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December 16, 2013 Convent of the Sacred Heart HS • San Francisco, California Vol. 20, Iss. 3

‘Save the 3’The 3 Jackson bus line is fac-

ing potential discontinuation by the San Francisco Municipal Transit Association due to a lack of riders.

A hearing room in City Hall overflowed, on Dec. 3 with the 3 Jackson riders who sported pins with the slogans “Don’t Murder the 3” and “Save the 3,” express-ing their con-cerns about the possible termi-nation.

“The 3 has always been a low-ridership line because we live in a low-density area,” Pacific Heights resident Alan Shepherd said. “The issue is it’s still a communi-ty to be served, and they are not taking that into consideration.”

Through the Transit Effective-ness Project, the transportation agency plans to eliminate the line to improve service, reduce transit time and improve cus-tomer experience, according to the SFMTA Board of Directors.

“I take the 3 everyday home from school,” sophomore Paige Dunlevy said. “There aren’t any buses that go into Pacific Heights, so other than walking for 30 minutes, I don’t have a way home.”

Petitioners argued against the removal, saying that there are

1,500 regular riders a day, with nine schools along the line, and 2,500 children who sporadically rely on the line, according to Pacific Heights resident Barbara Bochi.

“We have elderly people, dis-abled people and young people,” Bochi said. “If we can’t use the bus line to get around, we will just take our cars or taxis and

increase the g r e e n h o u s e gases. Those who can’t af-ford taxis and cars will be stranded.”

Eliminating the 3 Jack-son will not increase rev-enue for the SFMTA.

“There’s really no point,” Dun-levy said. “I understand that there aren’t as many riders in Pacific Heights, but there are downtown riders who need to get to and from BART.”

The line serves about 420 peo-ple age 65 or older riders each day, many who can not access the surrounding lines like the 24 Divisadero, 1 California and 22 Fillmore, based on their dis-abilities and difficulties walking up and down hills.

“The city is making it harder to park and Muni is taking away buses,” Bochi said. “It just doesn’t add up.”

The next hearing has yet to be determined. See https://www.sfmta.com for details.

Programming class 20 years ahead of curveAP Computer Science offers young women the chance to learn code,

enter the under-represented computer programming field.

2 MAKE-A-WISHOrganization grants wishes to

Sacred Heart Students

4 DIVORCE IN AMERICAStudents share their

experience with divorce

7 NOËLSFour-school community

gathers to sing carols

6 YEARLONG SPORTS A variety of club sports offers

students the chance to play sports all year.

8 LES MARAISFrench Bakery to expand

on Chestnut Street

Tatiana Gutierrez/The Broadview

VOICING CONCERNS A 3 Jackson line rider protests to the SFMTA board to keep the bus line at a public hearing. He told the board that walking up the extra hills would be particularly difficult because of his crutches.

Alice Jones/The Broadview

JAVA Juniors Amanda Mah, Franny Eklund, Christina Berardi, Ao-ife Devereux and Zoe Baker (right to left) work with computer pro-gramming teacher Doug Grant during class. The students are cur-rently working on a banking program to track withdrawls balances and reports.

The 3 Jackson bus line faces possible discontinuation due to a lack of riders

QuickReads

Inside

►►FINALLY, FINALS First semester finals begin to-

day and will end on Thursday, Dec. 19. Students are required to stay 80 minutes of the two hours allotted for each exam.

►►BELLS WILL BE RINGING

Students will be let out mid-day on Friday, Dec. 20 for break after a prayer service and holi-day celebration.

►►BACK AT IT Classes resume on Monday,

Jan. 6 after Christmas break.

►►COLLEGE PANEL Alumnae currently in college

return for a college panel on Monday, Jan. 6 to answer ques-tions about college.

►►DRESS TO IMPRESSWinter formal will be on Jan.

17 at 7 p.m. in the Main Hall. Tickets will be $20 at the door.

►►ADIÓS

The CSH and SHHS Sopho-more Class leave for their eight- day excursion to San Jose, Costa Rica for a immersion trip.

►► JUNIORS TO STARTADMISSIONS RACE

College admission represen-tatives will give a presentation to prospective CSH and SHHS college applicants on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 6 p.m. in the Syufy Theatre.

Madison Riehle &Tatiana Gutierrez

Last week’s national Com-puter Science Week organizers challenged U.S. schools to in-troduce computer programming by prompting students to each write an hour of code, yet Con-vent students had already writ-ten thousands of hours of code because the school has required two years of programming class-es since the 1980s.

From its meager beginnings in the 1970s before a single com-puter was on campus, an elective class has grown into a core piece of freshman and sophomore cur-riculum, and has even expanded into an AP level class as well as an iPad programming course.

“After my classes at Convent, going into a college class of 20 where I was one of the only two girls, I felt confident and pre-pared because it is almost un-heard of for high schools to offer computer programming classes,” Lia Alioto Schmidt (‘92) said.

Schmidt, a venture funds law-yer who graduated from Stan-

ford University, said the skills she picked up in computer pro-gramming prepared her for col-lege courses, and are valuable in her daily life at work today.

“When we draft agreements everything must be clear as it was stated and well organized,” Schmidt said. “Computer pro-gramming helped me think logi-cally and organize my thoughts so I can be exact, because there is no room for error.”

As a young mathematics teacher, Doug Grant added com-puter programming to the cur-riculum in the mid1970s, seeing its increasing relevancy. Grant said his degree in mathematics from University of San Francisco and interest in code writing gave him the necessary background to teach the class.

“This gave our girls an op-portunity to be interested in a subject not commonly taught to girls or in high schools in general,” Grant, who is now the school’s academic programming director, said.

