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
The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview
A map provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention displays the countries to which the Coronavirus has spread. The virus has now affected over 4,000 people in about fifteen different countries, with the death toll exceeding 100.

Students address contagious virus

Alina Kushner, Reporter • January 28, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE With the deadly Coronavirus sweeping through China and other parts of the world, students are expressing concerns for friends and family members abroad.  The virus started in the city...

Kobe Bryant waves to fans during the Los Angeles Lakers' 2010 Championship Parade. Bryant won five NBA championships throughout his career.

Community mourns basketball legend

Grace Krumplitsch and Paige Retajczyk • January 27, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Many members of the athletic and school community alike joined the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, who tragically died in a fatal helicopter crash on...

Senior Dena Silver donates a chapter book to the book drive. The books will be distributed to family centers around San Francisco, and books for all age ranges will be accepted.

Book drive continues

Caroline Thompson, Copy Editor • January 24, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Donation boxes are set up on both campuses for students to donate old books to family centers. “I donated because I was wanting to get rid of some books I had in my collection and this...

The Clay Theater displays its showings on its final week before its closing. The theater has celebrated more than 100 years as a San Franciscan cinema staple.

Historic neighborhood cinema closes

Gabrielle Guido, Senior Reporter • January 23, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE As students stroll down Fillmore to get lunch at Starbucks or Mollie Stones, they unwittingly pass by a historic movie theatre that will be closing its doors after 110 years.  The Clay...

A group of juniors line up to play the GPA game in college counseling. Juniors will have counseling nine times throughout the semester.

Juniors begin college counseling

Tabitha Parent, Senior Reporter • January 22, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Juniors in F Period College Counseling continued their introduction to the college application process by learning specific college admissions terminology as well as a game that aimed to...

Sophomores Bridget Mills, Sloane Riley, and Cristina Jackson analyze “I wandered lonely as a cloud” in their presentation of the poet William Wordsworth. The students were also asked to research about the poets life including where they lived and important relationships in their life.

Sophomores study poets

Olivia Rounsaville, Senior Reporter • January 16, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Sophomores in English teacher Angelica Allen’s English II class finished their unit on English Romantic poets with research presentations on a poet and poem from that time period.  “I...

Junior Olivia Callander works on her play based on the French children’s book Le Petit Nicolas. Students created a script based a chapter in the book and they will be acting them out.

French class reads children’s book

Adele Fratesi, Reporter • January 15, 2020

Students in Honors French IV worked in groups to write a play based on the French book Le petit Nicolas written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé.  The project is meant to strengthen...

History teacher Michael Stafford points to the different states where the battles occurred. Stafford led a lecture before showing a Ken Burns documentary.

Sophomores study the Civil War

Paige Retajczyk, Reporter • January 13, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE History teacher Michael Stafford taught U.S. History students about the Civil War through a documentary during H period today. Students watched one episode of the show “The Civil War”...

Sophomores Avery Stout and Paige Retajczyk dance at the Winter Formal. The dance was scheduled a week before the sophomore class leaves for Convent & Stuart Hall’s annual President’s Costa Rica Trip.

Students attend dance

Alina Kushner, Reporter • January 13, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students dressed in their best attire for Convent & Stuart Hall’s casino and masquerade-themed Winter Formal dance last Saturday in the Flood Mansion.  Attendees spent the evening...

Juniors Kate Baker and Isabel Hoppmann give blood. Donating blood can save up to three lives.

Students donate blood

Adele Bonomi, Sports Editor • January 9, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE A blood drive was held in the Dungeon on the Pine/Octavia Campus today, allowing students from both divisions of the high school to save lives by donating up to a pint of blood. “I...

President Ann Marie Krejcarek introduces some of the chaperons of the annual sophomore Costa Rica trip on Jan. 7 in the Syufy Theatre. Sophomores met their travel groups and turned in their passports at the parent and student meeting.

Sophomores prepare for Costa Rica trip

Darcy Jubb, Reporter • January 9, 2020
Aside from the action activities that include river rafting, sophomores will have time to socialize with their classmates playing card games and billiards, listen to live music by local artists, and lounge at the hotel pool. 
Teens post joking memes on platforms like Instagram, Twitter and TikTok. The subject of these posts has revolved around the recent conflict with Iran.

‘Memeing’ into the new year

Gabrielle Guido, Senior Reporter • January 9, 2020

As teens open their TikTok accounts, many are expecting to find playful dance videos about viral trends, but they have instead found a multitude of memes teasing the United States’ and Iran’s recent...

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