1. A Change of Scenery
BY LILY MILLER

2. Where Did You Go?
Public – 20+ Students
Private – 2 or 3 Students

3. Public vs. Private
Percentage distribution of students in grades 1–12, by type of school: 1993, 2003, and
2007
Type of school 1993 2003 2007
Public, assigned 79.9 73.9 73.2
88.7
Public, chosen 11.0 15.4 15.5
Private, church-
7.5 8.4 8.7
related
11.3
Private, not church-
1.6 2.4 2.6
related
NOTE: Data for 1993 and 2003 include homeschooled students enrolled in public or private schools for 9 or more hours per
week. Data for 2007 exclude all homeschoolers. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

4. Shadowing
Who?
What?
When?
Where?

5. Sacred Heart Academy
800 Students
Student/Teacher Ratio – 13:1
Average Class Size – 18 Girls

6. Atherton OR Sacred Heart
Academy?

8. The Beginning

9. DID I FIT IN HERE?

10. ADJUSTING
MASS
UNIFORM
CLASS
STRUCTURE
FRIENDS

11. THE RIGHT CHOICE?

12. WHAT IF?
UK?
FRIENDS?
JOB?
PERSONALITY?
LIFE?

13. WHO
WOULD
I
BE?

14. Works Cited
• Chart on Slide 2: SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for
Education Statistics. (2009). The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES 2009-081),Table
A-32-1 .
• Sacred Heart Academy Picture: http://ky.milesplit.com/teams/SAHE
• Atherton High School Picture: http://coachesaid.com/school.aspx?school=3993
• Sacred Heart Academy – Building:
http://www.theestopinalgroup.com/gallery/education/ursuline-new-entry-design/