Grant’s first students wrote

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The issue is it’s still a community to be served, and they are not taking that into consideration.

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The Make-A-Wish Founda-tion transformed San Francisco into Gotham City in mid-No-vember for Miles Scott, a five year old currently in remission from leukemia, giving “Batkid” an action-packed day of solving riddles and catching criminals.

Like Scott, the foundation previously granted wishes for Sacred Heart students senior Camille Bolli-Thompson and James Kessler (’09). Thompson was diagnosed with acute lym-phoblastic leukemia when she was 11 and is in full remission, whereas Kessler was diagnosed in 2008 with a rare terminal can-cer and died in 2009.

“My wish was to have a room makeover,” Thompson said. “I was 12 and I wanted to have my dream room and have a space for me to be comfortable.”

Thompson received all new white furniture, which included a green and white bed to go with the walls ,which were also paint-ed her favorite shade of green.

“Looking back on it, I wish I had met someone famous like the president,” Thompson said of her wish. “Or done something for someone else, like make a

new teen lounge on the cancer floor at the hospital.”

Make-A-Wish Bay Area, one of the largest chapters in the United States, grants wishes to children who have been diag-nosed with life-threatening ill-nesses.

Kessler wanted to meet and talk with then-presidential can-didate Barack Obama. Kessler traveled to Nevada to meet the U.S. Senator, according to his mother Jean Rowcliffe, who re-cently pub-lished a book, “The Last Tear,” based on her experience with James and his illness.

“He was of-fered the Make-A-Wish soon after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer,” Rowcliffe said. “There was sort of a great urgen-cy for them to fulfill his wish. I subsequently learned afterwards that they didn’t know he would live to be 18 years old.”

“It was really quite remark-able,” Rowcliffe said of her son meeting Obama. “He and James had this one-on-one time for about a half an hour. Obama was in no rush and talked with James at length.”

After meeting Kessler, Obama optimistically invited him to at-tend the inauguration.

Make-A-Wish depends on volunteers and donations of air-line miles, cars and money to grant wishes.

Jewel Devora (’13) volun-teered to be apart of the esti-mated 12,000 person crowd that cheered on and supported “Bat-kid” Scott.

“I first heard about the event from a friend and I wanted to

show my sup-port, ”Devora said. “A friend and I signed up to be apart of the flash mob that lis-tened to his

mock press conference.” “Make-A-Wish’s mission is

to serve a unique and vital role in helping strengthen and em-power children battling life-threatening medical conditions,” according to its website.

“It was really a powerful time for both of them,” Rowcliffe said. “Apparently Obama was exhausted that day, and he told the campaign staff after meet-ing James he had new energy and was more focused to make it across the finish line.”

Wishes can come true

Ashley Latham Senior Reporter

Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wishes to children, youths with life threatening illnesses

Source: National Center for Women & Information

Technology

Source: National Center for Women & Information Technology

Jewel Devora/with permission

OUR HERO Miles “Bat-kid” Scott, who is currently in remission from leukemia, ad-dresses “Gotham” at City Hall after receiving the Key to the City by Mayor Ed Lee on Nov. 15 (above). Jewel Devora (’13) stands in the crowd of people who volunteered to be part of a mock press conference for Bat-kid after he received the key.

“ ”There was a sort of urgency to fill his wish.

Code red

In 2009 women earned 52% of math and science degrees but only 18% were technology related.

Women currently hold more than 51% of all professional occupations in the U.S., but only 26% of the computing-related occupations.

75% of girls reported having a parent or family member in the computing field as a reason for choosing to take a programming course.

Girls with higher levels of experience with computer science reported higher levels of confidence.

By 2020 U.S. business will need 1.4 million computer scientists, but only 30% of those jobs will be filled by an American trained computer scientist.

Women comprise 7% of tech company founders.

Undergraduates reported that in 1,434 students, encourage-ment was the driving factor in how likely female students were to complete a comput-ing major/minor.

Women hold 11% of executive technical roles at privately held, venture-backed companies.

From AP p. 1 programs during class, went to USF on Saturdays to use the university’s key punch and computers, then ran their programs and gathered the re-sults the following weekend. Convent got its first computer in 1977, and freshman and sophomore computer pro-gramming became a required one-semester class in the early 1980s.

“Every time universities be-gan to teach a new language, we started teaching it to our students,” Grant said. “When I first began teaching, BASIC was still in its development stages and we were teaching Fortran.

“As programs began to evolve, we went through BA-SIC, Pascal, C++, and then Java and Objective C — all relevant in current programming and kept our students ahead of the game.”

Originally all computer programmers were women because programming was considered menial work, and women were considered more

exacting than men, accord-ing to Marlaine E. Lockheed, author of “Women, girls, and computers: A first look at the evidence.” Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer who was also known as the “en-chantress of numbers,” wrote the first code for an analytic calculating machine in 1842.

“It’s similar to math for me, it’s like a puzzle,” junior Rachel Booth said. “Java is really sim-ple and is a ‘need to know’ for a career. A background in it will get me ahead in college.”

The number of women re-ceiving bachelor and master in math and science degrees peaked in the early 2000s and is now declining, according to the Computing Research As-sociation. Yet 19 junior and se-nior girls are taking AP Com-puter Science this year and most say they are considering going into this field.

“Having this exposure is only beneficial,” Schmidt said, “These skills help tremen-dously even if you’re a creative writer and for organization and critical thinking.”

Learning the ‘Basics’

CODING Doug Grant works with juniors Anna Lyons and Gaby Messino during AP Computer Science class in prepara-tion for their final exam.

