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Convent of the Sacred Heart HS • San Francisco, California

Vol. 23, Iss. 6

Tradition, tradition!

Inside

Senior Week marks week of graduation activities for the Class of 2017.

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Robotics team participates in global competition.

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Network exchanges connect international students.

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Summer trips require preparation.

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DRESSED TO A TEA The Senior Class poses for a photo outside the Flood Mansion on the first day of Senior Week. Seniors gathered in the

Belvedere to shake hands with other students before Senior Tea, the first event at which they wore formal white attire. Seniors attended multiple luncheons and a baccalaureate Mass preceding Prize Day on Thursday and Commencement on Friday afternoon.

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Food truck gathering makes for fun evening activity.

Restrooms set for renovation Cece Giarman & Mary Perez

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SHOW TIME Senior Delaney Moslander models a shirt and jeans

from the LF chain. The event raised money for La Casa De Las Madres, an organization providing support for women, teens and children.

Attendees received gift bags filled with samples from local stores on Fillmore, Union and Chestnut streets.

Backed-up toilets, cramped stalls and athletes changing for sports often render the Flood Mansion’s restrooms inaccessible are prompting renovations scheduled for this of the second and third floor this summer.

Architects are solidifying designs for new spaces in the community, including updated Convent High School bathrooms and middle school science classrooms. Renovations are expected to start directly at the end of the 2016-2017 Convent High School year.

“In both the second and the third floor bathrooms, one of the stalls is usually broken and the rooms themselves smell terrible,” senior April Matsumoto said. “I hope that the renovations improve the plumbing in general and improve the quality of the bathrooms themselves.”

The lavatories were last remodeled in the 1940s and do not have accessible stalls in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The renovations will bring the new space up to ADA requirements.

Construction workers will work this summer with the architectural designs from Gesler to utilize all of the area in the bathrooms to continue the community's theme of open spaces, according to Plant Operations Director Geoff De Santis.

“It’s actually kinda hard to fit in the bathrooms upstairs in the

Flood because they are so small,” junior Olivia Sanchez Corea said. “I just want them to be updated so the bathrooms are functional and working and without constant lines.”

The bathroom renovations will be mostly funded by the school’s operational budget.

DeSantis will work alongside President Ann Marie Krejcarek and the Chief Financial Officer, Trisha Peterson, to ensure sufficient funds for the construction, according to De Santis.

“We connect with designers and give them our aspirations for the spaces that need to be redesigned,” De Santis said. “The process takes time because we create cohorts. With the bathrooms, we’re going to be meeting

with students to talk about what their needs are. It’s important to have that student voice because I’m not the one using that bathroom.”

The updates come after years of student and family advocation, according to De Santis.

Families were given the opportunity to directly donate money to the bathroom cause at the annual Celebrate Spring weekend in March.

“There was definitely student advocation, but the big reason for us to continue doing the work we’re doing is to create the ultimate and best learning experience for students and teachers,” De Santis said. “You, as the students, should feel that this is your space.”

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WASHED AWAY Sophomore Elizabeth Worthington and junior Sinead McKeon wash their hands in the second floor bathroom of the Flood Mansion that was last updated in the 1940s. Antiquated plumbing contributes to frequent clogging of the pipes.

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‘Final’ly back

A designated finals week returns, replacing a free flowing schedule.

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fter eliminating the traditional finals week schedule last semester, feedback from students and teachers has prompted the return of a dedicated week for second semester exams and assessments.

At the end of the first semester, teachers could give final exams during any block period during the last few weeks before Christmas Vacation.

“I was overwhelmed,” sophomore Worth Taylor said. “I did not have a designated schedule for when my finals were going to be, so many of them ended up on one day rather than spread out, and I was not able to balance my studying time as well as I could have.”

Geometry and physics teacher Ilene Mitchell noticed the stress coming from both teachers and students due to the lack of a finals week.

“If you had four finals in a day, that was really rough,” Mitchell said. “It probably could have been a lot easier and smoother than it was last semester.”

The change in finals week was meant to accommodate different

types of assessments, like presentations, which could be completed during a normal block period, according to Student Life Director Devin DeMartini Cooke.

It gives us a lot of time to study and rest.

— Worth Taylor

“It really seemed to create conflict for students and faculty in pacing,” DeMartini Cooke said. “Students would have a final exam during the day but also have review right after for a different class, so they were doing different types of academic engagement during the day and that became challenging.”

This semester’s finals week schedule includes a 9 a.m. start with two two-hour class periods per day and a 90 minute lunch in between.

