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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

Community celebrates International Women’s Day

Caroline Thompson March 9, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Communities across the world celebrated International Women’s Day, a day aimed to highlight the strength, unity and accomplishments of women across the globe. “Being a woman to me...

Sophomore Sonia Alazraie meets with Academic Director Betsy Pfeiffer to choose her classes for her junior year. Pfeiffer uses teacher recommendations and the student's interests to help choose the most beneficial classes for each student.

Students choose classes for next year

Caroline Thompson, Reporter February 27, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE The courses for the 2018-2019 school year were released in early February, and students were allowed to begin registering for classes on February 15. “It took a long time for me to finalize...

Time to speak up

Time to speak up

Grace Ainslie & Asha Khanna February 8, 2018

A seemingly average lesson with a popular San Francisco-area driving instructor turned into an uncomfortable situation for Ellie Miller Hall ’07 when he told her to pull into a rest stop off of the highway...

Senior Olivia Matthes performs her monologue from "Hamlet" by playwright William Shakespeare. Matthes' 17 lines are said by Hamlet in Act 3, Scene 4.

‘Lend me your ears’

Grace Ainslie, News Editor January 25, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Room 302 acted as The Globe Theatre this afternoon as nine girls auditioned for The Shakespeare Monologue Competition during lunch. “[The competition] is a way for us to celebrate...

A junior gets her hair checked by a worker for Lice Patrol during B Period. Due to an outbreak of lice, all soft furniture on campus will be cleaned and Lice Patrol will return to campus later this month to re-check students.

Lice outbreak addressed

Grace Ainslie, News Editor January 10, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE A line of students extended into the Center this morning as the girls waited to get their hair checked for lice in Athletic Director Elena De Santis’ office. The school scheduled checks ...

Team co-captain Josephine Rozzelle shakes hands with her opponent from the Urban School. Before each match, the captains from both teams announce each player who shakes the opposing teams hands as well as the hands of both coaches.

All hands in

Cece Giarman, Web Editor December 14, 2017

Before every regatta, junior Camilla Sigmund joins her rowing team in a pre-race ritual, taking three deep breaths and passing a handshake from one team member to the next along the side of the boat. Rituals,...

Finding common ground

Finding common ground

Asha Khanna, Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2017

Endorsing political candidates with histories of sexual assault allegations has apparently become a pattern. At least nine women have publicly accused Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore of Alabama...

The Union Square Christmas tree, sponsored by Macy's, is decorated with over 700 ornaments and 43,000 LED lights. The official tree lighting took place on Nov. 24, and the tree will remain up into the new year.

Christmas in the City

Olivia Mohun, City Life Editor December 14, 2017

Home to hundreds of stores meeting most holiday shopping needs and a host of dining options from upscale restaurants to grab-and-go cafés, Downtown San Francisco offers an array of attractions. The...

Alumna Bianka Quintanilla-Whye and teammate Paul Watkins hold newly-born chicks hatched in poultry farmer Boureima Kabre's traditionally-powered incubator in Burkina Faso. Their team from Stanford University worked in Kabre's shop assembling a solar powered incubator they designed.

Improving the egg-conomy

Gabriella Vulakh, Senior Reporter December 14, 2017

A team of five mechanical engineers from Stanford University, including a Convent alumna, are designing and constructing a solar-powered, poultry egg incubator for Burkina Faso, one of West Africa’s...

Sophomore and SIA member Michelle Wang sorts through toys in the SIA Christmas toy drive donation bin. The toy drive will continue through Dec. 6.

SIA hosts toy drive

Gabriella Vulakh, Reporter November 30, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students in Action’s (SIA) Christmas toy drive for victims of the Napa fires officially began today. Students and faculty are invited to bring new unwrapped toys for children with...

George Saunders answers a question from Stuart Hall senior Seth Eislund. Saunders also read a passage from his story, "Victory Lap."

George Saunders visits school community

Mary Perez, Senior Reporter November 16, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE Convent & Stuart Hall welcomed the 2017 Booker Man Prize winner George Saunders today for a special assembly and classroom visits. Saunders discussed topics such as the impact of...

"The Crucible" cast performs Act 2, Scene 2 during a rehearsal. The play opens Nov. 9.

Lights, curtains, action

Gabriella Vulakh, Reporter November 7, 2017

With pastel lights and a few bone-chilling screams, Convent & Stuart Hall’s fall production of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” will set the stage of Syufy Theatre to 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. The...

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