Convent Of The Sacred Heart vs. The Brearley School

Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to a personal and active faith in God.

Rooted in the love of Jesus Christ, the school promotes a personal relationship with God and fosters the spiritual lives of its members.

Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to a deep respect for intellectual values.

The school develops and implements a curriculum based on the goals and criteria, educational research and ongoing evaluation.

The school provides a rigorous education that incorporates all forms of critical thinking and inspires a life-long love of learning.

The school program develops aesthetic values and the creative use of the imagination.

Brearley, an independent school for girls, was founded in 1884 to provide its students with a college-preparatory education equal in rigor to that of boys, and, in the words of our mission statement today, to prepare them for active responsible citizenship in a democratic society.

Within a highly articulated 13-year curriculum, and with a 7:1 student-faculty ratio, teaching methods are varied, flexible and pragmatic, taking into account individual patterns of development and ways of learning.

Our program is designed to challenge our eager, able students intellectually, and to give each one the opportunity to gain competence, self-reliance and self-knowledge through academic achievement as well as experience in the visual and performing arts, sports, community service and a wide variety of extracurricular activities.