“I am really excited for the new finals week schedule,” fresh-

man Rachel Santamaria said.

“It gives us a lot of time to study and rest.”

A definite finals week creates consistency for students and allows them to focus solely on their assessments and performance.

“It’s space for rest, review, and taking care of yourself,” DeMartini Cooke said. “I also think everybody loves the late start — even teachers.”

Mitchell plans to take advantage of the two-hour period by taking her freshman physics class on a field trip to the Exploratorium because physics is such a hands-on, discovery based class.

“There’s no way I could do a field trip if there were four classes in one day,” Mitchell said, “so this is a huge benefit that there’s a finals week.”

The early dismissal, late start and long lunch all add to the finals week experience and help space out the tests, according to Taylor.

“I can use the long lunch as a time to destress,” Taylor said. “If I am craving a certain food I can get it because I have more time, and then, I am in a good mood for my test.”

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Finals Week Study Tips Student can utilize the following tips to increase productivity and decrease stress during finals week.

Set up a schedule

Find a consistent time and place to study a little every day for tests to reduce stress and last minute cramming.

Discover learning style

Experiment to find your learing style — auditory, visual or kinesthetic — in order to learn in the way that works best for you.

Take breaks

When stressed-out or frustrated, take a study break. Move away from the desk and take a walk around the block or do something enjoyable.

Take care of physical needs Eat well, drink lots of water and go to bed at a reasonable time to stay healthy and have enough energy to make it through the tests.

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‘Missfits’ make championships All-girls robotics team travels to Texas for international competition.

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DO THE ROBOT Junior Trinity Lee navigates her robot on the

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HUDDLE UP The team meets to discuss strategy before a match.

Innobotics club adviser Chris Person-Rennell said he hopes to expand the “Missfits” further within the Convent community.

issfit” Convent students competed at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics World Championship in Houston last month as part of a Bay Area all-girls robotics team.

The Innobotics Club, headed by junior Halie Kim, started last year by students who were interested in STEM fields.

“I don’t have a lot of opportunities to get involved in engineering and robotics at Convent other than Innobotics,” Kim said. “We were a bit disappointed about not having a First Tech Challenge competition team, but are working on a two-year plan to get one started.”

To start a successful team, a group needs around $50,000 for tools, mentors and sponsors, according to Chris Person-Rennell.

The Missfits, a team comprised of Bay Area high schoolers that focuses on encouraging girls to follow passions in STEM fields, invited interested Innobotics members to join.

“The Innobotics Club had a hard time meeting this year, and eventually the Missfits became the main focus of everybody that

was in the club,” Person-Rennell said.

Club members competed in numerous regional tournaments with the Missfits. The team’s success at previous competitions like the FIRST Robotics Competition, Silicon Valley Regional, qualified the Missfits for the FIRST World Championship in Texas.

We are a rookie and all-female team, it was really easy for our competition to underestimate us.

— Trinity Lee

“We were really excited that we made it to champs in the first place, but we were also hoping to do pretty well [in Houston],” junior Trinity Lee said. “Because we are a rookie and all-female team, it was really easy for our

competition to underestimate and step over us.”

The team hovered around 13th and 15th place for the majority of the championship, but ended the competition 24th out of 67 teams. The Missfits competed against national and international teams from over 39 different countries, from which they were able to learn new techniques according to Kim. “My vision for the future is that the Missfits is a community organization that is largely filled

by Convent students,” PersonRennell said. “I do see them as a separate organization, and I would love for us as a school to have very strong community relationship with the Missfits.”

Both Kim and Lee say they learned new techniques from workshops at the competition, which they say they hope to implement in future robots. The girls also plan on participating in computer-aided design and image processing classes over the summer.

“I am looking forward to a lot more collaboration, really bringing the Missfits’ mission to Convent and getting girls a lot more excited about STEM,” Kim said. “It is a really collaborative experience that I think a lot of Convent girls would enjoy.”

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hile most are planning to spend their summers vacationing, volunteering, working or with friends and family, a few members of the Convent community will embark on student exchanges throughout the Schools of the Sacred Heart Network and live with host families for extended stays this summer break.

“I’m excited because I’ve always wanted to go to school abroad,” sophomore Abby Anderson, who is going to Kincoppal-Rose Bay School in Sydney, said. “I jumped at the opportunity of an exchange to Australia because of what a foreign conti-

nent it is.”

While San Francisco schools will be out for summer break, Anderson will be in the midst of Australia’s winter for her exchange.

“Australia is a very popular destination for students right now,” Student Life Director Devin DeMartini Cooke said.

