Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory

We are dedicated to the intellectual and academic excellence of our students, and we strive to develop the unique talents and passions of each individual. Our devotion is illustrated in our enthusiastic and highly educated teachers, commitment to service and social justice, innovative curriculum and cutting-edge classroom technology.

At SHC, academic excellence is not only measured in the range and quality of our courses, but in our students' curiosity, drive and desire to learn. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is a private Lasallian Vincentian Catholic college preparatory school in San Francisco serving students all over the Bay Area, including San Francisco, Pacifica, San Mateo, South San Francisco and Burlingame. Visit us and learn what sets us apart!

SHC is shaped by our incredible students, talented faculty and staff and proud alumni who give life to our motto, "Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve." We live our mission every day by providing the finest education grounded in our faith and inspired by 21st century innovation. Empowered by our supportive community, SHC students develop into resourceful, independent, service-oriented leaders.

In the spirit and vision of St. John Baptist de La Salle and St. Vincent de Paul, SHC educates students by the tenets of the Gospel to build a faith-based community and serve others with compassion. This core Catholic understanding helps to ground, guide and bind our community and serves as the nurturing backdrop to academic success.

We provide an academically rigorous and intellectually inspiring experience for our students, pushing them to achieve their very best. We strive to tap our students’ talents and passions and support them in their interests. Students at SHC have all the tools and technology to succeed at their fingertips.

We believe that academic, intellectual, emotional, personal and creative development invigorates the whole student. Our cocurricular programs are essential, not extra, elements to the student experience at SHC. Our students excel on the field, on stage and as leaders in our community, just as they do in the classroom.

Laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, Galaxy Tabs. Today's groundbreaking technology may be obsolete next year. We teach our students to use the tools most relevant to them in a digitally diverse and ever-changing world. Our students have the autonomy to select the instrument of their choice with our Bring Your Own Device program. With collaborative learning spaces, classroom technology, integrated service-learning curriculum and flexible online course offerings, SHC consistently remains on the forefront of cutting-edge pedagogy.

Our Founders created a service tradition that is one of the defining characteristics of the student experience at SHC. Students engage in meaningful service-learning projects each year of attendance. They work in collaboration to apply what they learn in the classroom to bring true value into the community—locally, nationally and around the globe. A variety of service opportunities exist outside of the formalized service-learning curriculum—from student organizations like SPARK, Block Club, Earth Action and Lasallian Vincentian Youth, to class selectives like Theology of Service and Lasallian Vincentian Leadership, to retreats and immersion trips to communities in need.

Inspired by the Daughters of Charity and the De La Salle Christian Brothers, in partnership with families, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s mission is to provide the finest education in an inclusive Catholic community of faith. We prepare our students to become service-oriented leaders with a commitment to living the Gospel.

In the spirit and vision of St. John Baptist de La Salle and St. Vincent de Paul, SHC aims to educate students by the tenets of the Gospel to build a faith-based community and serve others with compassion. This core Catholic understanding helps to ground, guide and bind our community and serves as the nurturing backdrop for academic exploration. At SHC, we strive for intellectual and academic excellence while keeping the unique interests and passions of each of our individual students in mind. Every student has a wealth of talent to bring to the community and we aim to nurture and direct these talents toward a successful and productive life. SHC’s commitment to rigorous academics and social justice helps mold students into hardworking, thoughtful and altruistic adults.