Women lag in computer programming, technology fields

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Female participation in AP Science tests

Source: College Board National Report Data

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KEEPIN’ IT RIEHLE

Madison RiehleEditor-in-Chief

Keeping connections means disconnecting

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“Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom,” (Goal 5), therefore The Broadview operates as an open

forum for free speech and student expression without prior review.

Unsigned pieces are the opinion of the editorial board. Reviews and personal columns are the opinions of the individual author and are not necessarily those

of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School or Schools of the Sacred Heart.

We encourage letters to the editor. The Broadview may publish independent opinion pieces 300 words or fewer. We may work with writers for clarity and to meet space

limitations. All letters must have a means for verifying authorship.

Tatiana Gutierrez Editor-in-ChiefMadison Riehle Editor-in-Chief

Madeleine Ainslie Design Editor Alice Jones Managing Editor

Rachel Fung CartoonistJaime Hum-Nishikado Sports Editor

Hanae Nakajima Sports EditorAoife Devereux Web Editor

Tracy Anne Sena, CJE, Adviser

Senior Reporters Camilla Bykhovsky, Kristina Cary,

Ashley Latham, Liana Lum, Sarah Selzer

Reporters Ariana Abdulmassih, Alyssa Alvarez,

Julia-Rose Kibben, Neely Metz, Delaney Moslander, Madeleine Denebeim,

Kendra Harvey, Makena House, Daniella Lucio, Sophia Slacik

STAFF

1. Single-sex couples are allowed to marry in Australia.

2. Sixteen-year-old drunk driver in Texas kills four.

3. Miley Cyrus named MTV’s Best Artist of 2013.

4. Stanford’s Rose Bowl public ticket allotment sells out.

5. The grade slate is

wiped clean when school resumes.

1. Too bad it only lasted for five days.

2. Suffers from “affluenza” and is too rich for morals.

3. Cyrus lost her lead as “Time” magazine’s “Person of the Year.”

4. Michigan State fans may have bought some.

5. How long we all

“have A’s”?

It’s time to rally to save the 3 Jackson

Thirteen schools, including eight high schools in Pacific Heights, rely on the 3, yet this middle schooler was the only student who voiced his con-cerns to the SFMTA board.

The majority of the Jackson line riders are in fact students, but their stories will not be taken into consideration un-less they attend future public hearings and start to practice democracy as demonstrated by the seventh grader.

The 3 does have a low rider-ship compared to other Muni lines because Pacific Heights has a less-dense popula-tion than most San Francisco neighborhoods.

A blind man, a man on crutches and a large elderly population lamented to the board that it is particularly

challenging for them to walk up multiple steep hills to get to their destinations along the present 3 route.

The 3 is essential for chil-dren and people with disabili-ties who do not have other inexpensive transportation op-tions. The bus line also directly connects Pacific Heights to BART and CalTrain.

Alternate bus routes drop off riders in unsafe areas, and at night they become more vulnerable to potential theft or other harmful situations.

Fighting to save the 3 bus line for the Pacific Heights riders coincides with Goal 3, “Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to a social awareness which impels to action.”

Additionally, practicing de-

mocracy can start at any age. It is irresponsible to push the duty of fighting for an issue that impacts us directly onto someone else because “we are

too young” — especially in a situation where the youth is the majority of San Franciscans who are being affected.

There is power in numbers.

Participating in the public hearings is one way to prac-tice democracy while improv-ing the lives of others in our community.

“I volunteered at Christmas on Broadway as an elf, helping kids with arts and crafts. My family and I also cook and bake for our church’s shelter meal program.”

— Bella Kearney, freshman

“I’m working with an organiza-tion called Santa Cop, which helps provide less fortunate children in the Canal Area of San Rafael with Christmas gifts and winter clothes and food.”

— Kerry Cron, sophomore

“I volunteer at Guide Dogs for the Blind, socializing puppies, walking dogs and giving tours. I’ll also be working more in the gift shop because we get more merchandise during the holiday. ”

— Clare Pardini, senior

HOW ARE YOU GIVING BACK THIS SEASON?

A seventh grader from Town School for Boys addressed the San Francisco Mu-nicipal Transit Association board at a

public hearing on Dec. 3 in support of continu-ing the 3 Jackson bus line which takes him to his father’s downtown office after school.

STAFF EDITORIAL

At my most recent weekly visit to Tacko for Sunday night din-

ner, a man and his son at the table next to me caught my attention for something that usually doesn’t concern me. While the son seemed en-tranced by a movie on his iPad, his father texted and made, what seemed to be, business phone calls.

Although the son was en-amored with “Ice Age” and his father with his own work life, I felt sympathy for the son.

My childhood was filled with stories every night from “Goodnight Moon” to “Harry Potter” to “East of Eden” — my dad and I finished the last book last month. All those hours we spent together were prime bonding moments.

At almost every restaurant

I go to now, I am increasing-ly seeing parents who seem more inclined to shut up their children than actually listen to them.

The utilization of technol-ogy allows parents to do this. When I was five, I only had a TV and my mom’s flip phone. Technology is moving us far-ther and farther apart from reality and what is important when it is should connect us.

A study from the University of North Carolina reports a child’s performance in school is linked to the types of ac-tivities in which he or she has been involved. When these activities consist of playing video games rather than ex-ercising the mind, school life and work can be affected.

I know first-hand that par-ents are the biggest influence

on their children, because of-ten times I catch myself doing things that emulate my mom and dad — whether it is being bothered by a cabinet door be-ing left open or singing loudly to Steely Dan.

My philosophy class re-cently read an article by a nurse who asked terminally ill patients what they wished they had done differently with their lives. The most common responses were, “I wish I spent more time with my family” and “I wish I spent less time at work.”