“Sydney is great because students can go on exchanges during our summer so they still get the full experience, but it doesn’t impact class work.”

An exchange is a great way to visit a new city without embodying the tourist stereotype, according to Anderson.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know the city as a ‘local’ while I’m there and I’m

interested to compare the school’s culture to Convent’s,” Anderson said.

There are over 200 Sacred Heart schools spanning six continents and 30 countries. An average of eight Convent students participate in exchanges per year, an opportunity that allows global exposure and cultural competency, according to DeMartini Cooke.

“I think there is immense value to both the student and the community,” DeMartini said.

“It calls on students to become ambassadors of the school and can help them connect with that real ‘Sacred Heart-ness’ in being a part of something that’s bigger than just being a high school student in San Francisco.”

The Sacred Heart Network’s exchange program allows room for language students to practice their speaking skills, according to sophomore Laura Mogannam, who will be spending a month at the Sophie-BaratSchule in Hamburg, Germany this June.

“Because of what a global community we are as the Schools of the Sacred Heart, knowing a foreign language provides so many opportunities,” Mogannam said. “The exchange program is a great platform for students to communicate and share experiences through language.”

Going on an exchange to a non-English-speaking country can present challenges, according to Mogannam, who has

Harnessing the power of the ring

studied German for the past 12 years.

“I’m nervous about the language barrier and the cultural differences,” Mogannam said.

“Those minor things might make me seem like that stereotypical rude American, and I really don’t want to have that impression on people.”

Mogannam and her exchange student, Paola, correspond regularly through Snapchat and email, but Anderson is yet to be put in contact with her Australian student and host family.

“I’m both excited and nervous not knowing who my exchange student is,” Anderson said. “I’m anxious we won’t be able to relate to one another, but I’m excited to meet new people and experience something different.”

Network alumnae connect with the wave of a hand

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s seniors near the end of their high school careers and begin their trek to college, starting a network of connections within the alumnae community can prove invaluable to a student’s academic and career future.

“I’ve used the alumnae network as a resource in the past when we had a panel of alumnae for a STEM presentation,” Liana Lum ’16, who currently attends Brown University, said. “I reached out to a neuroscientist who showed me around her lab.

Being part of the Sacred Heart network gives us such great connections to women with amazing accomplishments.”

There are over 140 Network schools around the world, according to the Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart website.

Through the vast network in the United States alone, Jeanne Asdourian (’79), chairperson of the AASH 2016 conference in San Francisco, encourages students to utilize the Sacred Heart

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in building their futures, both academically and professionally.

“Knowing people who can help you advance, who can spot opportunities for you, is always a good way to help give you a boost,” Asdourian said.

“There was a young man who was an alumnus of Stuart Hall High School, and he was looking specifically at public radio stations for a career. I happen to know somebody who works for KQED, so I made the introduction.”

In college, fellow alumni can help advise students interested in a similar academic or career path, as well as help initiate more connections.

“It’s kind of like a mentoring opportunity,” Asdourian said. “If a student connects with one of the alumnae, then that person can kind of guide them into what they would need to study and what path to take to be successful.”

The Sacred Heart class ring, a symbol of a graduate from a Network school, can assist alumnae in forming valuable connections among fellow graduates to build their personal and professional

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Apart from assisting graduates academically, the “power of the ring” can extend to peer relationships as well, expanding an alumna’s Sacred Heart network in both a professional and casual manner.

“There’s actually a Sacred Heart girl from Stone Ridge [Bethesda, Maryland] who lives a floor down from me,” Lum said. “We were in the same orientation group and mid-conversation she said hi to another girl.

I asked her how they knew each other, and she mentioned that the other girl went to a similar all girls school in Miami. Looking down at her hand, I noticed her Sacred Heart ring, and we immediately bonded about the all-girls school experience.”

While each Network school is unique, the traditions and values that come with a Sacred Heart education extend to all branches of the vast network.

“Sometimes people think we attended the same high school when we’ve talked about Sacred Heart traditions,” Lum said. “We just describe the Sacred Heart

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RINGS UP Sacred Heart Schools alumnae Liana Lum and Suzanne

Antoniou pose holding their class rings. Lum (‘16) graduated from CSH, while Antoniou (‘16) attended Stone Ridge in Bethesda, Maryland. They met at Brown University’s orientation.

Network like a chain of fast food restaurants and how we went to different but similar schools.

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gether and she wished me a happy Feast of Mater Admirabilis, and we even have a picture of us together with our rings.”

