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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
Social media has popularized the job of being an influencer, with many individuals recording their daily lives to post online to platforms such as TikTok. While it is an inexpensive way to make money and provide entertainment to users online, some have concerns that influencers, particularly family oriented channels, can be toxic and harmful to the children being recorded.

Entertainment or exploitation?

Heidi Yeung, Web Editor • February 27, 2025

This year has marked a significant change in the digital world. As content creation has grown more and more popular as sources of profit and income, more and more influencers have emerged in online spaces...

El Capitan is the site of the inverted American flag protest. Being Yosemities most iconic landmark, the protest drew great amounts of attention.

Sign of distress or dissent

Fiona Kenny, Web Editor • February 25, 2025

On Feb. 22, 2025, six people, including Yosemite National Park employee Gavin Carpenter, staged a protest by hanging an upside-down American flag from El Capitan, one of the park’s most iconic landmarks....

This beach, called Playa Ventanas, was where sophomore students spent their Thursday afternoon. Vendors lined the beach selling items such as burgers, coconut water and ceviche.

Costa Rica Reflection: Cece

Cece Aliabadi, Reporter • January 28, 2025

On Saturday Jan. 18, the entire sophomore class departed for the annual week-long retreat in Costa Rica with no devices, returning just four days ago. The sophomores stayed at a resort in a small town...

The 2016 presidential map that made Donald Trump the 45th president. The 2024 election map was very similar, resulting in the same outcome.

2024 Elections

Fiona Kenny and Heidi Yeung • November 6, 2024

Nov. 5 marked the national presidential election to determine the 47th president of the United States. Through the Electoral College, the final ballots reported Republican candidate Donald Trump with a...

One of the traditions that the sophomore’s partake in during Costa Rica is to jump off the Nauyaca waterfalls. After jumping, students sit by the pools and connect with each other.

Costa Rica run-through

Charlotte Morris, Art Editor • January 22, 2024

This past week, my sophomore class and I got to experience the annual trip to Costa Rica. When I started at Convent, I looked forward to this trip and had so many expectations for how it would turn out....

Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?

Ada Linde, Editor-in-Chief • October 10, 2023

At 7, swimming was just something my best friend was doing. So I copied her — I remember running through the red-carpeted halls of the Olympic Club, dipping our toes just slightly into the chilly, chlorinated...

What is your prediction for the next biggest fashion trend and why? What is your current favorite trend?

Ada Linde, Editor-in-Chief • September 20, 2023

My current favorite trend is chunky jewelry. Especially charm necklaces and bracelets. I’ve been working on boosting my chunky jewelry collection recently — I love stuff from Martha Calvo, SEQUIN,...

What do you think of the seniors’ Main Hall privilege?

Ada Linde, Editor-in-Chief • September 18, 2023

  The Main Hall is a space that I cherish because it encourages community and productivity — either depending on the time of day. Though I understand the desire for a professional, serene entry...

Dress for success

December 17, 2021

Unlike many Sacred Heart schools around the world, Convent & Stuart hall has refrained from requiring a uniform for high school students every day. Instead, the school has a clearly defined dress code...

Freedom of dress

December 17, 2021

If the school dress code exists to promote productivity of learning, it begs the question as to how restrictions on freedom of expression and dress correlate to a higher performance in the classroom. Dress...

'Beloved' censorship

‘Beloved’ censorship

December 14, 2021

IB English seniors recently finished reading Beloved by Toni Morrison, a 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set after the Civil War which follows the struggles that freed slaves faced throughout their lives....

Sex is personal, sex-ed should be too

October 12, 2021

The absence of sex education in high school goes virtually unnoticed due to the array of information available to students from classes, clubs, online resources and personal relationships that render it...

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