Individual impact matters
Gabriella Vulakh, Editor-in-Chief
October 7, 2019
The Global Climate Strikes two weeks ago helped many individuals realize that they can participate in promoting environmental issues at the local level and individually take action to reduce their carbon footprint. "Everything that we do has an impact on the ecosystem in ways we can't even imagine,”...
Take a deep breath, if you can
Caroline Thompson, Copy Editor
October 3, 2019
Hospitals are admitting teenagers and young adults across the nation for suffering from an apparent vaping-related respiratory injury, causing alarm bells to sound in the heads of adults, parents, students and doctors alike. Over 1,080 cases of lung injuries related to vaping have been reported from...
Youth Strike
Madeline Thiara and Adele Fratesi
October 3, 2019
Bay Area youth gathered at the San Francisco Federal Building for the Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20 to raise awareness about climate issues and to demand a safe, healthy and just planet. Thirty-five Convent and 13 Stuart Hall students signed out to attend the strike, according to the schools’...
College reps visit campus
Grace O'Reilly, Senior Reporter
September 15, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Five colleges visited campus to give upperclassmen an opportunity to learn more about the admissions process on Friday. The University of Denver, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Northeastern University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and Bard College all represented their scho...
Frosh arrive on campus
Grace Krumplitsch and Tabitha Parent
August 29, 2019
Freshmen gathered for Freshman Success on Aug. 15 and 16 to meet new classmates and familiarize themselves with the campus. After going over the new schedule, dress code and the Honor Code, students participated in icebreakers and games with Theater Programs Director Margaret Grace Hee. “I felt...
Sophomores learn about overcoming personal obstacles
Olivia Rounsaville, Senior Reporter
August 27, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE In an exercise related to the theme of “Wisdom and Knowledge,” sophomores in the G Period Sacred Texts class discussed personal struggles and overcoming hard times in their lives. “I learned that everyone is going through their own struggles,” sophomore Mia Sassi said. “We...
Scholars wear collars
Gabriella Vulakh and Gray Timberlake
August 21, 2019
Students are now required to wear collared shirts as part of the new dress code, and they have the option to wear white or blue jeans in addition to the previously allowed neutral pant and knee-length shorts colors that include black, grey, khaki, navy and olive. “The dress code changes every year based o...
Cafeteria service to expand in fall
Gabriella Vulakh, Web Editor
May 28, 2019
The SAGE food service is expanding to provide lunch for all students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 at no additional cost in the 2019-20 school year, resulting in an increase of approximately 37% more students relying on the cafeteria for their midday meal. “In order to provide the proper lunchtime ...
Students ask anonymous health questions during class meetings
Gray Timberlake, Senior Reporter
April 28, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Health professionals led conversations split by grades during class meetings last week about various health-related topics. Students had the opportunity to write down anonymous questions on notecards that were collected and answered out loud by the health professional leading their discuss...
We want you, too
Adele Bonomi, Senior Reporter
April 1, 2019
Young women may soon have to register for the Selective Service when they turn 18 and sign themselves up for a potential military draft following a federal judge’s ruling last month that the exclusion of women in the draft is unconstitutional. A final report on the court case is expected in 2020 and the dec...
Vaccine preventable
Gabriella Vulakh, Web Editor
April 1, 2019
Childhood diseases such as measles, whooping cough, mumps, and chickenpox are reemerging in the United States in recent outbreaks on the West Coast in California, Washington and Oregon, and doctors point to anti-vaccination groups as the cause. “It is a tremendous risk when families do not vaccinate their...
Suicide prevention assembly equips students
Mason Cooney, Copy Editor
March 8, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE A speaker from San Francisco Suicide Prevention informed students in assembly about signs an individual is suicidal and how to respond. “What I wanted students to get out of assembly was to learn ways to help themselves or other people if an emotional crisis situation were to com...
Mackenna Moslander, Reporter
December 6, 2019 • No Comments
In language classes throughout Convent, students are learning holiday songs in their respective languages in preparation for Noels. “Noels is an opportunity for the...
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