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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

Senior Julia Gutman poses for her silly school photo. Some seniors took casual photos, with everything from crazy hairstyles to borrowed glasses being documented on their student ID cards.

Seniors take relaxed school ID photos

Darrean Loy, Senior Reporter August 24, 2016

School pictures are over, and while most students frantically touched up their makeup and fixed their hair, a group of seniors did the opposite. Senior attempts to make an impression included smearing...

Many aspects of the daily and weekly schedule have been modified. The new schedule features block periods that range in time from 80 to 90 minutes and 40 to 55 minute lunch periods.

New schedule earns praise and criticism

Josephine Rozzelle, Senior Reporter August 22, 2016

Changes were made to the daily and weekly schedule over the course of the summer to improve the consistency of meeting times for classes. “The biggest change is the change in the red, blue schedule,”...

Back to School

Back to School

August 19, 2016

Library renovations, summer activities and rising textbook prices are few of the many areas that returning and new students catch up on as they reenter the Flood Mansion doors.

A modernized couch overlooks the foggy bay in the Mother Williams Library. The new  furniture began to be moved in on Thursday.

Library doors open to updated look

India Thieriot, News Editor August 19, 2016

By the beginning of the first full week of classes on Monday, furniture for the refurbished Mother Williams Library should be in place, as the last shipment containers arrived this morning. Library...

Expensive materials encourage students to seek cheaper alternatives

Expensive materials encourage students to seek cheaper alternatives

Julia-Rose Kibben, Managing Editor August 19, 2016

Purchasing required texts on top of school supplies and uniforms can result in a pricy back-to-school receipt, which has students finding other ways to go about acquiring textbooks. “My first move...

BYOD replaces 1:1 iPad program

BYOD replaces 1:1 iPad program

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter May 26, 2016

In a recent sophomore theology class of nine students, eight used personal laptops for classwork instead of iPads, confirming the high school’s transition to an ePack Bring Your Own Device...

Sophomore Edna Tesfaye washes her hands in the restroom on the third flood of Flood Mansion. The restrooms clog frequently in the Flood Mansion and Grant Building.

Down the drain — or not

Grace Ainslie, Senior Reporter May 26, 2016

During passing periods and after school, the restrooms are some of the most visited places on campus, but finding a working stall can sometimes be difficult. The 10 girls restroom stalls throughout...

Bill introduced to end ‘tampon tax’

Bill introduced to end ‘tampon tax’

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter May 24, 2016

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies tampons and pads as medical devices, they are taxed in California, unlike bandages which are exempt from sales tax, despite also being considered...

Associate Librarian Reba Sell sorts through documents in the Archives in the Grant House attic. The Archives contain  historical documents and old yearbooks.

Dated information becomes accessible

Grace Ainslie, Senior Reporter May 18, 2016

Old uniform pictures and architectural blueprints of the Flood Mansion, previously hidden away in the attic of the Grant House, will become accessible by computer as the Archives are digitized. “Just...

Student council election rules updated

Student council election rules updated

Claire Kosewic, Senior Reporter May 17, 2016

Posters advertising candidates plaster bathroom stall doors, hallway walls and stairways during class elections season, but unlike previous years, none of them promoted students for the roles of secretary,...

Artwork displays City pride at SFO

Artwork displays City pride at SFO

Kristina Cary, Managing Editor May 17, 2016

Graphite sketches, digital designs, oil and acrylic paintings, photographs, prints and collages comprise a Stuart Hall-coordinated display featuring Convent art at the San Francisco International Airport....

The Senior Class stands for its formal class photo on the front steps of the Flood Mansion. The photo, formerly
taken in the Cortile, was relocated to the front steps so that refreshments could be served in the tented patio area.

Teatime tradition acts as tribute to the graduating class

Julia-Rose Kibben, Design Editor May 17, 2016

Illuminated by light pouring in from the Belvedere windows overlooking San Francisco Bay, the Senior Class stood in a semi-circle, clad in white dresses, holding bouquets of pink and white roses in one...

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