No classroom environment can mimic the experience of being wholly foreign to a new atmosphere. The psychology of travel and exposure to a world beyond not only significantly ameliorates mental well-being,...

Costa Rica. The trip every sophomore class hears about for a year and a half. Every year, students come back with stories about the rush of the white water rafting, and the beauty of the waterfalls, and...

Putting my time in Costa Rica into words is an unfeasible task. But telling it through the people I met may anoint it more justice. Without trying, the people who surrounded me throughout this trip transformed...

One of my main draws to Convent of the Sacred Heart High School was the amazing Costa Rica bonding trip. Ever since my time at the middle school, stories from this trip, told by my siblings and the school,...

With the final college submission deadlines around the corner, high school seniors are wrapping up the college application process after a long period of effort, dedication, and sleepless nights. The only...

For the third year, Spanish teachers Antony Reyes and Diana Bolaños brought a group of juniors and seniors on a language immersion trip to Colombia. As IB Spanish students, the expectation was to spend...

Ruth Asawa was an individual who experienced every aspect of life, and her work is an unexplainable representation of the life she lived. Her current exhibition at the SF MoMa, Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective...

Being active within one’s school community is one of the main factors that makes up the high school experience. Have you ever wished your school was more welcoming or exciting? Don’t you ever wish...

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...

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....

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...

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...