FAVORITE MEMORY ӹӹ Building forts out of old Christmas trees as a child.

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Leaving the blue bubble Alumnae give preparatory advice to seniors leaving liberal Bay Area for conservative-minded colleges.

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s seniors across the country placed a deposit for the college they plan to attend, Bay Area-based, collegebound students planning to study at conservative universities may have to cope with changes beyond flat land and weather, coming from liberal San Francisco where Hillary Clinton posters were sprawled on the windows of homes in every neighborhood during the election.

Alumnae currently attending schools in Red States felt an initial culture shock upon arriving at their new schools.

“I’m in Tucson and the city itself is pretty liberal, but my college kind of takes over the city and all the students here are pretty conservative,” Michaela Betta ’15, who currently attends University of Arizona, said.

“You walk around campus and see Trump stickers on computers and cars. I knew it was a Red State, but I didn’t know people here showed it so much.”

Some alumnae initially witnessed the expression of conservative stances in the classroom.

“We’re required to take philosophy and theology classes

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here which is where I would say conservative views come up the most,” Madison Riehle ’15, who attends University of Notre Dame said. “Topics like abortion

People have intellectual conversations but at the end of the day you’re still friends.

— Madison Riehle

came up and even things like equal pay. People are so adamant about their beliefs.”

The political climate of conservative schools was something some students found difficult to adjust to, according to Betta.

“A lot of the girls are were very pro-Trump,” Betta said. “I really don’t judge people on who they

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9 million U.S. college students are in Greek life.

National Alliance on Mental Illness has 168 different college clubs nationally.

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#1 state receiving out-of-state students from California Convent alumnae matriculated to University of Arizona in Tucson and Arizona State University in Tempe in 2013-2017.

Texas #5 state receiving out-of-state students from California

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Convent alumnae matriculated to Trinity University in San Antonio and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth in 2013-2017.

North Carolina

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California sends 159 students to Duke University each fall.

Convent alumnae matriculated to Duke University in Durham and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem in 2013-2017.

Louisiana #4 state receiving out-of-state students in the nation Convent alumnae matriculated into Tulane University in New Orleans in 2013-2017.

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Setting up for success

College counselor, alumnae advise on how to maximize a college freshman’s first 100 days in a new environment.

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of college freshmen said they changed time management methods in college.

vote for. Everyone has their reasons, so I just had to be confident in what I believed in. I’m very lucky that both my roommates are also from San Francisco, and we were all kind of raised the same way. I feel like I would be intimidated by people here if I didn’t have them.”

Some alumnae needed to remind themselves to be open to differing opinions, especially being a minority in terms of political views, according to Izzy Coolins ’16, who currently attends University of Alabama.

“Initially going into Alabama I knew how conservative the state would be,” Coolins said. “I just remembered to keep an open mind and be aware — especially during the presidential election.”

Although it may be difficult to adjust to the conservative atmosphere at certain colleges, it is important not to judge people solely on their political beliefs, according to Riehle.

“People have intellectual conversations but at the end of the day you’re still friends,” Riehle said. “Some of my best friends here are super conservative, but you kind of avoid it sometimes — or you just have conversations about it.”

Students in the red zone

Conservative states receive high volumes of out-of-state students.

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s President Trump wrapped up his highly anticipated first 100 days last month, seniors made their final deposits at their respective colleges, and began planning their academic future.

While the Senior Class won’t be dismantling America’s health care system, implementing new policies or threatening war with North Korea in their own first 100 days, the first months of freshman year can be vital in setting up for success for the rest of college.

“For the orientation at LMU, we were separated into groups based on our majors because they really wanted us to get to know people who we would be having classes with so we could see a familiar face,” Lily Ross ’16, who attends Loyola Marymount University, said.

“Most of the things were just logistics, like getting your classes, figuring out the dorm you’re going to be in, kind of showing you around the school, and then a whole other part of it was questions about the social aspect of college.”

Even before classes begin, most colleges offer orientation programs – and even pre-orientation options – to help incoming freshmen better adjust to college life, according to College Counseling Director Rebecca Munda.

With some colleges offer-

ing organized trips or service events, introductions to academic and campus life and activities to introduce freshmen to the student body, opportunities to get involved aren’t limited to when classes begin.

“The first three months of Freshman Year is a hub of activity, especially the first few weeks,” Munda said. “There are a lot of

You have to let people know if you’re having a hard time.

— Rebecca Munda

structured events in those first few days before classes actually begin. You typically find in the first few weeks, there’s going to be more energy than usual because they are doing their best to help freshmen feel welcome in their new home.”

