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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

Wong has fenced with the Massialas Foundation for four years.

Freshman to compete in national and international fencing competitions

Claire Kosewic and Fiona Mittelstaedt January 23, 2015

While many students play club sports like volleyball and basketball, freshman Erika Wong fences with the Massialas team where she prepares for the Foil Marathon in Paris, France and the U.S. Junior Olympics...

Stress, anxiety — even school-based — can be managed

Stress, anxiety — even school-based — can be managed

December 12, 2014

Madison Riehle Editor-in-Chief With Winter Finals approaching this Monday, so do the pressures of the last tests and projects of semester. Though the stresses of assignments can benefit workflow, too...

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Lack of interaction, clashing values partially responsible for decline in young religious sisters

December 12, 2014

Young women discussing their futures often talk of balancing a family and career in law or computer programming, but rarely include the possibility of religious life as a future. While many young women...

Mary Grace Henry, a senior at Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich Conn. makes and sells headbands so girls in Uganda and Kenya will have an education and safe place to learn.

One girl bands schools together

December 12, 2014

While many 12-year-olds spend free time having friends over for playdates, Mary Grace Henry was starting her own charitable foundation to fund girls education in Africa. Henry, a senior at Convent of...

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Girls express increased interest in computer programming field, starting to bridge gender gap

Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief December 12, 2014

Liana Lum News Editor Seated with 20 other girls in downtown San Francisco, juniors Miranda Lis and Izzie Panasci began their summer days learning and applying computer code while working with...

Video streaming becomes the norm

Video streaming becomes the norm

December 12, 2014

Aoife Devereux Website Editor After sports, hours of homework, dinner, family time and jobs, it’s often difficult for young people to find the time to watch television programs when they originally...

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Making cents of money

Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief November 3, 2014

Liana Lum News Editor Tracking her daily expenses from Tully’s Coffee runs to clothing purchases into an Excel spreadsheet, senior Alexandra Wood emails her monthly spendings to her mother, who...

The Neptune Society Columbarium on 1 Loraine Court houses thousands of urns containing the cremated remains of San Franciscans and is one of the public places where residents can be interred in The City.  The building is a mixture of Neo-Classical and Greco-Roman architecture.  BEA D'AMICO/The Broadview

Dorms for the departed: local columbarium houses those who ‘urn’ to stay in The City — forever

Neely Metz, Copy Editor October 31, 2014

Neely Metz Senior Reporter As children play in Rossi Park, San Francisco’s own Pompeii hides within the Neptune Society Columbarium just behind Geary Boulevard in the Inner Richmond. The Columbarium...

'Natural' products can mislead consumers

‘Natural’ products can mislead consumers

October 31, 2014

Bags of snack foods like Lay’s Potato Chips, Cheetos and Tostitos boasting the words “all natural” in bold letters fill the grocery store snack aisles, but consumers looking for a healthy nosh might...

The AP Art History class observes and analyzes the Penitent Magdalen by Georges de la Tour at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. The class traveled down to Los Angeles to visit six museums before taking the AP test.

Advanced placement classes offer trips which supplement curriclum

October 31, 2014

Madeleine Ainslie Managing Editor While AP classes are notorious for teaching to the test, Convent teachers find ways to incorporate both day and overnight trips to augment classes and enrich the...

Seniors Sarah Niehaus, Christina Berardi, and Alex Wood (left to right) take notes during a  seminar style senior theology class.

Seminar satisfies seniors

October 3, 2014

Tatiana Gutierrez Editor-in-Chief Senior Kathryn Yu eases into her Monday morning as she grabs a seat in the middle of the semi-circle of desks lining the Duchesne Room, stretches out her legs on top...

California citizens prepare for earthquakes

California citizens prepare for earthquakes

October 3, 2014

Aoife Devereux Website Editor Northern Californians were reminded of the danger of living on a seismic fault and the need for emergency preparedness when a 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Napa...

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