Sacred Heart Griffin Gymnasium
High School in Springfield, IL
SHG is a Catholic, Dominican, co-educational, college preparatory institution situated in Springfield - the centre of the capital of Illinois. SHG serves a diverse student population of various faiths and socio-economic backgrounds. In the ACT's new research report, Rigor at Risk: Reaffirming Quality in the High School Core Curriculum, SHG was highlighted as one of 382 schools in the US for proving that core courses can be made rigorous and that rigorous content can be effectively taught to students. SHG's curriculum includes eight advanced placement and 25 honors courses.
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Sacred Heart Griffin Gymnasium
read moreSacred Heart-Griffin is a Catholic Dominican High School in Springfield, Illinois that welcomes a diverse student population to pursue academic excellence in a community of faith. My name is Ben Deaner and I am a senior at SHG. I play football at SHG and am in the Mission class. Outside of school, I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, playing video games, working out, and sometimes cooking. My favorite part of SHG is all the different people you become friends with through your 4 years here.
About Us
read moreIn the fall of 1988 Sacred Heart Academy and Griffin High School combined their spiritual, academic, and financial resources to form a new Catholic, Dominican high school. The newly formed institution, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School (SHG), continued the common threads of the two schools. Strong traditions of excellence in education and moral development provided the foundation for SHG's mission statement, Academic Excellence in a Community of Faith. As neither campus could singly accommodate the needs of the combined student body, SHG used the facilities of both schools.
Admissions
read moreSacred Heart-Griffin is a Catholic, Dominican college preparatory high school that welcomes a diverse student population to pursue academic excellence within the Dominican values of study, prayer, service and community. The Dominican motto is Truth, which is pursued and supported by prayer, study, community and preaching. Our program of academic excellence is the venue for faculty and students' pursuit of Truth. SHG has met the requirements established by the AdvancEd Commission and is accredited by the North Central Association on Accreditation and School Improvement.
Academics
read moreYou'll be well prepared to attend the college of your choice after graduating from SHG. Each year over 97% of the senior class continues their education at colleges and universities locally and across the country. You will find our graduates at Augustana, Benedictine University, Boston University, Cornell, Lincoln Land Community College, Marquette, MIT, Northwestern, NYU, Princeton, Purdue, St. Louis University, the University of Illinois, Vanderbilt, Washington University, and dozens of other outstanding institutions.