Physics department purchases new lab equipment

Kendra Harvey, Managing Editor

March 22, 2016

From new MaKey MaKey invention kits to electronic kits complete with light bulbs and alligator clips, the physics department lab-based learning recently invested in more equipment to focus on more hands on activities. “We basically purchased components that teach high school level and college leve...

School embarks on 2-year process to implement International Baccalaureate program

Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor

October 31, 2014

If both Convent and Stuart Hall High Schools successfully complete a two-year review and evaluation process, current freshmen and sophomores will have the opportunity to engage in International Baccalaureate courses, beginning in Fall 2016. The IB Diploma Programme is an academically challenging and balanced...

SSH president goes ‘over the edge’

March 28, 2014

Schools of the Sacred Heart President Ann Marie Krejcarek rappelled the Market Street side of the Hyatt Regency at the Embarcadero Thursday afternoon as part of a fundraiser for Outward Bound. The organization leads adventure trips for students and adults that push them beyond their comfort zone. Alice Jon...

School improves security technology

February 15, 2013

Tatiana Gutierrez Senior Reporter Even before the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. and the Midland City, Ala. school bus shooting and hostage situation, Schools of the Sacred Heart has been reviewing and implementing a new system of screening and identifying visitors on campus. “As a dean, safety is a primary concern, so knowledge that our campus i...

Four schools gather for annual Noëls

December 14, 2012

The four Schools of the Sacred Heart neatly organize themselves by grade or language they are studying, sitting on the floor of the Herbert Center gymnasium for the annual Christmas Noëls this morning. The tradition dates from the Jackson Street campus and began under Mother Madeline Rode, RSCJ, as ...

New SSH president greets community as part of daily routine

September 14, 2012

Most mornings, a petite, professionally-dressed woman stands outside of the Flood Mansion greeting students and faculty walking into the school to start their day. Dr. Ann Marie Krejcarek offers a handshake and some small talk as community members stop to chat with her. Krejcarek, the new president of Scho...

New Schools of the Sacred Heart president has Q&A

April 5, 2012

Rebecca Lee Editor-in-Chief Ann Marie Krejcarek will be succeeding retiring director of schools Gordon Sharafinski, who is retiring, as president of Schools of the Sacred Heart. Krejcarek is currently the headmaster of Saint Andrew’s School, a kindergarten through ninth grade school in Boca Rat...