Juniors attend testing workshop

Gray Timberlake, Senior Reporter

January 16, 2019

Filed under Breaking News, Web Exclusive

WEB EXCLUSIVE Juniors participated in a full-day ACT and SAT test preparation day yesterday with Compass Education Group. Compass brought in team members for three sessions, math and science strategies, english and writing strategies and a Q&A with founder and executive director Bruce Reed. “This ...

Institutions open doors

Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor

September 27, 2018

Filed under Features, News

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...

Seniors sit for first year of IB testing

Josephine Rozzelle, Editor-In-Chief

May 24, 2018

Filed under News

For the first time at Convent and Stuart Hall, Advanced Placement exams were not the only cumulative assessments seniors took in May. For three weeks, 28 seniors in the International Baccalaureate Programme took exams for each class to determine if they would receive the IB diploma. Reading Week —...

Altered semester testing plans effect Christmas spirit

December 14, 2010

Filed under Opinion

Ava Martinez Reporter Walking into the Main Hall to admire the Christmas decorations and hearing Christmas music drifting throughout the building is the highlight of the year for many students. However, this year students may be too busy or under too much stress to notice the decorations. The week befo...