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A Call for Change In How We Approach Community Service
A Call for Change In How We Approach Community Service
Mira Kubein ‘27, Staff Writer • September 30, 2025

Sacred Heart students are fortunate to be exposed to community service through various different pathways. Service is integrated in goal three: “A social awareness which impels to action,” and is part of students’ graduation...

Intellectual Curiosity Drives Passionate Exploration
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 rarely get opportunities to dive into...

Election News on Social Media: A Blessing or a Curse?
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 every news source seeking more engagement,...

From Non-Honors to Honors Math: A Treacherous Journey
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 Algebra II to Precalculus AB Honors....

Civility in Electoral Debates: Performance or Progress?
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 start of a running mate’s response to...

End of Year
Editor-in-Chiefs May 20, 2025

As we reach the end of the school year, we would like to thank our wonderful journalists, photographers, and editors for their hard work, time,...

Exploring Entrepreneurship
Morgan Wickam ‘27, Staff Writer • March 14, 2025

Summer will soon be among us, so SHP students have already set out to determine just how their time away from school will unfold. Exploring Entrepreneurship...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

From Passion to Profession
Morgan Wickam ‘27, Staff Writer • October 17, 2024

Balancing sports, school, clubs, and extracurricular activities can be very hectic for high school students. In fact, the sheer academic demands...

Open to No One
Kaitlyn Frauenhofer ‘27, Staff Writer • October 17, 2024

The Sacred Heart athletic facilities should be open on non-school days. Throughout the week the track, fields, and gyms are open throughout the...

Taylor Swift Endorsed Kamala Harris. Does It Matter?
Shannon Bennitt ‘25, Arts Editor • October 17, 2024

On September 10th, minutes after the end of the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump,...

SHP’s O’ahu Immersion: Ecological and Cultural Education
Rocco Vitale ‘26 and Lucy Newton ‘25 October 17, 2024

Sacred Heart offers several service immersion trips over the summer, including Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Jamaica. Each trip is designed to combine...

A Student’s Take on Where SHP Stands with AP Curriculum
Livia Valentine, Writer • April 30, 2024

For a majority of students at SHP, Advanced Placements are a large part of the high school experience. Maybe you’re a freshman and are thinking...

We Don’t Want More AP Histories, We Need Them
Kate Ragatz '25 and Brooke Soderbery '26 February 27, 2024

America has been forged by the hands of divergent, intelligent, and brazen people—men and women alike. However, there is an unquestionable...

Why You SHOULD Go to School Plays
Duke Tom, Writer • February 15, 2024

I arrived on campus just as the sun was going down: the building illuminated with lights streaming toward the sky. I was in the middle of a crowd...

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