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  Featured Clubs #1 By Samantha Lynch ‘23   Mercy has a wide variety of clubs started by our diverse student body. Each week, we will be focusing on a few clubs that are an integral part of our community. This week we are highlighting the Girls Supporting Girls Club, The Red Cross Club, and the Marvel: Movies and Comics Club. Girls Supporting Girls Club Girls Supporting Girls Club’s first meeting, via @mercyburlingame on Instagram The Girls Supporting Girls Club is a new club this year and is run by Ivana Borgen ‘25, Aaliyah Olague ‘25, Alejandra Romero ‘25, Sophia Engstrom ‘25, Mia Cardenas ‘25. One of the presidents, Ivana Borgen, said that they created this club “to allow the girls at Mercy to join a safe and relatable community.” Their goal is to empower other students at Mercy. The Club meets in Ms. Connolly’s room during lunch. A typical meeting involves the girls playing bonding games, doing service projects, and having safe discussions about various issues that the mem...

  Kairos 20 By Angelica Buncio ‘22   Last week, a group of seniors were given the opportunity to attend Kairos, a special retreat that gives students the chance to take the time to reflect on their relationship with God, themselves, and others. The Greek word, “Kairos,” means a special and chosen time, which is God’s time. Being able to disconnect myself from everything else and just be in a peaceful space where I could focus on my thoughts meant a lot to me. Especially since it is senior year, I know that few of us have gotten the chance to really reflect on what is happening in our lives as everyone has been busy trying to keep their grades up, get college applications done, and still try to find time for themselves.    As we have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic for almost two years now, it was not certain that we would have even been able to experience a traditional Kairos. However, this Kairos was definitely an amazing experience that helped bring toge...

  Lunar New Year! By Madison H. Lunar New Year is one of the most important celebrations of the year! This custom can be dated back all the way to the Shang Dynasty, 1600-1046 BC. Over the years, Lunar New Year evolved into the celebrations we have today. The festivities can last 16 days even though only the first seven are considered a national holiday. The year of 2020 was the year of the rat, and since February 21, 2021 it is now the year of the Ox. Lunar New Year is celebrated in many countries around the world like the US. There are several traditions for different cultures and I am going to tell you about some from the Chinese culture. Traditions: Red envelopes: This is a tradition for the elder give small gifts to the children in the family. Only new money must be given because it is the new year. Be polite when receiving an envelope and do not forget to say thank you!  Wearing and decorating with the color red: In the Chinese culture, red is a very special color. It ...

  Meet the New Teachers: Part 2 By: Angelica Buncio ‘22 This year, Mercy has a lot of new awesome faces on campus. Not just the freshmen, but also many transfer students. Additionally, Mercy has gained a handful of new amazing teachers who we are so lucky to have. On this week’s edition of meet the new teachers, we have Ms. Hyman, who teaches English 2 and Mr. Nixon who teaches Religion! We asked them… Ms. Hyman 1. Where did you grow up? “I grew up about 45 minutes north of New York City. I went to college in Maine and then lived in Brooklyn for almost 10 years after graduating, so I'm very much an east coast kid!” 2. Why did you decide to come and teach here at Mercy? “I decided to teach at Mercy because I love the sisterhood that is fostered here, and I very much believe in the mission of supporting and amplifying women's voices in all spaces. Mercy's critical concerns provide a lot of inspiration for me as an English teacher when I consider the texts we explore together ...

  Featured Clubs:   Peer Tutoring & Dungeons & Dragons Club Written By: Samantha Lynch ‘23 Over the next few weeks, Mercy Media will be writing a reoccurring article covering the diverse offering of clubs. In each edition, we are going to cover two clubs and talk about their goals and purposes. Our Goal With this article is for clubs to attract new members. This is the First Edition of this segment, so be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments down below! Peer Tutoring Club The Peer Tutoring club is run by Katelyn Osborne ‘21. She started the club “to broaden the tutoring community and make educational aid available to girls who may need help with their classes, especially in this challenging time”. This club typically meets during the collaboration period and a meeting consists of signing up tutors for events, giving helpful advice to better their tutoring skills, and discussing how they can make knowledge accessible for their mercy sisters. The club is mod...

  Meet the New Teachers: Part 1 By: Angelica Buncio ‘22 This year, Mercy has a lot of new awesome faces on campus. Not just the freshmen, but also many transfer students. Additionally, Mercy has gained a handful of new amazing teachers who we are so lucky to have. Over the next few weeks, we will be getting to know the new teachers here at Mercy. Kicking us off this week we have Mrs. Houle, who teaches English 1 and 4, Health & Wellness, and Yearbook as well as Mrs. Martinez who teaches Spanish 2, 3, and 4! We asked them… Mrs. Martinez 1. Where did you grow up?   “I grew up in the South of Spain, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, in a beautiful city called Almeria.” 2. Why did you decide to come and teach here at Mercy? “M ercy is similar to the one [school] I attended when I was a child: only girls, Catholic, and rigorous in following the standards. A friend of mine told me that Mercy is the best school in the Bay Area!” 3. What is your top goal for this school yea...

  This Year’s Mother Daughter Tea Has a New Location: Zoom On October 25th, 2020, Mercy Celebrated its annual mother-daughter tea tradition. This year was historic as the Tea was held over Zoom due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The service consisted of a prayer, a raffle, a game, and a slideshow of Mercy girls with their mothers and grandmothers. Some of the raffle prizes included Mercy gear, yoga equipment, and gift cards, these prizes were generously donated by Mercy’s families. Additionally, Everyone received a keepsake invitation and a packet of tea in the mail. Some participants went all out with elaborate displays of tea, cakes, snacks, and decorations, while others simply casually shared a cup of tea. Some socially distanced with loved ones, while others were divided by a screen. Despite these differences, everyone felt the love that radiated from the Zoom.  I asked members of Mercy Media to share their favorite part of the event, and here are their responses: “My f...

 The Mercy Pumpkin Patch! By: Bharathi Arivazhagan In celebration of the fall season, Mercy faculty recently held the Mercy Pumpkin Patch on October 10th. In order to prepare for the Halloween/Fall season, an entire pumpkin patch was held at school, containing enormous amounts of pumpkins to hand to students. Many pumpkins were large in size, and many students from the freshman class up to the senior class came to pick up a pumpkin through their designated times. For distribution of the pumpkins, our very own Freshman Council helped with greeting and helping students with the selection of pumpkins.  Faculty and students had a wonderful time through this event, an event that many Mercy students were  able to experience in celebration of the wonderful fall season! Many are excited to carve their own  pumpkins, as they carried their pumpkins home from Mercy. Here are some photos from the Mercy  Instagram platform from the pumpkin patch event: P umpkins. Pictures ar...

  Kicking Off Sports By: Angelica Buncio ‘22 As of this week, Mercy is officially in the second session of their athletic strength and conditioning. The Crusaders have loved having the opportunity to be back on campus, getting back into the groove of things, and meeting new friends.  The conditioning sessions have for sure been a positive for our athletes. Not only does it help get them back into shape and ready for the season, but it has also given them the chance to socialize and form a close knit bond with their Crusader sisters. Freshman Ysabel Cancio has been on campus conditioning for volleyball and had a lot of appreciable things to say including, “I love the sisterhood very much. Whenever I go to conditioning or any school activity, I feel like I'm really part of the community...like a second family to me already." She also added, “I love the friendly competition between me and my new friends. It's really easy to bond as well over things we have in common'. “ ...