Blog Posts

Guiding the Unhoused

Living in San Francisco and having school in the Tenderloin, we have both seen the magnitude of the problem of the unhoused. Our original idea was to create a website, specifically with a map of San Francisco and its shelters. Since we first started, we have come to the realization that the problem of homelessness […]

Jaime Kamber

Hi, my name is Jaime Kamber and I am an 11th grader at SHC. Since I was young, I have always been drawn to projects, groups, and classes that are STEM-focused. I have lived in San Francisco since I was born but moved houses about 5 years ago. Before SHC, I went to San Francisco […]

Cody Luu

Currently, I’m in my first year at Sacred Heart Cathedral. I excitedly joined the i2 Program since I saw it as a great way to creatively share my passion and ideas with like-minded people in a nurturing environment that would help support me as I worked towards my goals. Personally, I like to spend my […]

Nikhil Bulchandani

Hi! My name is Nikhil Bulchandani, graduating class of 2026 here at SHCP.   At SHC, I play on the JV volleyball team and am part of the Art in Action club.    Outside of school, some of my interests include video games, coding, and stocks.

Kailey Lin

Hi my name is Kailey Lin! I’m a current sophomore at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and a member of the class of 2026 i2 scholars program. At SHC, I play on the JV Tennis Team and help the Tech Crew design costumes for plays. I’m also in the Sports Medicine Club and the Wellness Youth […]

Phase 2: Items and Testing (January 20- February 18)

Once all of our items arrived, we continued our testing phase with all of our items. Initially, my sister did not set time limits or rules for the team; we realized this would eventually become a maintenance issue, as water and food could be spilled on the beanbags, making it difficult to clean. Besides that, […]

Phase 1.5: February 8, 2023

A day after implementing our bean bags in the DePaul location, we realized that a nap zone in DePaul would be inefficient, and we were almost ready to give up on the location. Since students could relax on the comfortable couches in the DePaul lobby, they would have no use for our nap zones. (However, […]

Phase 1: Location and Pre-Testing (January 11-26)

After the shark tank, we met with Mr. Standley to talk with him about our potential ideas for nap zone spaces. With his advice, we reached out to Mr. Sazo, one of the deans, to talk with him about our ideas for our i2 project. Early January, he gave us permission to use the upper […]

Phase 0: Shark Tank Reflections November 29, 2022

This was the first year Mr. Standley wanted to do a shark tank to make sure students had their i2 projects all thought out by the end of November. A few days before we were set to present to our sharks, Madi and I polished off the rest of our presentation slides. We had our […]