Sophomores study poets
Olivia Rounsaville, Senior Reporter
January 16, 2020
WEB EXCLUSIVE Sophomores in English teacher Angelica Allen’s English II class finished their unit on English Romantic poets with research presentations on a poet and poem from that time period. “I think the benefit of doing a presentation like this is that it forces you to know the material ...
Annual festival celebrates student poetry
Olivia Rounsaville, Reporter
April 29, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Students read original works and the English department announced winners of the annual poetry competition at the Poetry Festival in the Syufy Theatre on April 30 celebrating National Poetry Month. The all-school winner was freshmen Celeste Roam for Convent High School and freshman ...
Sophomore English classes prepare for annual poetry festival
Grace Krumplitsch, Reporter
April 1, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE Sophomore English classes spent class time on Monday writing various haikus, limericks, and acrostic poems to submit to Convent & Stuart Hall’s annual poetry festival. “I felt really humbled to win last year,” sophomore Tabitha Parent, who was the 2018 all-school winner, said. ...
Award-winning poet visits campus
Madeline Thiara, Reporter
November 13, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE Poet and author Rowan Ricardo Phillips spoke to Convent & Stuart Hall students and faculty today about his writing career and experience as a sports journalist. “My main focus in the talk was to discuss and think about the importance of words and how words can create a bridge to ...
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 festival began with the all school winners of last year’s festival, sophomores Ari Levine an...
Thinking out loud
Cece Giarman, Web Editor
February 8, 2018
Striving for cheers and hollers that will punctuate their performances, teens from all over the Bay Area are preparing personal poems for an annual competition that draws a crowd of thousands. The Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam, an individual contest open to all Bay Area youth ages 13 to 19, requir...
Former US Poet Laureate speaks to community
Claire Kosewic, Web Editor
May 10, 2017
The school community heard a two-time United States Poet Laureate share his thoughts on men who wear snoods, lanyards, Irish spiders, the British and breakfast at a special assembly and evening reading today. Poet Billy Collins, dubbed “the most popular poet in America,” visited campus, reading several of his poems at a daytime assembly, answering questions from S...
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 scoring poets after performing two poems at the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Finals poetry contest last Sa...
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 for his father and how he looks to him as a role model. Sigmund chose to keep the topic of her writing private. “I worked hard on the p...
Award winning poet and author shares importance of writing, poetry
Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief
April 4, 2016
Self-proclaimed “wandering poet” spoke about the power of poetry and writing with CSH and SHHS this morning during assembly in Syufy Theatre, reading from her own published works and other select pieces. Naomi Shihab Nye, who has published over 30 volumes of poetry and prose and received num...
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, and awarded sophomore Daniel Im and senior Tess Holland the same title. Students from both Stuart Hall and Co...
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...
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