Sacred Heart School (Mount Ephraim)
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Sacred Heart School was a Catholic
elementary school
(grades K-8) located in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey
for 50 years, from 1947 to 1997. It was presided over by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden
before closing in 1997 as the result of low enrollment and a pending merger. Students were transferred to Annunciation Regional School in Bellmawr, New Jersey
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Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
(grades K-8) located in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey
Mount Ephraim, New Jersey
-Local government:Mount Ephraim Borough has been governed under the Walsh Act by a three member commission, since 1935. Current commissioners as of 2010 are:* Mayor - Commissioner of Revenue and Finance...
for 50 years, from 1947 to 1997. It was presided over by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden
Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden is a particular church or diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, located in New Jersey, United States, and presides over Roman Catholic parishes and schools in the six southern New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,...
before closing in 1997 as the result of low enrollment and a pending merger. Students were transferred to Annunciation Regional School in Bellmawr, New Jersey
Bellmawr, New Jersey
-Local government:Bellmawr is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a mayor and a borough council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office...
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