Season lost, memories celebrated

Adele Bonomi, Sports Editor

May 20, 2020

As I rounded the bend at Kezar Stadium in the 200-meter dash on March 6, I did not know that those last 100 meters to the finish line would be the last of my high school track career.  The administration suspended athletic practices and competitions on March 9 due to a public health concern over COVID-...

Senior Night marks end of varsity basketball season

Arianna Nassiri, Reporter

February 5, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Before playing University, varsity basketball celebrated Senior Night Monday evening, marking the final high school basketball game for senior players and the team’s last game of the 2017-2018 season. “I’m so sad to see the seniors go,” junior Kiki Apple said. “They have been on the team since I was a freshman, ...

Volleyball seniors celebrated during last home game

Estie Seligman, Reporter

October 18, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE  The volleyball program gathered this evening to honor the accomplishments of the seniors and their commitment to the team. All three volleyball teams played Lick-Wilmerding in the Herbert Center. This year’s seniors Julia Alvarez, Alayna Wong and Candice Weinman were recognized for their contr...

Exhibitions to animal shelter: seniors engage in greater community action

Emily Kanellos & Laura Mogannam, Reporters

January 5, 2017

Seniors are finding themselves in activities as varied as attending live performances and exploring the many facets of the Bay Area as part of a theology community engagement project. Theology teacher Rachel Bundang requires her Justice: Theory and Society students to attend a community event once a semester and reflect on the experience as a part of the class’ social justic...

Varsity volleyball loses first league game

Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor

September 14, 2016

Varsity volleyball lost its first league game against the Urban Blues today in five sets, as players now look to regroup and refocus as the full season awaits. Six members of the team are new and have never played at the varsity level. “Our team is very inexperienced,” senior Dot Wetmore sa...

Teatime tradition acts as tribute to the graduating class

Julia-Rose Kibben, Design Editor

May 17, 2016

Illuminated by light pouring in from the Belvedere windows overlooking San Francisco Bay, the Senior Class stood in a semi-circle, clad in white dresses, holding bouquets of pink and white roses in one hand and shaking guests’ hands with the other. Faculty and students, along with invited parents and ...

The Broad View: 4/4/16 – 4/8/16

Bea D'Amico, Photography Editor

April 10, 2016

Four grades, four retreats: Participants give insights on annual experience

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter

March 21, 2016

With the third quarter coming to a close, each grade took part in the annual spring class retreats Thursday, Friday or Saturday last week, but they were structured differently this year. Juniors were the first to leave Thursday for an overnight retreat at Camp Newman, returning to school Friday af...

Senior athlete takes last shot

India Thieriot, Assistant Copy Editor

February 4, 2016

As the pre-game music thumps, senior Alex Farrán wraps up warm-up shooting drills, and leads the basketball squad into an intimate huddle where she wishes her teammates luck before taking her place on the court as the starting buzzer goes off. Farrán has been playing varsity all four years, having...

Senior Tea kicks off commencement season

May 1, 2014

Faculty, staff, parents and friends made their way down the receiving line of 37 seniors, shaking gloved hands during Senior Tea this afternoon. The long-standing tradition kicks off graduation season that culminates on June 7 with Commencement. “I like it because it’s such an old tradition,” Fiona Gia...

Two teams, too stressed

November 7, 2013

Jaime Hum-Nishikado Sports Editor I have played basketball since I was 5 years old, and I have dedicated all my rime and effort into the sport – going to countless numbers of tournaments and practicing for hours on end – so coming back to play volleyball for my senior year has been stressful and exci...

Appreciating the process

March 28, 2013

For our Theology 4 midterm, the Senior Class watched Emilio Estevez’s “The Way,” which he wrote and stars in alongside his father Martin Sheen. Sheen plays a detached and disillusioned father whose son (Estevez) dies while making a pilgrimage on the famed Camino, a route stretching from France to Spa...