French students work on creative writing assignment
Olivia Mohun, Features Editor
September 16, 2018
Students in a combined Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate higher-level French class worked together in two teams to write an alternate ending to the play, Art by Yasmina Reza, which they have been reading in class. “I think that creative group projects like this help me learn bet...
Junior English classes prep for AP exam
Cece Giarman, Editor-in-Chief
May 8, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE As students enrolled in Advanced Placement classes use their final classes for last minute studying for exams, a majority of juniors used their English class time to begin preparation for the AP English Language and Composition exam they will take next Wednesday. Convent & Stuart Hall does not currently...
Art classes participate in worldwide project
Grace Ainslie, News Editor
September 19, 2017
Advanced Portfolio and IB Art students started working with the Memory Project, a program dedicated to creating portraits of children from other countries who have faced substantial challenges. “We have 42 students participating,” Visual Arts Department Chair Rachel McIntire said. “They have to resear...
Former and current AP students give five study tips
Lisabelle Panossian, Web & Social Media Editor
May 2, 2016
Advanced Placement students will take their exams this and next week and may be asking the same question when it comes to studying: “Where do I even start?” Over four million high school students sat down for an AP exam in 2015 with about 84% of test-takers being upperclassmen, according to T...
AP Art History takes a trip to the Presidio
India Thieriot, Assistant Copy Editor
September 4, 2015
On a sunny day in the middle of the Presidio, Advanced Placement Art History students studied Spire, a 90-foot sculpture by Scottish land artist Andy Goldsworthy. With the Senior Class gone on retreats, history teacher Sarah Garlinghouse wanted her junior students to go on an excursion of their own. “I...
Interactive Dance Starts Mandarin Class
Catherine Dana and India Thieriot
August 26, 2015
It can be hard for students to get focused at the beginning of their last class of the day, but Mandarin teacher Yuhong Yao has a solution. AP Mandarin students begin class by engaging in physical activity through interactive dance videos. “You get all your energy out before stepping into the cla...
Madeline Thiara, Components Editor
August 22, 2019 • No Comments
Students and faculty have been adapting to the new dual lunch period, as opposed to last year when there was only one lunch period for the entire student body. This year,...
Student Council prepares for back to school dance
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Seniors attend college workshop
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Students take part in leadership training with alumna
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