp1woiuagllanzmszu/Image17.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1754079921/duchesne/vdyp1woiuagllanzmszu/Image17.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1754079921/duchesne/vdyp1woiuagllanzmszu/Image17.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1754079921/duchesne/vdyp1woiuagllanzmszu/Image17.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1754079921/duchesne/vdyp1woiuagllanzmszu/Image17.jpg","width":2200}])
![Science]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753725002/duchesne/rzjijdfan6bqvdpob04d/20240110_SciRaun_Catalog_1152.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753725002/duchesne/rzjijdfan6bqvdpob04d/20240110_SciRaun_Catalog_1152.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753725002/duchesne/rzjijdfan6bqvdpob04d/20240110_SciRaun_Catalog_1152.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1753725002/duchesne/rzjijdfan6bqvdpob04d/20240110_SciRaun_Catalog_1152.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753725002/duchesne/rzjijdfan6bqvdpob04d/20240110_SciRaun_Catalog_1152.jpg","width":1344}])
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![Theology]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753991845/duchesne/g0ts54txyzm3pi2qfw43/AW-113.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753991845/duchesne/g0ts54txyzm3pi2qfw43/AW-113.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753991845/duchesne/g0ts54txyzm3pi2qfw43/AW-113.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1753991845/duchesne/g0ts54txyzm3pi2qfw43/AW-113.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753991845/duchesne/g0ts54txyzm3pi2qfw43/AW-113.jpg","width":1344}])
![World Language]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1753991153/duchesne/ykjpm8rrt2l7u4dmvigl/20240111_TolouianASL_120.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1753991153/duchesne/ykjpm8rrt2l7u4dmvigl/20240111_TolouianASL_120.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1753991153/duchesne/ykjpm8rrt2l7u4dmvigl/20240111_TolouianASL_120.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1753991153/duchesne/ykjpm8rrt2l7u4dmvigl/20240111_TolouianASL_120.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1753991153/duchesne/ykjpm8rrt2l7u4dmvigl/20240111_TolouianASL_120.jpg","width":1344}])
Cultivate the wish to learn, rather than the wish to be taught. Be determined to pick up and do not wait for the Professor and the pedagogical devices of his or her craft...Do not think that lessons will do it, if you wait for lessons you will wait a life-time...If we wait to be taught, we shall never learn.Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ
Student Life
![Leadership]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1754057046/duchesne/uvpbifazlzlmyeyo2pde/20230825MassoftheHolySpirit1241.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1754057046/duchesne/uvpbifazlzlmyeyo2pde/20230825MassoftheHolySpirit1241.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1754057046/duchesne/uvpbifazlzlmyeyo2pde/20230825MassoftheHolySpirit1241.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1754057046/duchesne/uvpbifazlzlmyeyo2pde/20230825MassoftheHolySpirit1241.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1754057046/duchesne/uvpbifazlzlmyeyo2pde/20230825MassoftheHolySpirit1241.jpg","width":1344}])
![Tradition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1754062097/duchesne/kilcah5tanrbj64medgd/IMG_7429.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1754062097/duchesne/kilcah5tanrbj64medgd/IMG_7429.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1754062097/duchesne/kilcah5tanrbj64medgd/IMG_7429.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1754062097/duchesne/kilcah5tanrbj64medgd/IMG_7429.jpg","width":1008}])
![Community]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750864307/duchesne/puznrukarrlmmaxbxy7c/UpperSchool-20.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750864307/duchesne/puznrukarrlmmaxbxy7c/UpperSchool-20.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750864307/duchesne/puznrukarrlmmaxbxy7c/UpperSchool-20.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750864307/duchesne/puznrukarrlmmaxbxy7c/UpperSchool-20.jpg","width":1008}])
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![Exploration]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750864304/duchesne/bnhmjovqavqiuwktp9g6/UpperSchool-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750864304/duchesne/bnhmjovqavqiuwktp9g6/UpperSchool-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750864304/duchesne/bnhmjovqavqiuwktp9g6/UpperSchool-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750864304/duchesne/bnhmjovqavqiuwktp9g6/UpperSchool-3.jpg","width":1008}])
![Faith]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750864304/duchesne/gm9cmrmqc6zh97z6zgmk/UpperSchool-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750864304/duchesne/gm9cmrmqc6zh97z6zgmk/UpperSchool-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750864304/duchesne/gm9cmrmqc6zh97z6zgmk/UpperSchool-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750864304/duchesne/gm9cmrmqc6zh97z6zgmk/UpperSchool-1.jpg","width":1008}])
Goal I: Personal and Active Faith
Faith-filled traditions, such as Campus Ministry, Masses, prayer services, and retreats cultivate gratitude. The experience of being loved in a Sacred Heart environment nurtures a sense of personal worth and fosters spiritual growth.
Goal II: Intellectual Values
A balanced, curiosity-driven academic program promotes critical thinking, collaboration, and a lifelong love of learning, guided by expert educators and enriched by advanced and dual-enrollment opportunities.
Goal III: Social Awareness
Students develop empathy, advocate for justice, and commit to serving others through service projects, off-campus partnerships, and the Transformative Research and Action Program.
Goal IV: Building Community
Student centered activities create a community of inclusion, mutual respect, and joy. Events such as Conge, Unity Day, Spirit Week, Field Day, and Coffee House reinforce a sense of belonging.
Goal V: Personal Growth
Leadership opportunities abound as all student leaders at Duchesne are girls. Students model collaboration, resilience, and strength.
Learning Support and Student Services
Guided by the teachings of our foundress, St. Madeline Sophie Barat, we are committed to creating a community where every student feels valued, understood, and empowered to achieve her full potential. Our learning specialist partners with students to provide support to develop personal study strategies.