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Junior Natalie Stans works on her submission at home for the annual Poetry Festival that will be held virtually next month. Her poem was about the biggest influences in her life.

Poetry festival scheduled for April

Nicole Klein, Reporter April 20, 2021

April’s annual Poetry Festival will be held virtually and will feature a San Francisco-based poet as its guest judge. Julie Bruck, who will select the school-wide winning poem, won the Governor General’s...

Participants in English teacher Julia Arce and  history teacher Michaels Stafford’s joke-themed Zoom room watch a Key & Peele skit about a substitute teacher during the schools virtual Congé on May 20. The room was a platform for lighthearted humor and puns to relax before upcoming final exams.

Congé takes unconventional form, surprises community

Tala El Qadah, Reporter May 19, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE The school community joined the poetry festival webinar and ended up receiving the news that today was Congé and classes for the day were canceled.  “I was so surprised that Congé...

Junior Trevor Blanc performs the last student poem before guest poets came to the stage to perform. Ten students from Convent and Stuart Hall read their poems to the student body.

Student body celebrates poetry

Sophia Aeby, Reporter April 30, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Poetry readings, rap battles, an acapella performance and “promposal” took over Syufy Theatre as Convent and Stuart Hall students gathered this morning for the annual Poetry Festival. The...

Sophomores Nisrine Rahmoui and Rachel Santamaria look over a poem written by Rahmoui. The annual poetry contest will on Monday April 30th.

Poetry Festival submissions turned in

Sophia Aeby, Reporter April 11, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students turned in their final poems to their English teachers today for the annual Poetry Festival that will take place on Monday, April 30th in Syufy Theatre. All students were required...

Senior one of five poets from Bay Area to perform on a national stage

Senior one of five poets from Bay Area to perform on a national stage

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter April 19, 2016

A senior will travel to Washington D.C. in July to perform in a poetry festival after winning several rounds of competitions, the latest one last Saturday. Senior Maya Greenhill was one of the top five...

Seniors Chloe Lovato and Daniella Lucio begin to observe coral polyps under a microscope. Their observations were made for their marine biology class.

The Broad View: 4/11/16 – 4/15/16

Amanda Joa, Photographer April 18, 2016

Jazz band performs an original piece at the Poetry Festival. The yearly competition showcases writers and poets from both CHS and SHHS.

Hometown poet judges annual Poetry Festival

Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor April 15, 2016

San Francisco poet Genny Lim guest judged the Poetry Festival and chose seniors Corinne Sigmund and Zach Hammer as the all-school winners for both CHS and SHHS. Hammer shared a poem regarding his admiration...

Freshman Carlota Rubio reviews her poem after she submitted it.

English department no longer accepting Poetry Festival submissions

Grace Ainslie, Senior Reporter April 8, 2015

The English Department collected final submissions for the annual Poetry Festival and have started the judging process. “We’ve accepted some [poems] yesterday, some this morning, but by today they...

Senior Thomas Egan recites an original poem at the annual Poetry Festival. The Festivals theme this year is Voice, and included performances by the SHHS a cappella group.

All-school poetry contest winners announced at annual festival

Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor May 9, 2014

Guest speaker and all-school Poetry Festival judge Jovel Queirolo (’10) announced the winner of the annual high school poetry contest. Queirolo was an all-school winner of the contest herself,...

Brady retires after 28 years

May 21, 2009

Sara Kloepfer Reporter He sits at a corner table in the Center, folded hands resting on his crossed leg, his head cocked slightly and bushy white eyebrows raised as he listens to a student read her...

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