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The Broadview

The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview

The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview

New school year, new technology

New school year, new technology

Ada Linde and Clara Bonomi August 18, 2021

This school year has brought many new shifts in the schedule and COVID-19 protocols, but one of the most apparent changes for many students was the introduction of school-issued iPads. “Having an...

IB Global politics teacher Martin Jorgensen shares a video about conflict in the Middle East during class. Many teachers went over syllabi and introductions of the course to prepare students for the school year.

First day of academic year begins in-person for all students

Kassie DeJean, Senior Reporter August 17, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE Today marked the first day of the 2021-2022 school year. Many changes have come with the start of the year including a new schedule and complete in-person learning. The new schedule features...

Positively thinking

Positively thinking

Tala El Qadah, Senior Reporter May 25, 2021

A Tik Tok trend with over 268 million views shows girls tightening corsets while saying the words “no one wants a waist over nine inches” with thousands of comments like “Why am I not built like...

Kicking up confidence

Kicking up confidence

Makenna Kramer, Reporter May 25, 2021

Whether it’s to stay active, be social or protect themselves from potential assault, many young women are enrolling in self-defense classes. Although not specifically self-defense courses, martial...

Donnalie Yap spikes the ball against San Domenico on May 17. According to COVID-19 protocols, 14 households with two people per household joined to watch the game in-person.

Volleyball returns in full swing

Clara Bonomi, Reporter May 21, 2021

As COVID-19 cases drop and vaccinations increase in San Francisco, more and more athletes are pulling on their shin guards, knee pads and swim caps. Volleyball athletes were permitted to return to practices...

Junior Shana Ong receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on the Broadway campus. Convent & Stuart Hall began facilitating COVID-19 vaccinations on campus through Mission Wellness to individuals 16 years and older on April 23 and 12 years and older on May 14.

California Dreamin’

Ella Noblin, Reporter May 21, 2021

Californians are feeling a renewed sense of optimism with expanded vaccine eligibility, San Francisco moving into the Yellow Tier, the CDC relaxing mask guidelines, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing...

Scholastic Journalism & Media Director Tracy Sena sits by stacks of The Broadview as she cleans out the Publications Lab before retiring. Sena has advised The Broadview for more than two decades and has overseen newspapers for both high school divisions, Convent Elementary and the yearbooks.

‘Okay gang, let’s wrap this up’

Gazing at the flurry of high schoolers frantic to meet the imminent print deadlines in the Publications Lab, Tracy Sena removed her mask to take a sip of coffee, and smiled. It was the first deadline week...

Sophomore Sophia Davis receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine on the Broadway campus. Convent’s vaccine appointments opened up to those of 12 and up after the CDC approval of it on May 12.

All high schoolers now eligible for vaccine

Amelia Froyd-Kamrath, Reporter May 13, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE The Pfizer Vaccine is now available for people ages 12 and older, allowing all Convent High School students to be eligible for the vaccine.  “I’ve been having vaccine FOMO since I’m...

COVID-19 restrictions loosened

COVID-19 restrictions loosened

Alina Kushner, Senior Reporter May 7, 2021

The California Department of Public Health issued an update on COVID-19 safety protocols and announced that the City and County of San Francisco moved into the least restrictive tier, Yellow, on May...

Beverage truck, mariachi band join campus for the day

Olivia Rounsaville, Senior Reporter May 5, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE As the mariachi band Nueva Generación performed in front of Flood Mansion, students from all four divisions lined up across Broadway Street for cups of aqua fresca and horchata from food...

Freshmen in a Block One Spanish II class wear denim for International Denim Day. The day of awareness is observed annually on April 28.

Students observe Denim Day

Makenna Kramer, Reporter April 28, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE People across the world wore denim today in recognition of International Denim Day, a movement that seeks to support sexual assault survivors and raise awareness about all forms of sexual...

Cast and crew prepare for devised spring production

Cast and crew prepare for devised spring production

Anisha Hu, Reporter April 27, 2021

WEB EXCLUSIVE The theater program will present original student pieces that explore how the current generation has been influenced by the media in a virtual devised production this week. “Devised...

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