August 19, 2015 Convent of the Sacred Heart HS • San Francisco, California Vol. 22, Iss.1

Renovations completed over summer

Large group tables, wheeled Node chairs and whiteboard-walls are all part of the newly-renovated classroom spaces intended to provide students and faculty with more room for group study and class meetings.

“A lot of the effort has been to help transform bedrooms and family living spaces into more useful teaching spaces without losing the historical nature,” Howard Levin, Director of Edu-cational Innovation and Infor-mation Services, said about the second floor Flood Mansion renovations. “We’ve been work-ing on space changes for about three years, and we will continue to renovate spaces for years to come.”

Spaces on the second floors of the Flood Mansion and Siboni Arts & Science Center were the main focus of the renovations, aiming to create a sense of the “heart and soul of the school” as members of the community walk up the Marble Stairs, ac-cording to Levin.

“One thing that came out very clearly was people lacked a true physical center,” Levin said about a school-wide architectur-al study two years ago. “The big picture was how we could create that landing space for the girls’ high school, and that is why the second floor was chosen.”

The second floor computer labs have been redesigned as the Gallery, which houses Head of School Rachel Simpson’s of-fice and administrative assistant Jeanne Asdourian’s work space, a conference space and an open area for student and faculty use.

“All of our rooms are in ser-vice of more than one purpose,” Simpson said. “The goal of reno-vating was really to make our spaces more functional and flex-ible, more aligned with the goals of a 21st century learning envi-ronment.”

A third classroom replaces the old freshman lockers in the back hall of the second floor while previous office space contains a mediascape table where students can plug in their devices to dis-play on a screen, and write on whiteboard-walls.

“It’s kind of weird to walk around and see the Freshmen Locker Room being gone, but I think it’s good because it creates a lot more classroom space,” ju-nior Katie Newbold, who was at school on Monday to welcome the Class of 2019, said.

Two new classrooms now house the computers from the old second floor labs, including a computer programming class-room replacing a math room on the second floor of the Flood Mansion and a publications lab split from the art studio on the Siboni third floor.

“We’re confident that in the long run these spaces will cre-ate more small group support

and collaboration among stu-dents,” Levin said. “There are more spaces and more systems for solo study, small group study and even larger group meetings. What we’ve created is a lot more opportunities for teachers and students to use breakout spaces, to help create places to go that are outside of the traditional classroom.”

Allowing class space for all four-school publications, the publications room is separated from the rest of the art studio by a moveable wall, allowing for

large class meeting space when needed.

“The renovations provide a great learning studio,” Plant Op-erations Director Geoff De San-tis said. “There’s a lot of flexibil-ity, so I think it’s going to change how the faculty is teaching as well as how students are going to learn.”

The new furniture, includ-ing swivel chairs and mounted flatscreen televisions, allows for more space and easy reconfigu-ration for a variety of purposes, according to Simpson.

While the main construction of the 8-week renovation is com-plete, some furniture delivery is still taking place, according to De Santis.

Overall, the renovations pro-vide students with increased alternate study, meeting and learning spaces.

“The Gallery will be like an-other Center,” Newbold said. “A lot of times the Center was crowded, and there wasn’t a place to do homework. People will be able to spread out more.”

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Neely MetzCopy Editor

QuickReads

New Faculty and Staff

►►MEET THE PRESSThe Broadview’s website was

updated over the summer and includes a new look, daily news, live Twitter and Instagram feeds and event information. View it at http://broadview.sacredsf.org.

►►WATER YOU DOING?The four schools have replaced

water coolers with new hot, cold and room temperature water dis-pensers that use replaceable fil-ter cartridges to filter city water. The new systems help to reduce the schools’ carbon footprint by eliminating weekly deliveries of bottled water to campuses.

►►FOOD FOR THOUGHTThe cafeteria’s Grab-and-Go

salads and sandwiches are avail-able beginning today. Hot meal service begins Sept. 1 when the grade schools begin classes.

►►‘SEA’ YOU THEREA beach-themed dance is first

coed event of the year at Stuart Hall High School on Aug. 28, 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.

►►BACK TO SUMMERStudents will be dismissed ear-

ly at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 24 due to Convocation, the annual Mass and commitment ceremony for the four-school adult commu-nity.

►►SHOOT FOR THE STARSThe annual Perseid Meteor

Shower is taking place through Aug. 24. Meteors are best seen on a clear night and away from artificial lights.

RODERICK MOBLEY

CODY LEE FUSCO

English

Chemistry

Associate Director of Admissions

Associate Athletic Director

MARK BOTTI

ALLYSON MAEBERT

Physics

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Administrative Assistant’s Workspace

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RENOVATE The new publi-cations lab and and art room (top) and rede-signed Gallery (bottom) are two renovated areas that will be reused for students and faculty.

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Mother WilliamsLibrary

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Humanities Institute LevelClassrooms (3rd Floor Flood)

STEAM Levels Classrooms (Siboni Floors 2 & 3)

Language Acquisitions LevelClassrooms (2nd Floor Flood)

Faculty Offices(Flood and Siboni)

Subjects:◊History◊English◊Theology

Subjects:◊Spanish◊French◊Mandarin◊Computer Programming

Subjects:◊Science◊Math◊Publications◊Art

Alternative spaces provide new areas for collaboration, group meetings.

