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Sacred Heart-Griffin High School

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|name = Sacred Heart-Griffin High School

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|streetaddress = 1200 West Washington Street

|city = Springfield

|state = Illinois

|zipcode = 62702

|country = United States

|coordinates = {{Coord|39|48|4|N|89|40|27|W|type:edu_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}

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|denomination = Roman Catholic

|oversight = SHG Board of Directors

|affiliation = Dominican

|president =

|principal = Kara Rapacz

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|teaching_staff = 56

|schooltype = Private, Coeducational

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|tuition = US$6,375/$7,150[http://www.shg.org/registration/faq.html 2009-10 school tuition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111140246/http://www.shg.org/registration/faq.html|date=November 11, 2007}}

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|grades = 9–12

|campus = Urban

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|conference = Central State Eight Conference

|motto = "Academic Excellence in a Community of Faith"

|accreditation = North Central Association of Colleges and Schools{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?|title=NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement|accessdate=2009-07-28|author=NCA-CASI|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/|archivedate=April 29, 2009|df=}}

|team_name = Cyclones

|colors = Black and Gold {{color box|black}}{{color box|gold}}

|yearbook =

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|newspaper = Campus Crier

|established = 1988

|enrollment = 840

|enrollment_as_of = 2013

|homepage = [http://www.shg.org/ School website]

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Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, often abbreviated SHG, is a Catholic high school located in Springfield, Illinois, the city's largest private school. It is located in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.

The school opened in the fall of 1988 after Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school merged with Griffin High School, an all-boys Catholic high school located across the street. Even prior to the merger, certain classes at both schools were taught on a co-educational basis.

The part of campus which formerly housed Griffin High School is now known as the West Campus. The part of campus which was home to Sacred Heart Academy is known as the East Campus. Both facilities are used by SHG, with most of the school's athletic facilities being located on the West Campus and the majority of the academic facilities being located on the East Campus. On the school's East Campus is a motherhouse for a Dominican order of religious sisters.

Athletics

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All of the sports teams are known as the "Cyclones".{{cite web|url=http://www.shg.org|title=Sacred Heart-Griffin High School|accessdate=2007-05-11|author=SHGHS}} In the fall the school offers football, cross country, boys' soccer, boys' and girls' golf, girls' swimming, volleyball, and girls' tennis. In the winter SHG has boys and girls' basketball, cheerleading, hockey, poms, boys swimming, and wrestling. In the spring, baseball, softball, girls soccer, boys and girls track, and boys tennis are played.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

The school won state championships in football in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2022, with runner-up finishes in 1975, 1982, 1995, 2003, 2016 and 2021. In baseball, the Cyclones were State Champions in 1964, 1987 and 2025 while earning second-place finishes in 1982 and 2014 and a fourth place finish in 2021. In soccer, Sacred Heart-Griffin claimed state crowns in 1998 and 2002 in addition to a runner-up finish in 1999. On the links, the boys golf team won state golf championships in 1979, 1980 and 2023 while the girls team claimed a state championship in 1996 and runner-up finishes in 2024 and 2025. The Girls Cross Country team won back to back State AA Championships in 2007 and in 2008. SHG's softball team also had state appearances in 2015 and 2016.[http://www.ihsa.org/data/school/records/sum1934.htm IHSA website], ihsa.org; accessed April 26, 2017. In 2022, the boys' basketball team won the school's first state championship in basketball. In 2020, the boys basketball team reached the semi-finals of the boys state basketball tournament for the first time in school history only to have the last weekend of the tournament cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Cyclones of Cathedral High School, an all-boys predecessor to SHG, won a Catholic State Championship in basketball in 1939. In 2009 the school built a $6,000,000 football stadium.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Notable people

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.shg.org/ Sacred Heart-Griffin High School] website
  • [http://www.sj-r.com/article/20141118/News/141119479 School profile]

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Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

Category:Catholic secondary schools in Illinois

Category:Educational institutions established in 1988

Category:Schools in Springfield, Illinois

Category:1988 establishments in Illinois