We may have fewer end-of-life regrets if we start by putting down our cell phones when we’re with friends and family. If we change our habits now, we can avoid becoming a generation that allows tech-nology to raise our kids.

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Two homes, too much stress

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Although it’s hard to cope with, it’s better because my parents are happier than they were before

43% of children growing up in America today are being raised without their fathers.

A father’s absence greatly increases the child’s risk of

DELINQUENCY.

Although divorce has decreased since the 1980s, divorce still has a long-term impact on both parents and children, especially future relationships.

Divorce in America

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1 out of every 4 American children live with only one of their parents.

There is one divorce every

13 seconds.

That’s 6,646 divorces per day, and 46,523 divorces per week.

Sources: http://www.rainbows.org/statistics.html, http://www.apa.org/topics/divorce, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/divorce-rate_n_3869624.html, http://www.mckinleyirvin.com

Approximately 30% of U.S. families are headed by a single

parent, in 80% of those families, the mother is the only parent.

The United States is the

world's leader

in fatherless families.

According to 2008 voter data, states that tend to vote Republican have higher divorce rates than states that tend to vote Democrat.

28% of children living with a divorced parent live in a household-with an income below the poverty line.

43% of first marriages end in divorce.

60% of second marriages end in divorce.

73% of third marriages end in divorce.

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States that legally recognize same-sex

marriages have a 20% lower divorce rate than states who do not recognize the unions.

Divorce is an unpleasant situation for anyone involved, and children

experience additional stress as they try to balance their lives between two households of their separate parents.

“Children may feel less se-cure about life, and their abil-ity to have a stable life,” Dr. Joan Cloutier, who practices psychiatry, said. “They can feel a loss of stability and control over the way their life is going. A loss of security is hard for children.”

Approximately 1.5 million children are affected by di-vorce in the United States and 40 to 50 percent of marriages will end in divorce this com-ing year, with that number increasing to about 60 percent for second marriages, accord-ing to Scientific American.

“Although it’s hard to cope with, it’s better because my parents are happier than they

were before,” junior Amanda Mah said about her parents divorce.

The period between sepa-ration and divorce is usually a moving period, both physi-cally and psychologically, as family members try to figure out living situations and finan-cial resources, according to Cloutier.

“Change at home for the children may not be positive,” Cloutier said. “They may have a downgrade in their lifestyle or might not have the resourc-es the family had when they were together.”

Children can also experi-ence tension in the home be-fore the legal divorce, which can result in feeling a loss of security early on in the divorce process.

“Parents who are arguing may stay away from home,” Cloutier said. “Children feel the loss of the parent before the divorce and it is something they can’t control.”

Feeling a loss of security is

common among children and some can face problems cop-ing with the family’s new dy-namic.

“Even though it was hard, I think it’s actually made me closer with both of them be-cause I spend individual time with them,” Mah said.

The di-vorce pro-cess gener-ally takes about a year once the parties have started court proceedings, a c c o r d i n g to Vanessa Hierbaum, a legal partner at Kaye-Moser-Hierbaum LLP.

“Divorce is a very prolonged event,” Cloutier said. “It’s hard for children to understand what is going on. Everybody involved suffers some grief, children may feel rage and that they are not loved.”

Custody is determined by the judge, who prioritizes what is the best situation for the child or children, based on life situation such as status quo and location of the par-ents’ homes, according to Hi-erbaum.

“ B o t h p a r e n t s are en-titled to f re qu e nt and con-t i n u i n g contact ,” Hierbaum said. “The c o u r t m a k e s s u r e whatever ar r ange -

ment there is — even if one parent is awarded primary custody — there is always fre-quent and continuing contact between the other parent and the children, unless perhaps if there is substance abuse or physical abuse by the other

parent.”If both parents are deemed

unfit, the court may grant a relative custody of the child, or the child could enter the foster care system, according to Cloutier.

A new law allows children over the age of 14 eligible to testify in court, as the court determines the best living situ-ation, according to Hierbaum.

“During the settlement pro-cess, the most emotionally difficult aspect for the parents is children,” Hierbaum said. “The most controversial part is spousal support.”

Children who lose the sta-bility of their parents during an unstable living situation are likely to express anger or dis-appointment at their parents for neglecting them, according to Cloutier.

“My parents separated when I was 10,” Mah said. “At first, I was devastated and didn’t un-derstand, but as I got older it didn’t affect me and I grew as an individual.”

Tatiana Gutierrez & Madison Riehle

The impact of divorce on children can be as straining as going through the process itself, however as time goes on, children acclimate to their living situations

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Junior Paloma Palmer packs her iPad, French textbook, uniform and sailing equip-

ment every Sunday night before going from her mom’s house to her dad’s. Her parents’ divorce causes Palmer to shuffle across the city weekly, packing much of her life for the next seven days into a duffel bag.

“I basically live out of a suit-case or I only pack my uniform,” Palmer said. “A lot of the times I’ll forget something and it can be really stressful.”

Organization is a big part of living in two different houses with parents who share custo-dy, especially during the school year, according to Palmer.

Palmer, whose parents di-vorced when she was two, says the experiences at her two homes couldn’t be more different.

“There has never been a uni-versal set of rules for me,” Palmer said. “At my mom’s house I don’t have a curfew and I’m much more independent. At my dad’s house I do, so it’s really hard for me to adjust.”

The differences in the two households go beyond just rules.

