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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

NHS president Catherine Heinen and club member Maya Greenhill speak to the Student Body about the effects of insensitive Halloween costumes.

Attention brought to cultural approration

Kendra Harvey, Managing Editor October 23, 2015

Although wearing the “Women’s Sacajawea Indian Maiden Costume” may seem harmless on Halloween, the National Honors Society is bringing awareness about cultural appropriation during this time. NHS...

Freshmen Izzy Gutierrez, Grace Boudreau, and Cece Giarman help sell bracelets during the freshman class’s fundraising effort to raise support and money towards tuition for girls in the St. Charles Lwanga Girls Training Center Kalunga in Uganda.

Freshman Class bracelet and bake sale raises money for girls in Uganda

Kristina Cary, Managing Editor October 22, 2015

Bags of bright red bracelets and containers of sugary treats rested on the bottom steps of the Marble Staircase as freshmen called out to students to come view and purchase the merchandise they had for...

NHS president to be announced

NHS president to be announced

Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief October 21, 2015

Update: Catherine Heinen has been elected as NHS president. Results of the National Honors Society election for office positions will be released today after members voted for candidates during lunch,...

Students examine drafts of Bryana Fleming's murals as she speaks about her process for creating art.

Local muralist visits and shares inspiration

Catherine Dana, Senior Reporter October 20, 2015

Local artist, whose murals are featured around the city, visited today and gave aspiring high school artists the chance to ask questions and speak about their interests. Painter and muralist Bryana...

First cycle report cards will not be digital

First cycle report cards will not be digital

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter October 19, 2015

Students will have to wait a little longer to see their first cycle report cards as quarter grades will not be posted online. "It allows students to see their grades, reflect on it and have conversations...

PSAT enables viral Internet craze

PSAT enables viral Internet craze

Neely Metz, Copy Editor October 16, 2015

Although students completed the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test yesterday, people who took the PSAT created a new internet sensation consisting of memes based on elements from the standardized test....

Senior Kate Carson works on her Common App. Schools require additional information for each application, but take standard information from one questionnaire.

College applications demand more than time from seniors

Kendra Harvey, Managing Editor October 13, 2015

From trying to present a worthy applicant to answering the question “who am I?” the college application process demands more than just time from seniors. Colleges charge for applications to pay...

Tracy Sena, who visited Sacred Heart schools in Uganda with other Network teachers in 2012 (left to right), Sister Irene Cullen, RSCJ, and Sister Noellina Namusisi, RSCJ, speak to freshmen about girls education and contribution from Walk for Uganda.

Religious of the Sacred Heart emphasize value of education, support for Walk for Uganda

Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2015

Religious of the Sacred Heart gathered with freshmen in the Mother Williams Library to speak about the importance of education for girls in Uganda and express gratitude toward contributions made through...

Junior Hailey Long presents the retina of a cow eye to CES third grader.

Learning through a new lens

India Thieriot, Assistant Copy Editor October 7, 2015

CES third graders put on their goggles and gowns as they prepared to cut away at a giant, slippery retina and iris. “It’s gross but at least I finally get to dissect something,” Taylor Jones said. The...

 Sophomore Clara Vilar participates in a Responses to Oppression class on her first day attending classes as part of an exchange program from Barcelona, Spain. Vilar will stay in San Francisco for three weeks before returning to Spain.

School welcomes exchange student from Barcelona, Spain

Kristina Cary, Managing Editor October 5, 2015

A sophomore will be visiting classes for three weeks as part of an exchange program from Sagrado Corazón, the Sacred Heart school in Barcelona, Spain. “Some things are different from Spain, but...

Oakland Technical High School's Youth Poet Laureate Finalist Lucy Flattery-Vickness shares two of her original poems as the feature poet for Youth Speaks Open-Mic Night.

Youth should be seen and heard

India Thieriot, Assistant Copy Editor October 5, 2015

From the outside, a passerby might think it to be a closed pirate shop, but inside 826 Valencia, behind the pirate-themed paraphernalia, people of varying ages from all over the city gather on a bi-monthly...

Students listen as Ashanti Branch introduces the film “The Mask You Live In." Branch was featured in the film for his work empowering young men and boys in schools around the Bay Area.

CSH, SHHS have program day to encourage gender equality

Claire Kosewic, Senior Reporter October 2, 2015

Students gathered for an all-day assembly, learning about the lines between genders in society, and how the influence of the media encourages the definition of those lines. “I don’t like that the...

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