While the transition from high school to a college environment can be difficult for many students, orientation activities like ice breakers, campus tours and interactions with older students can help freshmen make

relationships with fellow classmates as well as become familiar with various programs and administrators on campus.

“Orientation really helps students figure out their new environment, it lets them know what their resources are and where they can access different services,” Munda said.

But while high school orientations are often a required part of the curriculum, many college freshmen must willingly participate in orientation opportunities themselves.

“In college it’s not necessarily going to be required, so students have to opt into those programs,” Munda said. “I would recommend them because it’s going to help with that transition, and no matter how excited or prepared you are to go to college it’s still a transition.”

Once the excitement of orientation fades away, adjusting to a drastically different schedule, new independence and being away from home can be overwhelming for many students, but getting involved in programs, activities and organizations offered on campus can help freshmen adjust to daily life.

“It was hard to adjust to such a different schedule – like some days you might have no class, some days you may only have one class – so you really have to learn how to manage your time,” Ross said. “With high school it’s pretty set up for you, but in

college you have to determine when you’re going to get groceries or when you’re going to have a social life. You need to figure that stuff out by yourself, and that was definitely the biggest thing to adjust to.”

Ross said she regretted not taking advantage of the many social and organizational opportunities on campus after orientation.

“Other than Greek life, there’s so much more to do,” Ross said.

“There are so many clubs and so many community service opportunities that aren’t that big of a commitment. That’s a really great way to meet people, but I didn’t do that. So I would just get involved in more things.”

Participating in Greek organizations, campus sports teams or other academic programs and clubs can be a good way for students to transition into life on campus and feel more at home in the new environment, according to Munda.

If a student continues to have trouble adjusting to college life, Munda recommends reaching out to a resident adviser or counseling office for assistance.

“You have to let people know if you are having a hard time,” Munda said. “You can’t assume people will know. So if you are having challenges, reach out to someone because it’s something they’re used to and something they see every year, you just have to reach out and be proactive.”

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Cell phone craze

Heavy cell phone usage leads to adverse reactions.

Rehab centers have been opened for nomophila, fear of being without a cellphone.

On average people check their phone 221 times per day.

After misplacing a phone, 73 percent feel panicked, 14 percent desperate, 7 percent sick and 6 percent relieved.

People can have withdrawals, similar to the effects of substance abuse, when they abstain from phone usage for a long period of time.

3 out of 5 users cannot go 60 minutes without checking their phones.

Soures: American Addiction Centers, Natural Living Ideas, National Insitiute on Drug Abuse, Tecmark, Lookout Grace Ainslie | THE BROADVIEW

Helping hands

Alumnae give advice to prospective college freshmen on their school choices.

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or seniors who were experiencing difficulty deciding between colleges, reaching out for direct help was as easy as sending a text or having a phone call with an alumna who was in the same position only a few years earlier.

“Grace reached out to me a couple months ago when she was deciding between a couple of colleges,” Madeline Ainslie ’15 said about senior Grace Lachman. “She had gotten into UCLA and wanted to see if we could meet up while she was visiting. At the time, I was actually going to be back in San Francisco, so we ended up just meeting up back on Fillmore Street in the old Convent stomping ground.”

College tours often only cover the basic information about an institution, so connecting with alumnae can be a way to gain a more insightful student perspective, according to Lachman.

“Maddie was someone I was kind of familiar with from Convent,” Lachman said. “Even though she was two years older, I was more familiar with her than some of the girls who went last year. I decided to Facebook message her and be like ‘Hey, I got in. I’m unsure, I don’t know a ton about the school and I’d love to

just get your perspective on it.’”

Coming onto a campus — whether it be for a campus tour or an open house — and knowing somebody right away can help lessen the daunting feeling of being in an unfamiliar place with new people, according to senior Delaney Moslander.

“I reached out to Camilla [Bykhovsky ’15] two weeks before I went to the open house at Boston University and we decided to meet up,” Moslander said.

“After the open house I met up with her and we walked the entire campus.”

Students considering colleges should not be afraid to reach out to Convent alumnae for advice because alumnae are often so excited at the thought of seeing a familiar face at their college and they are more than willing to impart advice and answer any questions, according to Bykhovsky.

“After she told me she was committed and coming here, I was super excited,” Bykhovsky said. “The things I wanted to show her were things I wish I’d seen as a freshman. When you come to a big school like BU, there are people everywhere and it’s really hard to find quiet places to study so I definitely wanted to show her some of those places.”

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Just keep scrolling Internet addiction is on the rise in teens.

