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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

Testing uncertainty affects college application process

Testing uncertainty affects college application process

Gabrielle Guido and Madeline Thiara August 20, 2020

Availability for standardized testing is causing uncertainty in the college admissions process as students struggle to find open testing locations during the coronavirus pandemic. Even when students sign...

There are over 5,762 fire incidents in California with the most recent fires on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19. The hot weather and lightning storms worsened the fires.

The heat is on

Alina Kushner, Senior Reporter August 19, 2020

California residents woke up this morning to clouds of ash outside their windows due to fires sparked by lightning strikes.  Smoke from fires as close as Monterey, Fresno and Sacramento have drifted...

Freshmen start high school, find community virtually

Grace Krumplitsch, Editor-in-Chief August 19, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE While many upperclassmen recall anxiously walking up the Flood Mansion’s marble staircase on their first day of high school and triple-checking that they were in the right classroom, the...

Puppy pals help combat isolation, loneliness from shelter-in-place

Charlotte Ehrlich, Adele Fratesi, and Nicole Klein August 19, 2020

With the continued shelter-in-place order, many San Franciscans are looking at adoption agencies to invite the presence of a furry friend into their hearts and homes to combat feelings of isolation and...

The modified schedule allows for less interaction  between students and faculty if classes are resumed on campus. The new plan features two 150 minute classes per day.

Administration implements new schedule

Madeline Thiara, Senior Reporter August 18, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students are adjusting to a new schedule to limit in-person contact between community members once students return to campus. The schedule features two 150-minute classes, five days a...

Seniors participate in alternative ‘graduation’

Mackenna Moslander and Elise Vulakh June 8, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE In order to follow the guidelines of the Department of Public Health, Convent held both virtual and individual in-person ceremonies for the Class of 2020. The individual diploma conferrels...

Students express their gratitude using the chat function on Zoom while staff member Jordan Lewis says farewell to the gathered community for the last time. Various images of flowers filled the virtual zoom backgrounds to represent the flower crowns worn in past years.

Students, faculty gather for 133rd annual Prize Day

Mackenna Moslander, Senior Reporter June 3, 2020

As the school year comes to an end, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and faculty gather over zoom for a final all school assembly to celebrate Prize Day. At the beginning of the ceremony, the class chairs...

We may never understand, but united we stand

We may never understand, but united we stand

June 2, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE A flood of virtual and real-life protests have surfaced in the days since the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin...

Colleges face reopening campus uncertainty

Colleges face reopening campus uncertainty

Grace Krumplitsch, Web Editor May 20, 2020

While Convent & Stuart Hall administrators are working closely with public health officials to plan potentially reopening campus this fall, many colleges and universities across the country are faced...

A customer picks up a take out order from Insalata's restaurant in Marin County. Insalata's
recently reopened for takeout service on May 4 to serve daily from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Restaurants open for takeout

Olivia Rounsaville, Senior Reporter May 20, 2020

Social distancing requirements due to COVID-19 created major shifts in the restaurant business, affecting the service, employees, and profits. “At the beginning it was extremely difficult because...

Participants in English teacher Julia Arce and  history teacher Michaels Stafford’s joke-themed Zoom room watch a Key & Peele skit about a substitute teacher during the school's virtual Congé on May 20. The room was a platform for lighthearted humor and puns to relax before upcoming final exams.

Congé takes unconventional form, surprises community

Tala El Qadah, Reporter May 19, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE The school community joined the poetry festival webinar and ended up receiving the news that today was Congé and classes for the day were canceled.  “I was so surprised that Congé...

The Koch family dog, Emmie, reaches out of the car window while driving to Crissy Field Beach. San Francisco city officials announced that all dog parks now have a capacity limit to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

Shelter in place prompts behavioral shift in pets

Clara Bonomi, Reporter May 7, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Six weeks into San Francisco's shelter-in-place order requiring many people to spend more time in their homes, pet guardians have noticed a shift in their furry friends’ behavior.  “[My...

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