“When I go to my dad’s house, I have an 11-year-old stepsister,” Palmer said. “There I have to communicate a lot more because my mom is always traveling, but at my dad’s it’s much more family oriented. I also have to be thoughtful of my little sister. It’s taught me to be more aware of other people’s feelings and how my actions affect others, especially because I want to be a good example for my sister.”

Sixteen percent of all families with children live in stepfamilies according to the U.S. Census Bu-reau.

“My little sister was born when I was too young to recog-nize her as anything besides a new little sister, so adjusting to her wasn’t difficult,” junior Alex Wood, whose parents also di-vorced when she was two, said. “My stepsisters on my mom’s fi-ance’s side are much older than me so I don’t live with them.”

Teens who live with stepsib-lings often experience changes in routine when new family members come into their lives — and their homes — according to Palmer.

“One of the hardest things adjusting to having a stepsister was sharing not only my space but also my family with her, so at first I kind of resented it,” Palmer said. “My grandma would call my stepsister and me ‘my two granddaughters’ and I got really protective because I had been my grandma’s only granddaugh-ter and now I had to share her.”

Initial resentment towards stepsiblings is common, espe-cially when sharing other family members, according to Tamara Hicks, a clinical psychologist at Potrero Hill Psychotherapy.

“A struggle can occur when

the hierarchy is displaced,” said Hicks. “The system is out of whack since all the kids have been bumped from their roles in the family.”

Wood sees her father, who lives in Vancouver, about twice a month and almost every break. She faces a common struggle among children of divorce: di-viding up time.

“I have to deal with making decisions about colleges and spending time with different sides of the family over breaks,” Wood said. “My parents some-times disagree, and I can get caught in the middle — which can be difficult.”

Divorce can be arduous for children, but can it be equally challenging for a parent to wit-ness their child go through the process with them.

“Divorce was all she ever knew,” Pamela Palmer, Paloma Palmer’s mother, said of her daughter. “Because I was shar-ing her from such a young age, I treasured the days I did have with her even more, and it made me more appreciative of the time we spent together.”

Sophomore Abby Dolan lives in San Francisco with her mother and spends holidays such as Christ-mas in Boston with her father, an arrangement that was decided upon Dolan’s parents’ divorce when she was eight.

“I used to spend Thanks-giving in Boston with all my ex-tended family, and it’s hard not doing that anymore,” Dolan said. “I hate that I don’t get to see my family on those holidays when most people spend time with all of theirs.”

Despite the stereotype of wick-ed stepparents, Paloma Palmer says having more parental fig-ures can have its advantages.

“I can go to different parents for different problems because they all have different back-grounds,” Palmer said. “I’m con-stantly receiving tons of valuable advice, from many different per-spectives, something I wouldn’t necessarily be getting if it weren’t for my parents divorce.”

Children can have strong reactions to divorce because everything they thought they knew seems invalid, which can lead many to question their par-ent’s love for them according to Hicks.

“Younger children have a more challenging time under-standing the concept of divorce, especially the permanence of di-vorce,” Hicks said.

Teens tend to have an easier time because teens are less de-pendent on their parents than they are when they are younger, according to Hicks.

“I was in the first grade when

my parents separated,” junior Zoe Baker said. “At first I felt isolated and embarrassed, but by the fourth grade I had come to terms with it.”

Divorce takes time to adjust to because it changes so many aspects of a child or teen’s life, according to Hicks.

“Children will hold on to fan-tasies that their parents will get back together even if they are miserable since this is the only concrete concept they really un-derstand,” Hicks said.

It’s not uncommon for chil-dren to disapprove of parents’ new relationships.

“I originally didn’t react very well to my parents dating new people,” Palmer said. “I resent-ed my stepdad for the major-ity of our relationship which I now regret a lot. I had to go to therapy sessions about it because I thought he was stealing my mom away from my dad, even though my parents had been di-vorced since I was two.”

Eleven years later, when Palm-er’s mom separated a second time, Palmer encountered simi-lar problems with the idea of a second separation.

“When my mom split up with my stepdad it was a lot harder

than I expected it to be,” Palmer said. “I was re-ally angry with her because I was like ‘Really, you’re doing this again?’ but then I realized that they hadn’t been happy for a real-ly long time and it really benefit-ed both of them in the long run.”

Although the initial trials and tribulations that come with ad-justing to parents’ separation can be difficult, Baker says that the bigger struggle is in the little things.

“The day-to-day things are probably the hardest thing,” Baker said. “I live with my mom and I think that my dad feels sort of left out. Going back and forth was pretty difficult.”

The U.S. Census Bureau re-ports that 82.2 percent of cus-todial parents are mothers while 17.8 percent are fathers.

“Many of her peers had par-ents who were together so I think she felt like she couldn’t re-late,” Palmer said of her daugh-ter. “It became easier for her as she got more life experience and realized she wasn’t the only one from that situation.”

Divorce can paradoxically bring parents and children clos-er together through the change in their relationship, according to Baker.

“I think overall it forced me to actually become closer to my dad,” Baker said. “At the time I wasn’t really that close to him, but now we are. I think our re-lationship actually got stronger with the divorce.”

Teens with stepparents juggle school, extracurricular activities — and often two households

Madeleine AinslieDesign Editor

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One of the hardest things adjusting to having a stepsister was sharing not only my space but also my family

43% of children growing up in America today are being raised without their fathers.

A father’s absence greatly increases the child’s risk of

DELINQUENCY.

Although divorce has decreased since the 1980s, divorce still has a long-term impact on both parents and children, especially future relationships.

Divorce in America

Madeleine Ainslie/The Broadview

1 out of every 4 American children live with only one of their parents.

There is one divorce every

13 seconds.

That’s 6,646 divorces per day, and 46,523 divorces per week.