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he simple past time of checking a notification on a phone may only take a few seconds, but excessive time on media can turn into an addiction.

“It’s so easy to be on the phone and on social media,” Manisha Punwani, MD said. “I don’t think that’s the problem, it’s the amount. If you are doing it for a limited time and you are doing other activities then it’s fine. But if takes over your life, then it’s definitely an addiction.”

Internet addiction disorder is included in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a psychiatric classification and diagnostic tool.

“Out of all the teenagers I see, I’d say the majority of them have this issue now,” Punwani, who practices psychiatry, said. “I specialize in anxiety so I find that internet and media becomes a way to deal with those problems.”

Teens with anxiety often use their phones as a way to warm up to social situations or calm themselves down, but excess time on phones can hinder psychological skill development, according to Punwani.

“Being on my phone reduces my anxiety and puts my mind at ease,” junior Jocey Shilakes said. “When I have my phone,

I’m able to contact all my friends and FaceTime and call them and distract myself.”

Phones can also provide an instant sense of gratification, as the user immediately sees no-

Being on my phones reduces my anxiety and puts my mind at ease.

— Jocey Shilakes

tifications on a phone, releasing dopamine in the brain, the neurotransmitter responsible for promoting reward-motivated behavior.

“The more you engage in the addictive behavior, the more dopamine is secreted,” Punwani said. “So you’re happy, but then you want more of it. You need more to make you happy. That’s the problem with the internet and media is it can just become another addiction.”

Similar to cell phones, drug use also releases dopamine, a pleasure-inducing chemical, sometimes resulting in an addiction. Experts in the field are

exploring a correlation between the rise of cell phones over the past decade and a decrease in drug use with teens.

Drugs use, excluding marijuana, among teens from eighth, 10th and 12th grade was lowest in 2016 out of the past 40 years, according to Monitoring the Future, an annual governmentallyfunded report of teenage drug use. The decline may be due to the fact that teens are replacing drugs with another addiction — phones, according to Punwani.

“People at parties are on their phones so much they may just literally forget to do anything else, like drugs,” senior Hailey Long said. “If you also feel uncomfortable with the things going on around you, it’s really easy to just step back and check your phone for a while. So it’s easier to get out of ‘peer pressure’ situations.”

Teens suspected of having an internet addiction may also be dealing with an underlying issue, such as depression or ADHD, and use a phone as a coping mechanism, according to Punwani.

“Of course that’s not always the case,” Punwani said, “but there should be a lot of education about internet addiction because it would help screen for some other issues and could help the child work towards getting better with that.”

Sisters spanning states Seniors use alumnae to finalize college decisions.

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attending colleges of interest, because they will likely be honest about their experience, having the senior’s best interests at heart, as opposed to solely asking questions to representatives from the college or university, who have the institution’s best interest at heart, according to Lachman.

“She didn’t try to sugarcoat anything,” Lachman said about Ainslie’s insight on her college experience. “I had a big fear of coming from such a small school and such a close-knit community going into such a huge, public university. She was really able to help settle my fears on that end by telling me specific organiza-

tions I could join.”

Bykhovsky and Moslander will both attend the same college, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, within Boston University.

“I wish I had somebody there to sort of guide me through classes and help me out, let me know which ones are hard, which ones I should take in what semester,” Bykhovsky said. “With Delaney being in Sargent and me being in Sargent, I can help her a lot because there’s some really hard classes you have to take which are required. Having somebody that already took them and knows the struggle is gonna be really helpful for her.”

Any aluma will be willing to speak to or help out another Convent student because of the unique educational experience they have in common, according to Ainslie.

“Grace and I never really knew each other in high school,” Ainslie said, “But I think what’s really great about Convent is you always feel comfortable enough reaching out to people and alumni from Convent, even if you weren’t necessarily that close to them in high school.

I just think that really speaks to the connections you make at Convent and the strength of character Convent builds in their students.

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Numbers for travelers’ cell phones U.S. Department of State — help for overseas emergencies 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 1-888-407-4747 and 1-202-501-4444 National Passport Information Center — information about expedited passport replacement, due to theft, loss or expiration: 1-877-487-2778 and 1-888-874-7793 Phone number of local U.S. embassy or consulate in your location Source: U.S. Department of State

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Soaring into Summer Studying abroad cultivates personal interests

Language study and cultural experiences augment learning.

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hile some were swimming or tanning, junior Annabelle Leung spent four weeks last summer in Beijing, visiting historical sites like the Great Wall of China and Forbidden City and taking Mandarin classes to improve her fluency.

