Convent of the Sacred Heart

Ecological club creates week of challenges

The Eco Friends club challenged the community to go on walks in celebration of Earth Day and post their pictures to instagram.

Eco Friends club celebrates Earth Day with daily activities

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,...

More than code

IF, THEN Computer science teacher Doug Grant shows the senior IB Computer Science class how to write
recursive code in Java. The school recently awarded Grant the Niehaus Family President's Excellence
Award and honored him as the namesake for an endowed Chair of Computer Science.

Long-time teacher honored for innovation, excellence

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...

All politics are local

Miller Hall looks over fellow Legislative Aide Wyatt Donnelly-Lan Holt's shoulder at an email from Supervisor Stefani in their office at City Hall. Miller Hall's daily duties as a Legislative Aide include responding to emails and phone calls, working on projects within the district and managing all operations on Supervisor Stefani's schedule

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...

Juniors discuss race and its impact within community

Junior Maxi Tellini, Ethics Teacher Michael Campos and People of Color Student Union advisor Allyson Maebert listen to junior Ryann Minnis during a Collab meeting. Students had previously expressed interest in making a safe coed space to discuss race and ethnicity.

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...

Students give gratitude for departing faculty member

Students line up to hug Academic Support Director Betsy Pfeiffer on her last day at the school. Pfeiffer has worked at Convenf High School since 2014 and will continue to work with the school until the end of the year.

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...

Leading by example

Varsity tennis coach Erin Minuth '11 chats with freshmen Elise Vulakh during a match against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory. This is Minuth's first year as coach, and the team has a 5-0 record.

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,”...

Assembly teaches about physical, mental health

Academic Support Coordinator Jennifer Kramer leads students in an exercise to reduce stress. Kramer and Annie Egan, K-12 Director of Student Support, presented on mental and physical wellness and offered multiple tactics to control anxiety.

Wellness assembly first of many to educate on stress

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...