My frosh year could be described, humbly, as less than ideal. Entering SHC amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, my high school career began behind a screen on Zoom, making it difficult to connect with classmates...

SHC’s librarian, Dr. Tapia, combined her love of books and biking into the San Francisco community’s local, mobile library. What is the Bibliobicicleta? The Bibliobicicleta is a pop-up mobile...

The Catalina Island trip took place between February 24 and 27. SHC students met at school on Thursday night to board a charter bus and arrived in Long Beach on Friday morning. After a two-hour ferry ride,...

Names are meant to be representative of the values of an institution. Titles are a form of self-expression that mirror the identity and attitude of a group. Just as Sacred Heart Cathedral’s name reflects...

Like many sports, SHC’s wrestling program was forced to shut down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even after San Francisco’s stay-at-home mandate was lifted, the full-contact nature of the sport...

With Christmas right around the corner, here are some ways that SHC has been getting into the Christmas spirit. Many of these Christmas activities lightened the mood and brought joy to students as we entered...

  The Class of 2025 applied to high schools during an unprecedented time ― the COVID-19 pandemic. During the fall application season, while some places in San Francisco began to reopen at...

Welcome back to “Freshman Asks, Senior Answers.”  This is Part Two of a series featuring discussion between underclassmen and upperclassmen regarding life at SHC. Each piece will focus on a different...

Over the past couple of weeks, high school students across San Francisco have been walking out of their classes to raise awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault and to protest administrations’...

This year, SHC welcomed many new teachers and faculty to their staff. The Emerald recently interviewed three of SHC’s new teachers: Mr. Shahamiri (Scripture and Church History), Ms. Apablasa (English),...

As SHC returns to full in-person learning, other events also return. The annual Blood Drive, in collaboration with the Red Cross, is back! The Emerald interviewed Frances Sunderland ‘22, a member of...

Throughout its century-long history, the Bruce Mahoney trophy has included only boys’ football, basketball, and baseball, omitting girls’ sports. Even when Sacred Heart merged with Cathedral and the...