The Broadview

105 years since first journal

Library staff works to transcribe century-old school journals

Makenna Kramer, Reporter • April 20, 2021

On the same day German forces agreed to an unconditional surrender and World War II ended in Europe, Convent of the Sacred Heart student M.L. Sullivan (’44) held the American flag in San Francisco while...

Empowerment of women rises in single-sex education

All-girls environment builds confidence

Tala El Qadah, Reporter • March 25, 2021

Speaking up in a coeducational environment can be challenging and unmotivating but, an all girls-environment can result in girls becoming more empowered. “I have been going to Convent since kindergarten...

Community embraces ‘Grace’ as school theme

School theme acts as a constant during the uncertainty of the pandemic

Madeline Thiara, Senior Reporter • December 22, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE With stay-at-home orders, the struggle of virtual classes and the adjustment to an altered school environment, the community can use the 2020-2021 school year theme “Grace” to find calmness...

Seniors and freshmen connect through tradition

Pairing system strives to help freshmen integrate into community

Nina Gutierrez, Senior Reporter • October 26, 2020

As freshmen navigate Zoom rather than hallways, Student Council has organized the Senior Sibling program to establish a connection between ninth and 12th graders. “We think this tradition is valuable...

Alumnae adapt to safety measures as they return to universities

College freshman, sophomores share returning to campus

Adele Fratesi and Tala El Qadah • October 26, 2020

Instead of reconnecting with peers and preparing for the new school year when she returned to the University of Notre Dame campus, Cece Giarman (’19) started off the semester sitting in a room quarantining...

Founding Mothers establish school

Charlotte Ehrlich, Web Editor • December 12, 2019

Scattered between the caramel-colored benches, vibrant stained glass and religious iconography of the Mary Mardel, RSCJ, Chapel, a number of inscribed wooden plaques serve as records of the women who founded...

Community honors saint, service

Adele Fratesi, Reporter • November 15, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Both high school divisions gathered on the Pine/Octavia campus in the gym for a chapel service celebrating the Feast of St. Philippine Duchesne, who opened the first Sacred Heart school in...

School adds buildings, creates 4th division

Madeline Thiara, Components Editor • November 12, 2019

After the Schools of the Sacred Heart San Francisco permanently settled at Broadway Street with the acquisition of Flood Mansion, Grant House, Hammond House and Herbst House, the school continued to expand...

All politics are local

Caroline Thompson, Senior Reporter • December 18, 2018

When Ellie Miller Hall, ’07 left Convent High School 11 years ago for college on the East Coast, she had no idea she would one day return to her hometown of San Francisco to help build the future of...

Honoring the oppressed

Sisters begin reparations with descendants of enslaved people

Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor • November 1, 2018

“I realized in the middle of saying those names that these were the first times their names have been spoken in 170 years.”

Driving in business

Alumna manages marketing for Uber

Olivia Mohun, Features Editor • September 28, 2018

While most 20-somethings in San Francisco find themselves in the back of an Uber from time to time, Emma Fahy (’09) has spent the last 19 months as one of the driving forces behind the company’s marketing...

Celebrating 200 years

Community honors arrival of Philippine Duchesne in North America

Mason Cooney, Copy Editor • September 28, 2018

Six students from Convent & Stuart Hall junior high and high school flew to St. Louis earlier this month to explore the sites of St. Philippine Duchesne’s life and celebrate the bicentennial of Sacred...