“I adapted super quickly to being in China and away from home because I was with a lot of friends who were going through the same situation,” Leung, who participated in the Middlebury Interactive Language Summer Program, said, “but because I didn’t have my parents with me, I could only rely on myself to be responsible and keep track of everything.”

Not having parents around, the distance from home, and length of summer abroad programs can cause homesickness. Leung recommends finding an aspect of the new environment that is reminiscent of home to avoid this feeling.

“I was with Jocey [Shilakes] and she has family friends who lives in China who taught us how to make Chinese dumplings,” Leung said. “I felt really at

home with them because they treated us like family.”

Traveling internationally also comes with facing language barriers and finding new methods of communication, according to senior Ally Arora, who visited the Dominican Republic for two weeks last summer for a leadership camp through Rustic Pathways.

“My whole group and I planned a camp for underprivileged kids from a small town in the area,” Arora said.

“The kids spoke a language that was a mix of Spanish and French. I take Spanish but I’m not great at it, but they also integrate French into their Spanish which was really confusing, so we had to learn how to communicate with them through body language.”

The best way to fully immerse in a culture is interacting with the people, according to sophomore Isis Boivin, who spent 18 days in Ecuador and Galapagos through a National Geographic photography program.

“When taking portraits, you have to talk to the person before you start taking pictures,” Boivin said. “It was eye-opening. You could say that about any trip, but there is something special

about meeting different people and just getting to know their lifestyle by having conversations with them.”

Summer abroad programs also provide opportunities to experience a culture first-hand, which may be more difficult to do as just a vacationer.

“One of the places we stayed at was run by a family and we were the only ones there so we interacted with them,” Boivin said. “During free time, we’d play soccer with the kids and immerse ourselves that way. Most of the food we were served was locally grown and not bought from grocery stores, and the recipes were traditional.”

Arora says every student should try to travel abroad during summer in high school, as it may develop a new interest.

“Being able to travel at this age has definitely led me to do this in college,” Arora, who will study in Rome for her first year of college, said. “But it’s scary.

I’m definitely pushing myself and even though I’ve experienced it, it was just two weeks compared to a full year, but I might find another interest of mine when I’m abroad again.”

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Advance planning simplifies solo flights

Made less daunting with preparation, flying alone offers a chance for personal growth.

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articipation in summer programs, exchange trips, immersion experiences or even college visits often requires domestic or international air travel, which for some students means handling all the aspects of flying — alone.

“I went on an exchange trip last summer to Sydney, Australia,” junior Julia Alvarez said. “I flew there alone because I wasn’t going at the same time as my exchange person, and because Australia is an 11-hour flight, it didn’t make sense for my parents to go with me.”

Despite having traveled extensively, Alvarez had never flown alone internationally before, so she and her parents planned her itinerary far in advance, deciding things like who was going to pick her up and what to do if she got lost.

“On the actual trip, my parents made sure I got through security okay, but that was pretty much it,” Alvarez said. “I had the United app on my phone, so I could figure out all my flights and destinations and my baggage claims, which was really helpful.”

We want them to know that they can call on us if they need anything.

— Maria Brady

The Transportation Security Administration does not have any official policies on unaccompanied minors, so rules may vary slightly between airlines, but most publish rules and regulations on their websites.

“As flight attendants, we pay particular

attention when a young girl is traveling by herself,” United flight attendant Maria Brady said. “We ask if she is comfortable where she is seated, and sometimes — if possible — we change the seat ahead of time so no one is made to feel awkward.”

Travelers under the age of 16 are generally required to adhere to special policies regarding unaccompanied minors, including special identification and regulations on the types of travel allowed, according to Brady.

“When we seat them, no matter the minor’s age, we introduce ourselves, review the safety card, and go over with them where their nearest exit is,” Brady said. “We want them to know they can call on us if they need anything or have concerns.”

Some airlines allow minors ages 16-17 to fly as “young adults” without any restrictions.

“Since she was 16, she didn’t have a person specifically assigned to her like a younger child flying intercontinentally might,” Anne Alvarez, Julia’s mother, said, “but we thought it was really good for her to do it by herself, learn to navigate and travel.”

Traveling alone requires minors to keep track of their own luggage, and keeping personal documents such as passports and trip itineraries on hand all the time is essential for a smooth trip, according to Brady.

While lost luggage is frustrating, lost passports pose a serious threat to personal identity. The replacement process is several steps, and requires the passport holder to immediately to report to the U.S. embassy or consulate in the country, according to the U.S. Department of State.

