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Winter Break for Mental Health

Morgan Wickam ‘27, Staff Writer February 14, 2025

Winter break, a time to reboot and recover, is enjoyed by students all around the world. By the end of the first semester, balancing academics, sports, and extracurriculars can often get stressful and...

Intellectual Curiosity Drives Passionate Exploration

Megan Newby ‘25, Staff Writer February 12, 2025

Sacred Heart, and Silicon Valley, can often feel like a pressure-cooker full of desire to excel academically, with grades and memorization prioritized over exploration and in-depth understanding. Students...

What Divides the Good Athletes from the Great

What Divides the Good Athletes from the Great

Kaitlyn Frauenhofer ‘27, Staff Writer February 11, 2025

Undoubtedly, every athlete has asked themselves at least once in their athletic careers, “What do I do during my off-season?”. However, the answer for what they should do is complex because every sport...

Election News on Social Media: A Blessing or a Curse?

Megan Newby ‘25, Staff Writer January 28, 2025

Election talk is everywhere. It’s hard to escape, as millions of Americans grapple with their emotions, opinions, and reflections. Snippets of candidates in emotional moments get millions of views, with...

From Non-Honors to Honors Math: A Treacherous Journey

Brooke Soderbery ‘26, Opinion Editor November 10, 2024

Students can make the jump from a non-honors to honors math course at two points in their time at Sacred Heart: the transition from at-level Geometry to Algebra II Trig Honors and the transition from at-level...

Haunting Halloween Season

Haunting Halloween Season

Morgan Wickman ‘2, Staff Writer November 10, 2024

Halloween is the most exciting time of the year, because anyone can be anything. From festive trick-or-treaters in extravagant costumes to spooky decorations, the holiday is simply unique. However, beneath...

Civility in Electoral Debates: Performance or Progress?

Duke Tom ‘26 and Lucy Newton ‘25 November 10, 2024

Considering that the United States’ political landscape is often deemed polarizing, contentious, and divisive, many viewers were shocked to repeatedly hear the phrase “I agree with you,” at the...

Why Teachers Should Not Express Political Views at School

Livia Valentine ‘26, Opinion Editor November 10, 2024

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think." Those were the words of Albert Einstein, and while he has been dead for over half a century, they still ring true today....

Pros and Cons: Third Party Voting

Diana Caamal ‘26, Staff Writer November 10, 2024

Within the 2024 election cycle, there have been many debates on the subjects of voting, not voting, choosing the beneficial candidate for the country, and more. Major shifts in these debates occurred when...

Teachers Should Express Political Views at School

Helen Nguyen ‘25, Staff Writer November 10, 2024

Not much is agreed upon in American politics, but the bipartisan truth is that America is politically polarized. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2023 has found that ideological polarization...

Apalachee High School Shooting

Helen Nguyen ‘25, Staff Writer October 17, 2024

As of September 4th, 2024, SHP students have gone to 49 classes in the new school year; Taylor Swift has released 49 songs, including their remixes; and the United States has witnessed 49 school shootings...

Life After Affirmative Action

Brooke Soderbery ‘26, Opinion Section Editor October 17, 2024

On June 29th, 2023, the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) deemed the use of affirmative action in college admissions to be unconstitutional. Affirmative action is the use of policies that try to increase diversity...

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