Ecological club creates week of challenges
Elise Vulakh, Reporter
April 23, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE The school community is celebrating Earth Day by participating in a week of challenges created by the Eco Friends club and still following the social distancing protocol. The challenge, which began on Monday, consists of daily posts to the Eco Friends Instagram encouraging participants...
More than code
Gray Timberlake and Mason Cooney
February 14, 2019
After 50 years of teaching computer science and mathematics as well as leading Convent as head of school, Convent & Stuart Hall awarded Doug Grant the Niehaus Family President’s Excellence Award and named a recently-donated endowed Chair of Computer Science after him. “Mr. Grant received the...
All politics are local
Caroline Thompson, Senior Reporter
December 18, 2018
When Ellie Miller Hall, ’07 left Convent High School 11 years ago for college on the East Coast, she had no idea she would one day return to her hometown of San Francisco to help build the future of the City. Miller Hall has been working as a legislative aide for District 2 supervisor Catherine...
Juniors discuss race and its impact within community
Caroline Thompson, Senior Reporter
November 27, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE Ten Convent & Stuart Hall juniors met during Collab today to discuss race and white privilege with ethics teacher Michael Campos and People of Color Student Union advisor Allyson Maebert. The discussion, open to all juniors in Campos’ ethics class, focused on an assembly put o...
Students give gratitude for departing faculty member
Caroline Thompson, Senior Reporter
September 28, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE Tearful gratitudes and parting messages for Academic Support Director Betsy Pfeiffer were shared by students during chapel today on Pfeiffer’s last day at school. “I am grateful for Ms. Pfeiffer because she is a loving, caring, supportive, and selfless woman,” senior Izzy Gutie...
Leading by example
Jordan Russell, Sports Editor
September 27, 2018
Varsity tennis walked onto the courts this season with a new head coach who is both an alumna and a former Convent tennis player. “Tennis is my family’s sport so I’ve played since I was three,” Erin Minuth ’11 said. “I took lessons in elementary, middle and high school. Once I got ol...
Assembly teaches about physical, mental health
Josephine Rozzelle and Cece Giarman
September 7, 2018
While class workloads and extracurricular demands increase, faculty members from the student support team led the community in the first of a series of wellness assemblies this morning. “We decided as a school last spring that wellness was a topic that was important enough to build in time for,...
College counselors advise students and parents
Caroline Thompson, Senior Reporter
August 29, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE Convent & Stuart Hall college counselors hosted an information night today for the senior class and their parents to help prepare them for the college application process ahead. “We were strongly recommended to go to the panel tonight to learn about crucial parts of the college...
Prize Day ceremony marks end of school year
Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor
June 4, 2018
Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and faculty gathered in the chapel for the 131st annual Prize Day ceremony to celebrate the completion of the 2017-2018 school year. Each student processed in, receiving a floral wreath and a card signifying the completion of their academic year. Some students also r...
Presentation on climate change
Caroline Thompson, Reporter
April 23, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE George Gigounas, a representative from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change gave a presentation about climate change in Syufy Theatre this morning in honor of Earth Day. Adopted by most of the world in 1992, the UNFCCC aims to manage the levels of greenhouse gases i...
Art piece celebrates Society of the Sacred Heart
Sophia Aeby, Reporter
March 20, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE Visual Arts Department Chair Rachel McIntire shared a small fraction of her public art commissions for Convent & Stuart Hall to her Art Foundations II class for their feedback today during class. McIntire is currently working with Caleb Duarte, who has been commissioned to make...
Community celebrates International Women’s Day
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 means being able to combine a caring and loving spirit with a firm head and a generous heart,” Head...
Mackenna Moslander and Elise Vulakh
June 8, 2020 • No Comments
WEB EXCLUSIVE In order to follow the guidelines of the Department of Public Health, Convent held both virtual and individual in-person ceremonies for the Class of 2020. The...
Students, faculty gather for 133rd annual Prize Day
June 3, 2020
June 3, 2020
We may never understand, but united we stand
June 2, 2020