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Congé takes unconventional form, surprises community

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 school's virtual Congé on May 20. The room was a platform for lighthearted humor and puns to relax before upcoming final exams.

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 was today since there were no prior indications or clues that it might be,” freshman Julia Kearney...

Tags: community building, Congé, poetry festival, Student Council, Zoom

Students attend dance

Sophomores Avery Stout and Paige Retajczyk dance at the Winter Formal. The dance was scheduled a week before the sophomore class leaves for Convent & Stuart Hall’s annual President’s Costa Rica Trip.

Alina Kushner, Reporter

January 13, 2020

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students dressed in their best attire for Convent & Stuart Hall’s casino and masquerade-themed Winter Formal dance last Saturday in the Flood Mansion. Attendees spent the evening playing casino games including blackjack, roulette and poker with professional dealers, taking pictur...

Tags: dance, Masquerade, Sean Mendiola, Student Council, winter formal

Freshmen campaign for student council

Freshman Anoushka Dadlani delivers her speech to the Freshmen class. All speeches were delivered during a class meeting in the Mother Williams Library.

Mackenna Moslander, Reporter

November 18, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE The Freshman Class gathered in the Mother Williams Library to listen to speeches written by the students running for the position of freshman student council representative. “The whole grade joined together in the library to hear speeches,” Ninth Grade Chair Sharanya Naik said....

Tags: community life, Elections, freshmen, Student Council

Student body participates in pep rally

Seniors cheer for their representatives in the relay race. The pep rally, led by the Student Council, included many school spirited games and activities.

Madeline Thiara, Components Editor

September 15, 2019

Students and faculty gathered in the gym on the Pine-Octavia campus Friday morning for an all-school pep rally led by Student Council. The event included school-spirited activities in anticipation of Spirit Week and Homecoming. “This pep rally was a great way for the whole school to come together to share some spirit,” Student Athletics Representa...

Tags: homecoming, Pep rally, Spirit Week, Student Council, tally system

Fundraiser that will stick

Mason Cooney, Copy Editor

October 1, 2018

Student Council began selling Convent-inspired stickers today to raise money for Congé and future dances. “We wanted to create stickers to not only make some extra student council funds but to bring a new form of spirit to the student body,” Cece Giarman, Student Body Financial Officer who orde...

Tags: Congé, Convent High School, dances, Fundraising, sales, Schools of the Sacred Heart, stickers, Student Council

Student council finalizes dance plans

Student council members lean over Vice President Mason Cooney's shoulder to look at the plans for Carnival. Carnival's theme this year is Tropical Glow.

Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor

August 22, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Student council members gathered during lunch in the nook on the 2nd floor of the Flood Mansion to finalize plans for the Tropical Glow Dance on Friday. Tropical Glow is a blend of Hawaiian and glow in the dark themes, so there will be leis, a fire pit, and glowsticks, according t...

Tags: Carnival, dance, Student Council

Student Council elections held today

Juniors Maggie Walter and Worth Taylor deliver their joint speech for Senior Class Representatives. Student Council elections were held in the Chapel, followed by Class Representative speeches held separately by grade.

Mason Cooney, Features Editor

May 7, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students and faculty gathered in the Chapel today for Student Council speeches, then separated into grades to hear Class Representative speeches for the 2018-2019 school year. Students voted via Google Form, and results were released shortly after school. The 2018-2019 Student Coun...

Tags: Chapel, Class Representatives, Convent and Stuart Hall, Convent High School, Elections, leadership, Schools of the Sacred Heart, student body, Student Council, Student Council elections

Student election process begins

Junior Emma Hubbard hangs a campaign poster in the Center for her and junior Olivia Mohun, who are running as a President and Vice President team. Elections will be held in the Chapel on Monday, and results will be posted by the end of the day.

Mason Cooney and Cassie Eskicioglu

April 9, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students running for the 2018-2019 year’s Student Body began hanging posters today to campaign for elections next Monday. “[For members of the Student Body], commitment means attending school activities like dances, events that Student Council puts on, retreats and class activities,”...

Tags: campaign, Convent and Stuart Hall, Convent High School, Elections, posters, Schools of the Sacred Heart, student body, Student Council

Student council elections encourage community involvement

Junior Grace Ainslie gives her candidacy speech for spirit officer. Candidates listed reasons they felt they are qualified for student council as well as their plans for next year.

Olivia Mohun, Reporter

May 22, 2017

Freshmen, sophomores, juniors and faculty gathered in Syufy Theatre this morning for an assembly where students from all grades lined up on stage to give their candidacy speeches for the 2017-2018 student council positions. “I chose to run for Equity and Inclusion Representative because they’re thing...

Tags: athletics, community, Elections, inclusion, participation, spirit, Student Council

The Broad View: 12.5.16-12.9.16

Lena Jackson programs a car during robotics. Freshman are given the choice to take either a semester of journalism or robotics.

Maya Shur, Photographer

December 10, 2016

Tags: Advent, art foundations, bake sale, Chapel, finals, freshmen, juniors, Robotics, Student Council, studying

Student Council discusses Costa Rica

Senior Delaney Moslander shares her personal experiences at Costa Rica with Julian Domenech during a meeting with the Student Council. Domenech talked about the reason for the Costa Rica trip, as well as his personal backstory.

Cassie Eskicioglu and Mary Perez

October 27, 2016

Student Council met during lunch to discuss both the inspiration for the annual sophomore trip to Costa Rica and plans for possible future class trips. President Ann Marie Krejcarek helped to create a Costa Rica trip for high schoolers while working at St. Andrew's School in Boca Raton, Florida, as an opport...

Tags: Convent of the sacred heart high school, Costa Rica, cuba, Sophomore Class, Stuart Hall High School, Student Council

Student council election rules updated

Claire Kosewic, Senior Reporter

May 17, 2016

Posters advertising candidates plaster bathroom stall doors, hallway walls and stairways during class elections season, but unlike previous years, none of them promoted students for the roles of secretary, treasurer, publicity or activities. Two class representative offices have replaced those position...

Tags: Convent of the sacred heart high school, Elections, rule changes, Stuart Hall High School, Student Council