Sources: http://www.rainbows.org/statistics.html, http://www.apa.org/topics/divorce, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/divorce-rate_n_3869624.html, http://www.mckinleyirvin.com

Approximately 30% of U.S. families are headed by a single

parent, in 80% of those families, the mother is the only parent.

The United States is the

world's leader

in fatherless families.

According to 2008 voter data, states that tend to vote Republican have higher divorce rates than states that tend to vote Democrat.

28% of children living with a divorced parent live in a household-with an income below the poverty line.

43% of first marriages end in divorce.

60% of second marriages end in divorce.

73% of third marriages end in divorce.

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‘Stepping’ into an expanded household

6 | Monday, December 16, 2013 The Broadview and Broadview.SacredSF.org SPORTSSET FOR LIFE

CAPTAINS’ LOGWinter sport captains tell what’s happening this season.

Basketball Lizzie Whittles Grade: SeniorHeight: 5’7”Years playing varsity: 3 Years played: 8 “Our season is starting out

really strong. Being a senior and one of the captains is a great re-ward in itself. I think we’re a lot more competitive than last year which makes ev-erything more exciting.”

Fun Fact: “I’m a lefty but I dribble with my right hand better.”

Record: 4-3Next game: Tomorrow vs.

TBD @ Kezar Pavilion

Jaime Hum-NishikadoGrade: SeniorHeight: 5’7”Years playing varsity: 4 Years played: 13“This season has started out

great. We are a very young team taking on four fresh-men, but I am so excited to see how it all pans out. We are focused on playing every pos-session like it’s our last,

diving after every ball, and playing with confidence. We are constantly getting better each game and as captain, that is really great to see. ”

Fun Fact: “I was the mascot for the 2003 State Champi-onship team.”

Tiny, but mightyHeight doesn’t matter

as long as you work hardHanae Nakajima

Sports Editor

Unless you’re a gym-nast, coaches don’t really want players

under 5’5”. I’ve been ignored by coaches throughout my life because of my height, and I can’t do anything about it be-cause I’m done growing.

Both of my parents are un-der 5’5” and due to genetics, I’ve always assumed I would not exceed that “towering” height. Everyone around me started growing taller in sev-enth grade, while I stayed 5’1½” — although I tell peo-ple that I’m 5’2”.

My lack of stature has been — and is — my biggest struggle in playing volley-ball. Coaches seem to look right over short girls, whereas tall girls are always on every coach’s radar. Some coaches have even told me to quit playing.

But this has never stopped me. In fact, I work harder than most of my teammates to make up for my lack of height.

I know being a front-row player and slamming the ball over the net is not even an

option for me. Instead, I am the setter, a front-row player, who positions the ball for my teammates to make the big play.

And I’m good at it.On my days off from prac-

tice, I go to the gym and do exercises to help me jump higher, even though it puts ex-tra stress on my ankle. I fight through the pain everyday and keep training.

I can’t beat these girls with height, but I can beat them by out-hustling them, throwing my body onto the court and by out-talking them.

Over the years, I’ve learned to take control of my disad-vantage and turn it into an advantage. I have found that shorter players are more quick and agile on the court, and those are the traits I need to be a setter.

Being short is something I struggled with before, but now I embrace my height and see it as an advantage for me to go beyond the expectations and prove everyone wrong. I could have easily chosen a sport that favored petite girls, but I’m glad I chose to play volleyball.

— Compiled by Hanae Nakajima

Staying active in The City

House of Air926 Mason St.

The Presidio of San FranciscoMonday-Friday: $16; Tuesday-Thursday: $13

Planet Granite San Francisco924 “Old” Mason St.

Day pass: $20

SoulCycle2095 Union St.

Single class: $30

Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling750 Folsom St.

Between 3rd & 4th Sts.Adult admission: $10 | Skate Rental: $3

Acro Sports639 Frederick St.Single class: $40

Ring of Fire Boxing799 Moscow St. (Crocker Amazon Playground)

Free admission

Yoga Tree1234 Valencia St.

Between 23rd St. and 24th Sts.Drop-In class: $18 Single class: $16

Two weeks after junior Ra-chel Booth ended her var-sity volleyball season, she

was back on the court practicing for her club team at San Francis-co Juniors Volleyball Club.

“This year I have yet to feel anything but stressed,” Booth said. “The transition back to club volleyball season is always hard, but once school season ends I get a few weeks to rest up and slack off a bit. It’s hard getting back into the swing of things with volleyball and all the com-mitment that club comes with.”

Most school sports allow stu-dents to practice and compete during the week, leaving week-ends free, while club volleyball and basketball require two prac-tices during weekdays and tour-naments over the weekends.

“Both club and school vol-leyball can be really stressful,” Booth said. “But I think one of the worst feelings is the ex-haustion on a Monday after a weekend-long tournament. The stress that comes with the school team is almost easier to handle because all my teammates are at school with me dealing with the same stresses that come with the sport.”

Stress from club sports does not start in high school — it can be-gin as early as middle school.

“I was re-ally stressed with my school work while I was playing club basketball,” Ally Arora, a freshman who played club basketball for the Olympic Club while she was in the eighth grade said. “I had practice twice a week, but I was also in the pro-cess of filling out high school ap-plications. It was really difficult for me to balance the two.”

Arora says she is contemplat-ing whether or not she will play club basketball in the spring sea-son.

“I do not know if I want to

play club this year,” Arora said. “I’m having such a great time on varsity basketball right now and I am learning a lot, so maybe I will want to continue playing af-ter this season.”

Other out-of-school clubs in-clude crew, like Pacific Rowing Club and Marin Rowing Associ-ation, offer rowing at Lake Mer-

ced and the Corte Made-ra Creek.

