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Sacred Heart High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school located in the downtown district in the city of Waterbury, Connecticut. It was in the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford.

Background

Sacred Heart was established in 1922 as an all-girls school. The school became coeducational in 1938. Since 1975, the school was located in the old Waterbury Catholic High School building in downtown Waterbury.

Closure

On February 11, 2021, Sacred Heart announced it would be closing at the end of the 2020–2021 school year. The school's president said it was in part due to declining enrollment at the school.

Athletics

Conferences

• Part of the Naugatuck Valley League (NVL)
• Part of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC)

Notable alumni

• John Gereski - Former Adjutant General of the State of Connecticut 1985 to 1992

Baseball

• Ron Diorio - Former professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Dave Wallace - Former professional baseball pitcher, pitching coach and front office executive.

Basketball

• Tyrn Flowers - Professional basketball player, played college basketball for Long Island University
• Mustapha Heron - Professional basketball player, played college basketball at Auburn University and St John's University

Politician

• Gary Franks - Politician who was a member of the US House of Representatives from Connecticut from 1991-1997
• Michael Jarjura - Attorney and politician who served as the mayo of Waterbury from 2001-2011.

References

1. NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
2. SHHS. "History of the Heart". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
3. Teresa Pellicano (February 11, 2021). "Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury closing due to steady enrollment decline". WTNH. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

External links

• School Website
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
Ordinaries	Bishops William Tyler Bernard O'Reilly Francis Patrick McFarland Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. Lawrence S. McMahon Michael Tierney John J. Nilan Maurice F. McAuliffe Archbishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair Coadjutor archbishops Christopher J. Coyne
Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza Juan Miguel Betancourt
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield St. Augustine Church, Hartford Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former parishes St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury
Education	Seminaries St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High schools Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, Milford Canterbury School, New Milford East Catholic High School, Manchester Holy Cross High School, Waterbury Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford Notre Dame High School, West Haven Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol
Priests	Peter Leo Gerety Francis Patrick Keough
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