Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School

About Us
About Us

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, a ministry of the Felician Sisters, is an independent Catholic school educating and transforming young men and women in grades 9-12 for lives of Christian leadership, stewardship, and service to all.
Admissions
Admissions

Students find their place at OLSH in a nurturing, yet challenging, student-centered environment.
Academics
Academics

Students at OLSH are well-prepared for success, taught by talented and caring faculty members, and encouraged to reach their potential.
Faith
Faith

Students are inspired to lives of Christian leadership through faith and service experiences at OLSH.
Athletics
Athletics

OLSH student-athletes build character, discipline, and sportsmanship through their participation in athletics at OLSH. 65% of OLSH students are student-athletes and 22 participated in all three seasons.
Arts
Arts

At OLSH, students are encouraged to express themselves creatively through visual arts, music, and performance.
Support OLSH
Support OLSH

The generous and faithful partnership of our benefactors allows us to carry out our mission of educating and transforming young people for a life of Christian leadership, stewardship, and service to all.
Community
Community

The most common word used by alumni to describe OLSH is "family." The family spirit is alive at OLSH!
Alumni
Alumni

Values in Action

"Serve where you are needed." -Blessed Mary Angela

Blessed Mary Angela, foundress of the Felician Sisters, dedicated her life to serving others. All OLSH students are encouraged to “serve where they are needed,” living out the Felician Core Values in all that they do.

Felician Core Values Curriculum

Felician Core Values: Through discussion, video and group projects, the students are

introduced to the five Core Values essential to the Felician Sisters. It is through this freshman class that the students begin to understand what OLSH stands for and what we want to profess to the world.

Felician Values Fulfilled: This senior class is designed to allow students to put into practice the values learned during the Felician Core Values class taken in the freshman year. The Seminar will culminate with a presentation to a faculty panel in the spring. Successful completion of this course is required for graduation.

Service Opportunities for All

OLSH faculty, staff, and students regularly seek out service opportunities and participate in service as opportunities arise. Every year for the past 5 years, students have collectively performed over 10,000 hours of service a year or more!

In May, during the Honors Assembly, yearly service recognition awards are presented. These awards include:

75-100.99 service hours - Bronze Award
101- 150.99service hours - Silver Award
151-250.99 service hours - Gold Award
251 or more service hours - Platinum Award

The Spirit of Caring Award is awarded yearly to the senior who accumulates the highest number of service hours in their time at OLSH.

Our Lady's Pantry

Our Lady’s Pantry is OLSH’s in-house emergency food pantry that has been helping to serve the hungry of the community for over 40 years. The pantry was established around 1980 after OLSH students were inspired to give back after seeing an assembly about hunger and homelessness in the community. OLSH principal at the time, Sr. Christopher, established the emergency food pantry through the Greater Community Food Bank of Pittsburgh.

The pantry is sustained by the generosity of the OLSH community through food drives at OLSH and other local schools and parishes, as well as Christian Mothers and Knights of Columbus groups. The pantry is also supported annually by the Felician Sisters as one of their outreach ministries. Donations may include non-perishable items, gift cards, or money.

After successful food drives, OLSH donates some of the food to local shelters as well. In addition to serving local shelters, individual families can utilize the pantry on an as-needed or monthly basis. We continue to monitor the clients so as to help as many people as possible. OLSH students are often encouraged to bring in donations for the pantry in cooperation with Mission and Heritage Week, Jean Dress Down Days, Christmas Giving Trees, and Penny Wars.