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New club introduced

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The new Robotics Club met over summer to start plans for the upcoming school year.

Members of the newly-founded robotics club met this past weekend

in a math classroom and phys-ics lab to start the club’s brain-storming process and to explore ideas ranging from toothbrush-es with prefilled toothpaste to a robot that can braid hair.

“I really like STEM, and the robotics club really spoke to me,” sophomore Halie Kim, who attended the Saturday workshop, said. “Applying what we learn and actually building things sounds exciting.”

Innobotics club, named for its use of robotics and innovation, discussed goals for the year, in-cluding incorporating design thinking to create projects to be used by the school, according to senior Serafina Cinti, co-found-er of the club.

“We hopefully will be able to pitch our ideas to the school,” Cinti said. “We will have them behind us in trying to prototype and design.”

Club activities to stimulate experience with prototyping and designing have varied from building bridges for model cars to creating towers made of bal-loons and popsicle sticks.

“I am hoping that it is a way to catch a little more interest to do some hands-on activities that are gearing up towards bigger projects,” Chris Person-Rennell, one of three club advisers, said.

Seniors Sarah Paulsen and Cinti founded the club at the end of their junior years to give like-minded students a creative outlet involving math and tech-nology.

“I have loved figuring out how things work for a long time,” Cinti said. “Robotics is basically to invent new things and improve on things that have already been invented.”

The club offers learning op-portunities with engineering, technology, math and physics, according to Person-Rennell.

Other club advisors, phys-ics teacher Riaz Abdulla and alumna Marguerite Siboni (’06), will assist Person-Rennell

in supporting students working on individual or group projects throughout the year.

“I really would love to see students build products of their own design,” Person-Rennell said. “Whether that’d be to make a little battle bot perhaps or to take ownership of some project and see it through the course of the year.”

Freshmen and returning stu-dents who did not join at the end of last year will have oppor-tunities to get involved during the school year, according to Person-Rennell.

“This is really just a chance to get in and have fun,” Person-Rennell said. “This is fun and exciting and interesting and an open invitation to be creative and invent.”

“It is collaborative, and the club includes so many different people, and the more the bet-ter,” Cinti said. “It is a way to work on each others’ strengths and play with the different cre-ative minds with the people in the club.”

Former near campus coffee shop remains vacated

Plans to replace Tully’s coffee shop on Fillmore and Jackson streets

with Blue Bottle discontinued

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VACANT The space where Tully’s, a local coffee shop, was located has no immediate plans for a new tenant.

Alyssa Alvarez Senior Reporter

Coffee-deprived students lamenting the final San Francisco Tully’s loca-

tion closing last November have been fueled by rumors that Blue Bottle Coffee would be moving into the Fillmore Street space, but they are about to have their hopes dashed.

The artisanal coffee company is no longer pursuing the space that previously housed Tully’s,

according to a Blue Bottle rep-resentative who declined to give her name.

Nancy Frumkes, the owner of the space, refused to comment on the future of the building.

Students are still hoping for a nearby caffeine fix.

“Tully’s made it convenient to just go and grab a coffee in between classes,” senior Sophia Slacik said. “Now I have go all the way down the hill to Star-bucks to get something.”

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BALLOON BUILDING Senior Sarah Paulsen, co-founder of the newly-founded Robotics Club, finishes building a tower of balloons for a task in the club’s first meeting this past weekend. The goal was to use balloons, popsicle sticks and tape to create the tallest tower possible. The club also discussed objectives for the year and possible future activities.

◊ 10-minute passing periods.

◊ Collaboration Lab is a time for speaking with teachers, extra class time or special programs.

◊ Advisory groups take place with each students’ PAWS leader.

◊ Mondays and Thursdays dismiss at 3:15 p.m. with 75-minute classes, 50 minute lunches and assembly and Advisory or Collaboration Lab.

◊ Tuesdays and Wednesdays dismiss at 3 p.m. with 85-minute classes and 60-minute lunches.

◊ Fridays dismiss at 3 p.m. with 75-minute classes, 35-minute lunches and chapel.

◊ Fridays alternate between Red and Blue, with classes running in alphabetical order.

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RED

A8:00 - 9:15

B10:30 -11:45

Monday

C12:35 - 1:50

D2:00 - 3:15

Lunch11:45 - 12:35

Assembly & Advisory

9:20 - 10:20

BLUE

E8:00 - 9:25

Lunch11:00 -12:00

Tuesday

H1:35 - 3:00

G12:00 - 1:25

F9:35 - 11:00

RED

C8:00 - 9:25

Lunch11:00 - 12:00

Wednesday

B1:35 - 3:00

A12:00 - 1:25

D9:35 - 11:00

BLUE

G8:00 - 9:15

ColLab10:50-11:45

Thursday

E12:35 - 1:50

F2:00 - 3:15

Lunch11:45 - 12:35

H9:25- 10:40

RED/BLUE

A/E8:00 - 9:15

B/F10:30 -11:45

Friday

C/G12:20- 1:35

D/H1:45- 3:00

Lunch11:45 - 12:20

Chapel9:20 - 10:20