Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (California)
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{{Infobox school
| name = Convent High School
| image = File: Convent of the Sacred Heart High School.jpg
| caption = Flood Mansion, one of the main buildings which houses Convent High School.
| streetaddress = 2222 Broadway Street
| city = San Francisco
| state = California
| zipcode = 94115
| country = USA
| coordinates = {{Coord|37|47|41|N|122|26|2|W|type:edu_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| religion = Roman Catholic
| affiliation = Society of the Sacred Heart
| president = Ann Marie Krejcarek
| head of school = Angela Taylor (K–8)
Rachel Simpson (9–12)
| dean = Paul Pryor Lorenz (9–12)
| avg_class_size = 20
| ratio = 7:1
| type = Private
| gender = Girls (coed affiliation)
| tuition = $55,015 (2024)
| song = Coeur de Jesus
| team_name = Cubs
| colors = Red and white {{color box|red}}{{color box|white}}
| established = 1887
| enrollment = 1,100 (Convent & Stuart Hall)
| homepage = https://www.sacredsf.org/
}}
Convent of the Sacred Heart High School is a private, independent Catholic girls high school in San Francisco, California. It operates in partnership with the boys Stuart Hall High School as Convent & Stuart Hall.
Academics
The school offers its students the rigorous International Baccalaureate program (IB) as well as an array of Advanced Placement courses (AP). As of 2019, the annual tuition for grades 9–12 is $45,900. Admission is selective and approximately 30% of the student body receives some form of financial aid.
History
The school was originally founded by Mother Mary Keating on August 16, 1887, as the first School of the Sacred Heart west of the Rockies. The first year enrolled 30 young women operating in two rented Victorians at the corner of Bush and Octavia.
In 1888, they purchased a larger building at Franklin and Ellis for $10 in gold coin. They stayed there until the 1906 Earthquake when the building was heavily damaged. Renting another Victorian at the corner of Washington and Octavia, they were one of the first institutions to reopen after the earthquake. In 1909, the school purchased the Van Arsdale house on Jackson Street where the school remained until 1939. In June 1939, Maud Lee Flood donated the home she had shared with her deceased husband at 2222 Broadway. During WWII, boys were allowed to join the lower school. In 1950, the school purchased the neighboring Grant house for $150,000. The lower school, grades 1–8 split to the new location, while the upper school remained at the Flood Mansion. In 1956, they purchased the Hammond House (also located next door on the other side of the Flood Mansion) for $165,000 to open Stuart Hall for Boys.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacredsf.org/about/history-network-of-sacred-heart-schools|title=History | Convent & Stuart Hall|website=www.sacredsf.org}}{{Cite web |title=Campus Map {{!}} Convent & Stuart Hall |url=https://www.sacredsf.org/about/campus-map |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.sacredsf.org |language=en-US}}
The school now operates in partnership with the all boy's Stuart Hall High School located at 1715 Octavia Street. Typically the first two years, freshmen and sophomore year, are spent single sex but then become co-ed by junior year and higher-level courses. The partnership allows both schools to operate both single-sex and coeducational classes. Coed classes are held on both campuses and student shuttle buses operate between the two. The partnership is referred to as Convent & Stuart Hall.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/productioncsf/docs/csf-9-10-04|title=September 10, 2004|website=Issuu}}
Dianne Feinstein attended this school before becoming the city's mayor and later state of California Senator.{{cite web | url=https://www.sacredsf.org/news-detail/~board/migrated-news/post/eighth-grade-girls-surprise-senator-dianne-feinstein-51 | title=Eighth Grade Girls Surprise Senator Dianne Feinstein '51 }}
Student life
The school's student-run newspaper is called "The Broadview".{{Cite web |date=2009-06-10 |title=Policies and goals of The Broadview {{!}} The Broadview |url=https://broadview.sacredsf.org/about/ |access-date=2022-06-19}} It has discussed issues including stress{{cite web | url=https://broadview.sacredsf.org/18192/opinion/large-turnout-of-burnout/ | title=Large turnout of burnout | the Broadview | date=5 October 2021 }} and toxic friendships (part of a bullying culture),{{cite web | url=https://broadview.sacredsf.org/9270/features/having-friends-with-no-benefits/ | title=Toxic friendships diminish self-esteem | the Broadview | date=6 November 2015 }} as well as issues unique to Catholic schools such as lack of sex education.{{cite web | url=https://broadview.sacredsf.org/18165/opinion/birds-bees-yes-please/ | title=Birds, Bees? Yes, Please. | the Broadview | date=5 October 2021 }}
Notable alumni
References
{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco}}
{{San Francisco Schools}}
{{Girls' schools in California}}
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Category:Girls' schools in California
Category:Catholic secondary schools in California
Category:Educational institutions established in 1887
Category:High schools in San Francisco
Category:Sacred Heart schools in the United States