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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

Sophomore Jade Despanie drives the lane against a Lincoln High School player. The Cubs played Branson High School the second day of the tournament.

School hosts first basketball tournament

Laura Mogannam, In-House Media Editor December 15, 2017

Convent High School hosted the 4th Annual Hoops vs. Cancer Classic basketball tournament for the first time this past weekend, inviting high school teams from across the Bay Area to play to raise money...

Freshman Sarah Barnes and sophomore Malinalli Cervantes study for final exams during their F block free period. Finals will continue through Tues. 19.

Semester final exams begin

Gabriella Vulakh, Senior Reporter December 14, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE Today was the first of four final exam days, with students taking E and F Period finals. The finals schedule includes two, two-hour testing times per day which began this morning and...

SHCOG responds

Cassie Eskicioglu, Senior Reporter December 14, 2017

Last month’s visiting team from the Sacred Heart Commission on Goals commended the student experience while recommending more time for planning, connecting among faculty and staff, and finding ways to...

Junior Molly Brown asks two Convent Elementary students to show her how their sound maker works during After School Program. Brown works at ASP every Tuesday after school.

Doing double duty

Grace Ainslie, News Editor December 14, 2017

Although having a job during the school year can cause teens to stress over finding a balance with classwork, sports practice and extracurriculars, working on-campus can alleviate some of those issues. “Over...

Up in smoke

Up in smoke

Asha Khanna, Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2017

Despite the Surgeon General’s Warnings on packs of cigarettes and anti-cigarette campaigns, many young smokers are starting nicotine habits through JUULs, a type of e-cigarette available in multiple...

Alumna Bianka Quintanilla-Whye and teammate Paul Watkins hold newly-born chicks hatched in poultry farmer Boureima Kabre's traditionally-powered incubator in Burkina Faso. Their team from Stanford University worked in Kabre's shop assembling a solar powered incubator they designed.

Improving the egg-conomy

Gabriella Vulakh, Senior Reporter December 14, 2017

A team of five mechanical engineers from Stanford University, including a Convent alumna, are designing and constructing a solar-powered, poultry egg incubator for Burkina Faso, one of West Africa’s...

Junior Anna Doggett lays out gingerbread men to prepare for the Santa Fest holiday fundraiser at the General's Residence in Fort Mason. Children of Shelters runs the annual event in the Presidio for local homeless children.

Giving during the holidays

Mason Cooney, Features Editor December 14, 2017

Volunteers clamor to serve meals at soup kitchens or package food at local food banks as the holidays approach, while less popular organizations in San Francisco are overlooked and left with little assistance....

Juniors Emma Kob, Molly Brown, and Amelia Estes participate in a Kahoot quiz before their physics class. The Kahoot reviewed topics they had gone over earlier in the semester as a refresher.

Teachers set aside time to help students review for finals

Mary Perez, Senior Reporter December 12, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE As the semester comes to a close, students have begun studying for finals with the support of their teachers. “It’s been pretty nice to have a few days to review with study guides...

Simple Gifts board member Asha Khanna teaches new board member Bella Shea how to sell candy grams. The profits will go a fashion show which will raise money for the non-profit organization Every Mother Counts.

Simple Gifts candy gram sale begins

Gabriella Vulakh, Reporter December 12, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE Simple Gifts began selling Candy Grams this week to fund their annual fashion show in the Spring. The club plans to donate all of the funds from the show to the nonprofit organization...

French and Spanish teacher Pascal Parra practices a song with his students from his French II class. The French classes picked a new song this year.

Students rehearse for Nöels

Sophia Aeby, Reporter December 11, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE After today's Chapel students were divided into their foreign language classes to practice Nöels song in preparation for the four division gathering on Friday. “It’s helpful for the...

Lincoln shoots on Bay during the first of the 11 games of the Classic. Convent's first game will be against the winner of this game at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

School hosts fourth annual Hoops vs. Cancer Classic

Gray Timberlake, Reporter December 7, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE The varsity basketball team will play in the Hoops vs. Cancer Classic this Friday in the Herbert Center. Before this year, the annual tournament took place at Branson. Head of Athletics...

Theology teacher Katherine McMichael leads her sophomores through a QiGong movement. The practice focused on taking energy from the five elements on Earth, and is said to allow energy to flow through the body.

Sophomore Class learns QiGong

Caroline Thompson, Reporter December 6, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE Sophomores spent their World Religions class practicing QiGong, an Eastern self-healing practice, to wrap up their unit on Taoism.  “This practice helped me understand the unit because...

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