Institutions open doors

Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor

September 27, 2018

Preparing for and taking standardized tests can cost an applicant’s family hundreds to thousands of dollars and dozens of hours, only for a student to receive a score that an admissions representative might take only a few seconds to look at. A rising number of major colleges and universities are making th...

Shadows welcomed back on campus

Mary Perez, Senior Reporter

March 21, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE As the senior class begins to receive acceptance letters and deciding which college is right for them, some eighth grade students have been visiting campus one more time before making their decision of which high school to commit to. “I think when students get accepted, they’re looking at thin...

College panel discusses admissions process

Mason Cooney, Features Editor

February 8, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Four college admissions representatives spoke in Syufy Theatre this evening to advise students and their parents about the upcoming application process and college experience. “I thought it was valuable to hear a genuine insight as to what colleges want and how that varies from wh...

Open house brings prospective families to campus

Emily Kanellos and Elizabeth Worthington

November 3, 2016

Seventh and eighth graders visited the Broadway campus tonight for this fall's last Open House for prospective students and their parents. Admissions Director Allyson Maebert organized the event that she began planning  at the end of August. “Open House serves an opportunity for families and students to ...

Evening School opens doors to prospective students

Neely Metz, Copy Editor

November 6, 2015

Prospective students and families interested in attending Convent crowded the school as the annual Evening School Open House event took place tonight. “It’s been really wonderful,” Vanessa Kainz, the parent of a student attendee said. “To be directly in the classroom and to see the campus ...

Admissions season begins with first Information Night

Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief

September 21, 2015

Prospective students and their families filled the third floor of the Flood Mansion during today’s Admissions Information Night, kicking off the high school admissions season.   “The purpose of the Info Night is to give a chance for families to have a deeper discussion about the student expe...

Appreciating the process

March 28, 2013

For our Theology 4 midterm, the Senior Class watched Emilio Estevez’s “The Way,” which he wrote and stars in alongside his father Martin Sheen. Sheen plays a detached and disillusioned father whose son (Estevez) dies while making a pilgrimage on the famed Camino, a route stretching from France to Spa...