Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (Texas)

Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart is a combined primary and secondary independent girls' school located at 10202 Memorial Drive in Houston, Texas. A member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, it offers a college preparatory education curriculum for girls.Duchesne, which enrolls girls from pre-K3 to the 12th grade, is part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest.Duchesne is in the Memorial area and is east of the city of Hunters Creek Village.HistoryDuchesne was established in September 1960 as a part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, with 58 high-school pupils. Since then, the school has expanded to include students from Pre-K3 through 12th-grade. The school is named after Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, the first member of the Society of the Sacred Heart to come to America. As part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, the school adheres to the five goals of Sacred Heart Education and seeks to educate the whole child (intellectual, spiritual, emotional, social and physical). The school celebrated its 50th anniversary of Sacred Heart education in the 2010–2011 school year.