PUBLISHED IN PRINT (Vol. 30, Issue 5)
I walked into the Pub Lab for the first time as a seventh grader, drawn to journalism after years of staring at black-and-white shots of my grandfather's Washington...
PUBLISHED IN PRINT (Vol. 30, Issue 3)
Going to Spain was one of my favorite experiences of high school. It was also one of the scariest. Being dropped off at a new family's apartment in a city I didn't...
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....
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...
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,...
PUBLISHED IN PRINT (Vol. 30, Issue 2)
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Countless studies have proven that high school students are immensely more stressed than they developmentally should be. Not only do many have to manage classes and the homework that comes along with them,...
America has always claimed to be “the land of the free” for men, women and minorities but recently, the country hasn’t lived up to this.
The Texas government began to enforce the “heartbeat...
Lindsey Vonn was born on October 18, 1984 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her father, Alan Kildow, was a former junior national ski champion and so was her grandfather. When she was...