Students prepare for standardized testing
Alina Kushner, Reporter
October 10, 2019
WEB EXCLUSIVE With the Preliminary SAT exam approaching on Oct. 16, students were able to attend review sessions to discuss helpful strategies and tips with teachers to prepare for the exam. The meetings were held both Tuesday and Wednesday during ColLab before A and E Periods. Students had the o...
PSAT meeting teaches testing techniques
Adele Bonomi, Senior Reporter
October 5, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE Juniors gathered in room 305 today to discuss study strategies and do practice problems for the Practice Scholastic Aptitude Test in preparation for the upcoming exam on Oct. 10. The 2 hours and 45 minutes test includes four sections — reading, writing, and math with and without a calcul...
Institutions open doors
Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor
September 27, 2018
Preparing for and taking standardized tests can cost an applicant’s family hundreds to thousands of dollars and dozens of hours, only for a student to receive a score that an admissions representative might take only a few seconds to look at. A rising number of major colleges and universities are making th...
PSAT memes become tradition
Asha Khanna, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2017
WEB EXCLUSIVE After sitting through more than three hours of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test yesterday, some students rushed to their phones to check the test memes, which have become a trend over the past few years. “They mostly make jokes out of the reading comprehension section,...
Seniors commended for success
India Thieriot, Assistant Copy Editor
October 26, 2015
The sound of clapping filled Syufy Theatre as students supported a few of their senior peers in a commendation of academic excellence. After taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) last year, current seniors’ scores were admitted to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) ...
PSAT enables viral Internet craze
Neely Metz, Copy Editor
October 16, 2015
Although students completed the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test yesterday, people who took the PSAT created a new internet sensation consisting of memes based on elements from the standardized test. “They’re hilarious,” junior Logan Evans said. “As soon as I take the PSAT I always go on ...
PSAT brings standardized testing to school
Grace Ainslie, Senior Reporter
October 14, 2015
Freshmen, sophomores and juniors entered their assigned rooms with only a calculator and pencil this morning to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. “It was hard because I didn’t know a lot of the material,” freshman Amelia Estes said after taking the test. The PSAT is a standardized test that ...
College counseling elective begins for juniors
Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief
January 6, 2015
Juniors gathered in the Mother Williams Library with their ipads this morning for their first college counseling elective. “As juniors, it’s time to think about where you want to go and what’s next,” College Counseling Director Rebecca Munda said during the elective. “We’ll be using this as a...
Adele Fratesi, Reporter
November 15, 2019 • No Comments
WEB EXCLUSIVE Both high school divisions gathered on the Pine/Octavia campus in the gym for a chapel service celebrating the Feast of St. Philippine Duchesne, who opened the...
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French students prepare for exam
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Copy Editor
Caroline Thompson is a senior and the copy editor for The Broadview. Outside of school, she volunteers at a hospital and enjoys spending time with friends and family.
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