“I feel stressed dur-ing my row-ing season,” Angie Scott, a sophomore who rows for Pacific Rowing club said. “My stress most-

ly comes from managing my homework and using my time well, but when big tests and fi-nals come up I worry about how I will make time to study.”

Club crew teams row five days a week for two to three hours per practice and participate in weekend regattas that can often last the whole day.

“We spend the whole day at the course rigging and derig-ging boats,” Scott said about her regatta. “The whole day we wait for our different races and start

putting the boats in the water and there is no time for me to do or even think about doing my homework.”

Club volleyball tournaments are held all over Northern Cali-fornia while some are local in the South Bay. Other tournaments require teams to travel farther to places like Reno and Las Vegas Nev., according to Booth.

“There’s really no time for homework,” Booth said, “but I will usually bring my computer to work on any papers and some busy work if I have time in the car or the hotel room.”

Volleyball tournaments can last a whole day and when teams are not currently competing, they are usually required to do other jobs like the linesmen or keeping score.

Playing sports for the school or for clubs bears stress on stu-dent athletes who work through the rigorous academic load throughout the school year.

“This year before I tried out for club I had to promise my parents that school comes first,” Booth said. “I’m very dedicated to my sport and I have never missed a tournament, but I know that this year my academics are important.”

— Madison Riehle contributed to this story.

Play hard, stress harderStudent athletes balance academics with extracurriculars

Jaime Hum-NishikadoSports Editor

Max Kellenberger /with permission

SYNCHRONIZED STROKES Sophomore Angie Scott (right) rows in 5 seat in the Novice Women’s A Boat. Scott races for Pacific Rowing Club.

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One of the worst feelings is the exhaustion on a Monday after a weekend-long tournament

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The Broadview and Broadview.SacredSF.org Monday, December 16, 2013 | 7SACRED HEART

Nestled between designer boutiques and restau-rants, Seconds To Go, a

thrift shop on the corner of Fill-more and Clay streets owned by the Schools of the Sacred Heart, features a window display of gently-used items for the holiday season such as children’s toys, clothing and jewelry.

“Seconds To Go has been a very successful program,” store manager Laura Lorton. said

“We’ve been in business for over 30 years and well over $1 million has gone into the Financial Aid Program to support deserving students who want to attend the schools.”

Sales pick up during the win-ter months and include holiday apparel and decorations from ornaments to menorahs.

“I’m very particular in what I take into the store,” Lorton said. “We take all kinds of clothing for women and men and receive a wide variety of products from

beautiful designer shops that range in price. We also take in small household items such as books, home decor items, pic-ture frames and kitchenware.”

Paid employees and volun-teers run the shop and include parents from the school com-munity who are encouraged to work at the store once at least year, according to Lorton.

“When I was in the shop I had a great experience working there,” Karen Niehaus, mother of junior Sarah Niehaus said. “I felt

really welcomed into the shop when I worked there. It’s a great service opportunity to give back to the schools.”

Convent and Stuart Hall High-school students who volunteer can receive hours to fulfill their service requirements. Tasks for student volunteers include sort-ing and pricing items and help-ing run the cash register.

“I think the store is a really great way to give back to the community,” SHHS junior Essie Elsakkar said. “I’ve been work-

ing at the store for my commu-nity service elective at Stuart Hall for a few months now.”

Seconds To Go raised $250,000 over the past year and Lorton says she is hoping to raise a higher amount this year.

“Our reputation of being a high-quality thrift shop really adds to the experience when people come to the store,” Lor-ton said. “Although other stores come and go, we feel very much a part of the community on Fillmore Street.”

Thrift store benefits schools’ financial aidSarah Selzer

Senior Reporter

Marley ShatzJunior200 service hours Eye to Eye

Siobhan Lewkowitz Junior150 service hoursHamilton Pool

Margaux Gaede Senior90 service hoursPets Unlimited

Claire MohunJunior 450 service hoursSF Zoo Camp

I volunteer at Hamilton Pool and help teach swim lessons, learn to lifeguard, and helped with camps. Learning to swim gives kids confidence while also teaching them a vital life skill within a safe environment, as water can be dangerous if you don’t understand how to protect yourself from an acci-dent. That’s where life guarding comes in because I am able to help people.”

I have been volunteering at Pets Unlimited since the middle of last year, and I go there twice a week for two hours. It’s a great community and an opportunity to be stress free after school. It’s my time to be alone and think about everything while going outside and walking. Whenever I take out the dogs there are lots of little kids running around who will see the dogs and say hi, but other times I will be walking the dogs and people will want to adopt them.”

I work at the zoo every summer for four weeks as a zoo teacher assistant, which is basically being a camp counselor at zoo camp. I guide the children around the zoo and show them the animals. I love that I get to be at the zoo every day with the animals and children. It has taught me patience and I enjoy it because it enriches my summers. I have been going since I was a kid, and I have been working there since eighth grade, and now I can give back to the zoo.”

Sarah Selzer/The Broadview

THRIFTING A Seconds To Go volunteer assists a costumer, helping her find a winter coat for the holiday season. The thrift shop on Fillmore street has a variety of clothing and treasurable items that are displayed daily in the shop windows.

The four-school commu-nity gathered in the Her-bert Center last Friday for

Noëls. Students sang Christmas carols divided by their grade lev-el and language class. Songs were sung in French, Mandarin, Latin and Spanish.

Noëls were originally sung in French as a gift to the Religious of the Sacred Heart who acted as the head of school, and are now sung for the president and the heads of the four schools. Songs such as “Casca Belles” and “En el Portal de Belen” were added in the 1970s when Spanish was introduced into the curriculum. Noëls once included a carol in Japanese, and this year included Mandarin.

