Pick me!
Alina Kushner, Senior Reporter
June 3, 2020
On weekends when temperatures are in the 90’s, families can escape to U-pick farms where they can collect cherries, peaches and other fruit. Farms encourage customers to wear masks, social distance and use touchless forms of payment. Also, farms are required to provide hand washing stations ...
Residents find new hiking trails in the City
Nina Gutierrez, Reporter
June 2, 2020
After weeks of being cooped up inside the house, many San Francisco residents are taking advantage of the warm weather to explore local hiking trails while complying with the social distancing requirements. “Since I sit behind a screen for hours during the school day, I wanted to add variation to...
Communities Connect
Alina Kushner, Senior Reporter
May 20, 2020
To cope with stress, anxiety and isolation due to the shelter-in-place order, San Francisco residents are finding ways to come together and lift spirits with block dance parties, scavenger hunts and daily honoring of first responders. Residents of 26th St. in Noe Valley are holding block dance part...
Colleges face reopening campus uncertainty
Grace Krumplitsch, Web Editor
May 20, 2020
While Convent & Stuart Hall administrators are working closely with public health officials to plan potentially reopening campus this fall, many colleges and universities across the country are faced with when and how they will reopen their campuses. “Portland sent out a message saying that t...
High school zooms into college
Gabriella Vulakh, Editor-in-Chief
May 20, 2020
As I say my final goodbyes to teachers and classmates over Zoom, I cannot help but worry that my first semester of college might realistically include meeting professors and attending lectures over online learning platforms instead of in a classroom in Providence, Rhode Island. The thought that col...
Restaurants open for takeout
Olivia Rounsaville, Senior Reporter
May 20, 2020
Social distancing requirements due to COVID-19 created major shifts in the restaurant business, affecting the service, employees, and profits. “At the beginning it was extremely difficult because we were losing most of our clients,” Guido Mastrobalo, owner of Geo Gelati, a gelato shop on Union Street s...
Shelter in place prompts behavioral shift in pets
Clara Bonomi, Reporter
May 7, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE Six weeks into San Francisco's shelter-in-place order requiring many people to spend more time in their homes, pet guardians have noticed a shift in their furry friends’ behavior. “[My dog] has had a lot more energy now that my whole family is here at home,” freshman Melanie K...
Community makes masks to follow city orders
Nina Gutierrez, Reporter
April 27, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s requirement that everyone wear face coverings as of April 22 in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus has people making their own protective masks to comply with the city order. Students with sewing experience are using the...
Blog: Virtual Learning
Tabitha Parent, Senior Reporter
April 5, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE My addiction to my phone, while equally impressive and terrifying, is not an indicator of how much I actually enjoy technology. If I’m being honest, I don’t enjoy my phone as much as my mom probably thinks I do. I tend to get overly frustrated, and my troubleshooting methods primari...
Teens use humor to cope with current pandemic
Madeline Thiara, Components Editor
March 30, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE Teenagers are using social networking apps such as TikTok, Twitter and Instagram to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic through humor, even though many posts make light of certain aspects of the outbreak. One meme discusses how during the boredom of social distancing many people are exploring ...
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme 2020 exams canceled
Grace Krumplitsch, Charlotte Ehrlich, Mackenna Moslander, Gabriella Vulakh, and Gabrielle Guido
March 23, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE The International Baccalaureate Organization cancelled the May 2020 Diploma Programme exams on Monday, citing health concerns surrounding COVID-19 and the importance of social distancing. Exams were scheduled to take place April 30 through May 22. The IBO canceled 2020 examinations...
Blog: The Viral Aisle
Tabitha Parent, Senior Reporter
March 19, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE A few weeks ago, when talk that schools were beginning to close down became prevalent, I started an internal chant of No school, no school, no school and let it play on repeat in my head. But, after visiting a grocery store for the first time since school closed, I wished that I had had a fa...
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