Awards/Recognition/Grants

Sacred Heart School has been blessed with an award winning administration and faculty

Faculty: Members of our faculty have also been recognized in the following ways:

*Five teachers have been nominated for Disney’s American Teacher of the Year

*Two teachers have been awarded the Elizabeth Anne Seton Distinguished Teacher Award

*Four have been selected for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

*Recognized for 20, 25 and 35 years of service to the Roman Catholic Diocese

*One has been a presenter at the National Catholic Teacher’s Convention for the NCEA

*One was selected as Teacher of the Year while she lived in Virginia

*Seven have earned the Teacher Spirit Award from the Sacred Heart community

*One has been recognized by the Sight Society of Northeastern NY

*One has built a parade float for a local event

*One co-founded the Challenge Basketball Program at the CYO Center in Troy (serving the mentally and physically challenged youth in the area)

*One has been a long time football coach at various levels of involvement

*One is currently serving on the Rensselaer County Legislature

Sacred Heart School has applied for and won several grants over the recent years while continually researching upcoming options.

• Working with the Troy Public School District on New York State Education Grants whenever available and invited onto
• Grants supported by local people and agencies
• Private donor has awarded monies for specific subject areas in memorial of his friends and family: 2019-2020 for math, 2020-2021 for math and science and currently working on 2021-2022 for similar areas
• Albany Diocesan Higher Powered Learning Grant 2013 – “iPads to Make S.H.S. Faculty and Children Glad”, 2014 for a "Weather Station", 2015 for continued "Weather Stations" development, 2018 for a MAS Program, 2019 for our STREAM Program, and 2020 for Classroom Technology.
• Catholic Teacher Magazine’s Innovations in Catholic Education Grant – to highlight and expand upon our iPad initiative