The teachers ended the Noëls with a rendition of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, unlike years prior when students were the only ones singing.

Noël, Noël

Eye to Eye is a program that helps to mentors kids with learning disabilities through art projects. I love it because I get to help people in the commu-nity while meeting different people. I also love having a community of people with learning disabilities that understand school can be a really big struggle, it’s nice to have that support system.”

CAROLING Kindergarteners Lloyd Duskin (Stuart Hall for Boys) and Piper Leffert (Convent Elementary) are pulled to the center of the gym by President Ann Marie Krejcarek to give Christmas wishes to students and faculty (top, left, clockwise). SHHS senior Jose Vargas, SHHS sophomore Brandon Seltenrich, senior Abigail Newbold and junior Madeleine Ainslie introduce each Noël in the language in which it would be sung. Stuart Hall High School’s A Capella Choir, led by Scott Roos, sing “Entre le bœuf” around the Hall and Heart logo. Seniors, faculty and visitors stand around the track as they observe Noëls.

Sarah Selzer/The BroadviewSarah Selzer/The Broadview

Service profiles Volunteers give their time to the community while following their interests.

4-schools sing annual carols

Ashley Latham/The BroadviewAshley Latham/The Broadview

8 | Monday, December 16, 2013 The Broadview and Broadview.SacredSF.org CITY LIFE

Tasty bakery expanding shop

The Les Marais bakery has bought up two store-fronts on Chestnut Street and is creating a Parisian

afternoon getaway. Aside from elegant treats and rich coffee, Les Marais also offers a variety of fresh rounds and ba-guettes, a bevy of pastries and a small selection of grilled sandwiches.

Les Marais bakes a heavy Croque Monsieur ($8.75) on sweet pain de mie which is cut too thickly, but has a soft inside that pairs nicely with the very ten-der ham. The grain mustard adds a mild bitter bite to the creamy, freshly-melted Gruyere mixture.

The ham and gruyere sandwich ($10.50) is a lighter option to the Croque Monsieur. It lacks the melted cheese on top, but makes up for it in abundance be-tween two pieces of country levain bread with a somewhat spicy grain mustard smear.

The mozzarella, tomato and basil sandwich’s ($8.50) very fresh flavors come from a light pesto aioli that brings out the sweet flavors of the basil and to-

mato between a large segment of fresh tradi baguette. It’s just divine.

Another angelic item is the three-cheese sandwich ($9.75) layered with Gruyere, Parmesan and Fontina cheese between sliced levain bread baked with fresh pear and kale. The sweetness of the bread and flavors of the robust cheeses are accented by sweet caramelized on-ions and add a bit of texture.

Les Marais is realistic about what people can and should eat, and serves reasonably-sized portions. The quiches are a perfect-sized square for a satisfying breakfast or lunch. The vegetable quiche ($6.50), though, blows the ham and cheese ($6.75) version out of the water. The airy texture and light creaminess of the whipped egg and cheese blends well with the florets of broccoli.

Pastries range from croissants to muffins, and include a deliciously large chocolate chip cookie ($2.75). It’s chewy and far from doughy, packed with sweet milk chocolate chips. On the off chance you arrive as the cookies are coming out of the oven, you’ll get one gooey rich bite of heaven.

The fruit beignet ($3.50) is pretty lack-

luster. It is not your typical fried fluffy square of dough doused in powdered sugar. Les Marais’s beignet is rather thick and bland. It is topped with raw sugar crystals and the pastry is only made sweet by the custard center flecked with pomegranate seeds and a raspberry.

Another disappointment is the choc-olate croissant ($4). It has a delicious flaky, airy and buttery pastry dough, but is so wide that the strip of dark chocolate seems minuscule and is hard to portion to each bite.

Les Marais serves Stumptown Cof-fee from a roaster in Portland, Ore. that has a rich deep flavor without being too bitter. The Cold Brew iced coffee ($3) is delicious with a warm sandwich and a cappuccino ($3.50) warms the soul on a chilly day. The 50-cent almond milk sub-stitute does not mix well with the strong coffee.

Only one storefront is in use at the moment, but work for expansion into next door is already under way. This cur-rently petite cafe will benefit from a larg-er sitting area and could even expand their menu if fitted with a larger kitchen.

Open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

FOOD FOR DAYS

Alice JonesFood Reviewer

Outdoor holiday deco-rations can go far be-yond a string of yel-

low lights around the window, and some homeowners go to extremes.

Santa Claus is displayed hanging by the chimney, scal-ing the house strewn with lights, garlands and orna-ments at 68 Castro St. (top right).

A team of reindeer pulling a fat, jolly man decked in red

and holding a sack of presents light up a front yard at 429 Spruce (bottom left).

Surrounding the front lawn, trees light up with luminous colors and light fixtures re-sembling a gingerbread house at 45 Upper Terrace (center).

“Tom and Jerry’s Christmas” has a 65-foot tree that looks proportional to the enlarged presents (bottom right). A $15 donation for a picture with Santa is suggested to help cover the costs of this elabo-rate display at 3650 21st St.

Holiday housesWhat’s pumping in The City

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Alice Jones/The Broadview

SCRUMPTIOUS A cappuccino comes with an artisan leaf made of foam. The rich coffee can be sweet-ened with honey, sugar or brown sugar at the condiments counter (top). The ham and Gruyere sand-wich is pressed to perfection with melted cheese and a sublime crunch (bottom).

Pulse

Camilla BykhovskySenior Reporter