The school offers 20 honors sections and 28 AP courses. 89% of SHP's 83 faculty hold master's or doctoral degrees. Supplementing the college preparatory core are some notable electives, including a sustainable agriculture course where students cultivate vegetables and butcher a goat. Religious studies, which the school describes as "ecumenical and interfaith in content and perspective," is a core subject from grades 612. Students and their families have the option to participate in Catholic or Christian rites, traditions, and practices, including Eucharistic liturgies, confirmation, meditations, and Wednesday morning prayers in the chapel. Community service overlaps religious studies, including a requirement to complete at least 25 hours of community service in grade 10 and a capstone service project in grade 12. The school's mascot is the Gators. For baseball and football, Sacred Heart competes in the Bay division of the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL); for water polo and boys' lacrosse, the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL); and, for all other sports, the West Bay Athletic League (WBAL). All three leagues are in the CIF Central Coast Section (CCS) of California's NorCal region. The school fields boys' sports teams in baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. SHP Boys CCS Championships    The school fields girls' sports teams in basketball, cross-country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. In 1994, Sacred Heart became the smallest school to win a California division I girls' basketball championship. SHP Girls CCS Championships     The school's musical theatre group was nominated for the 2019 Rita Moreno California Music Award, and its Pulse Dance Team won the Hayward, California regional of the 2019 Rainbow National Dance Competition. The Valpo Bowl is an annual football game between Sacred Heart and the neighboring Menlo School that raises money for a local educational charity. The first game was held in 2003, three years after Sacred Heart started its boys football program. The Valpo Bowl name stems from both schools having a main entrance on Valparaiso Avenue, although the contest itself is usually held at a neutral venue. The schools have won the following years:   Sacred Heart dismisses students the week before Easter (Holy Week) for spring break. Observed feast days are Mater Admirabilis (October 20); St. Madeleine Sophie Barat (May 25); and, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (November 28).