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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
Freshmen Jennifer Surjadi reflects on what she found most interesting about Confucianism and Taoism in class today. The period often ends with reflection in order for students to show off what they learned during the class.

Freshmen study world religions

Olivia Rounsaville, Reporter • January 31, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Freshmen began a unit on Confucianism and Taoism this week in their World Religions class. They have also been studying Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism this semester. “I think that in...

Freshman Finley Simon does a core exercise called "the cannonball" in the training room. The swim team practiced in the training room and on the track on the second floor of the Herbert Center.

Swim team has first land practice

Gray Timberlake, Senior Reporter • January 30, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE While many may expect a swim team to practice in a pool, the Convent & Stuart Hall swim team met up in the workout room for their first dry-land practice today. “We targeted our...

English teacher Mark Botti announces the scores for the Shakespeare Reference Competition. Class periods A and F are competing against C and G for the prize of a party thrown in their honor.

Freshmen take part in ongoing Shakespeare competition

Madeline Thiara, Reporter • January 29, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Freshmen are participating in an annual Shakespeare Reference Competition moderated by English teacher Mark Botti in which they accumulate points finding modern-day Shakespeare references...

Class of 2019 discusses Senior Week

Olivia Mohun, Features Editor • January 28, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Seniors met in the Mary Mardel Chapel during assembly today to learn about a variety of senior activities and events that will take place later in the semester. “The fact that we are...

Card Club co-leader Dena Silver teaches members about Texas Hold’em Poker. First time poker player freshman Natalie Kushner aced the first round with a straight flush.

Poker faces ready for Winter Formal

Audrey Pinard, Reporter • January 24, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Card Club members learned how to play Blackjack and Texas Hold’em today in preparation for Winter Formal casino games. “Before card club, I didn't have a clue about how to play Poker...

Assistant Director Trip Gorman runs lines with seventh grader Amelia Alton during a weekday rehearsal. High schoolers worked as stage managers, choreographers, and costume designers.

High schoolers take on leadership positions in middle form play

Tabitha Parent, Charlotte Ehrlich, Grace Krumplitsch, Reporters • January 23, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Convent & Stuart Hall high schoolers rehearsed backstage tonight as production managers, costume designers, and lighting designers in preparation for the middle form’s “The Wind in...

Coach Isabel St. Ives discusses the upcoming swim season. The first practice is next Monday, Jan. 28.

Swimmers prepare for upcoming season

Amy Phipps, Reporter • January 22, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE With spring sports starting next week, Convent & Stuart Hall students met during Collab today to discuss the upcoming swim season. Coach Isabel St. Ives who has coached the Convent &...

Villaseñor engages students by asking interactive questions and hearing students' responses. The topics he discussed included algorithms, police profiling, Gerrymandering, self driving cars and the ethics behind AI.

Presenter teaches juniors about algorithms, artificial intelligence

Adele Bonomi, Senior Reporter • January 19, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Convent & Stuart Hall juniors gathered in the Williams Library today to hear John Villaseñor, senior fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings,  present about artificial...

Seniors Rachel Cramer and Sophie Mack complete a blood spatter lab in physics. Students in all sciences completed labs relating to Forensics as part of an IB Science requirement.

IB seniors complete forensic simulations

Mason Cooney, Copy Editor • January 16, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE International Baccalaureate seniors solved simulated murder cases in class as part of an interdisciplinary science activity required by the IB Programme. “I did a lab that investigated...

Junior Isabelle Paul looks online to register for the ACT. After taking the PSAT and practice ACT, Paul has decided to take the ACT.

Juniors attend testing workshop

Gray Timberlake, Senior Reporter • January 16, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Juniors participated in a full-day ACT and SAT test preparation day yesterday with Compass Education Group. Compass brought in team members for three sessions, math and science strategies,...

Freshmen Avery Stout and James O’Leery talk with Ninth Grade Chair Sarah Garlinghouse about their assignment for the second half of “Freshman Success”. The day began with group discussions and ended with coed jobs to help out faculty.

Freshmen participate in all day bonding activities

Madeline Thiara, Reporter • January 14, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Freshmen convened in the Little Theater this morning to engage in group discussions and other bonding exercises for their second “Freshmen Success” of the school year. “Today...

Students from the class of 2019 jump off the waterfall after a day of hiking and horseback riding in Costa Rica. Current sophomores plan to partake in similar adventures next week including ziplining, service activities, and horseback riding.

Sophomores prepare for Costa Rica trip

Jordan Russell and Cassie Eskicioglu, Sports Editor and City Life Editor • January 9, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Convent and Stuart Hall sophomores attended their final Costa Rica meeting last night before embarking on their week-long trip this Saturday. They will arrive back to San Francisco on Jan....

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