Flying alone internationally is not too different from flying domestically except for the flight length and going through customs, according to Brady, who regularly flies to Beijing, Shanghai and Frankfurt, Germany.

“Besides the distance, the obvious difference is being able to feel secure alone for a longer period of time,” Brady said.

“We always come around periodically

and make sure the minor is doing okay, especially on the longer flights.”

Booking nonstop or direct flights to the final destination makes travel simpler for anyone, but especially minors, according to Brady.

“I had no stops on my flight to Australia, which makes sense, but was also really nice,” Alvarez said. “The flight wasn’t full, so I had a whole row of seats to myself to stretch out in.”

It’s nice to learn that flying is not scary and confusing.

— Julia Alvarez

The sense of direction, willingness to go up and ask people for help, and “street smarts” which kids learn when growing up in cities like San Francisco are applicable to international air travel, according to Alvarez’s mother.

“When you’re flying with your family it sometimes seems like this crazy complicated thing and like there’s no way you’d be able to navigate without your parents,” Alvarez said. “But it’s nice to learn that it’s not that scary and confusing.”

Flying alone fostered independence and courage in her daughter, and the trip to Australia went very smoothly, according to Alvarez’s mother.

“But I wish I knew where to get the right [customs declaration],” Alvarez said. “I accidentally grabbed one in Chinese, but I didn’t want to get out of line again so I had to ask the people in line with me what it meant in English. It was pretty rough.”

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an international SIM card or phone plan to avoid excessive charges on United States-based phone plans.

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Snack attack

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unching on jelly beans, reaching for another Dorito or binging on a pint of ice cream may seem like ordinary forces of habit, but everyday snacking can unwittingly lead the way to long-term health problems.

“Whenever there is food around, I eat it, and when there’s not, I just forget that I’m hungry,” junior Natalie Lunbeck said. “I’m usually too distracted or busy to consciously think about it.”

Mindless snacking often happens when foods are convenient, but these kinds of foods tend to be unhealthy snacks or fast food, according to dietitian Kathy Cleary.

“They’re around us in all stores, quickstops and gas stations,” Cleary said. “It’s really easy to get that kind of food, while it’s a little harder to get fruits and vegetables because they’re not always available.”

With healthy snacks such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and yogurt being inconvenient, munching on foods with high amounts of fat, sugar and sodium — such as chips, candy and

doughnuts — becomes easier according to Cleary.

“That can add to obesity problems and can lead to Type 2 diabetes if you don’t control your weight over long periods of time,” Cleary said. “It can lead to hypertension problems, which have to be treated with medication if it’s out of control.”

Foods like white breads and pastas may seem like harmless, healthy options to snack on but can drastically increase blood sugar levels and result in a “crash,” according to Livestrong.

Junior Natalie Lunbeck rarely eats the recommended five servings of fruits and vegetables each day because they are less convenient and appetizing, according to Lunbeck.

“A lot of times in our house, all the apples aren’t fresh and usually past ripe, or the vegetables aren’t cooked,” Lundbeck said.

“I’ll open up my fridge and eat the thing that I’m most excited to see — and that’s usually pasta or cookies.”

Sophomore Camilla Sigmund also finds mindless snacking part of her eating habits.

“Whatever’s put in front of me, I consume,” Sigmund said.

Teen dieting

“If somebody put a plate of pasta in front of me I’d eat it, but if someone put two plates of pasta, even if I’m the same amount of hungry, I’d eat them both.”

Snacking while stressed can also detrimentally affect health, and often is an excuse to binge eat or eat unhealthy foods, according to school counselor Annie Egan.

“Some people don’t even notice they’re eating because they’re stressed,” Egan said.

“Other times it’s conscious like ‘I’m so stressed out — I’m going to pig-out on french fries.’ It is a way for some people to regain control over something that is beyond control.”

Egan recommends finding something else to do such as taking a walk, drawing or listening to a podcast instead of stresssnacking.

“It could make you feel lethargic,” Egan said. “Generally when people are stress eating, they’re not eating carrots and celery.

They’re eating food that is a little bit more indulgent that probably isn’t the best for making your brain work faster and more efficiently, whether you’re stressed or not.”

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Perfect body comes with a price Dieting for a ‘summer body’ can bring health risks.

Up to 90% of teenageers diet regulary.

35% of people who start

dieting become addicted.

Dieting may lead to hunger, sadness, or dizziness.

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SOCCER 4.19 v Drew 3-3 T 4.20 v San Domenico 5-1 W 4.25 v Waldorf 6-2 W 4.27 v Gateway 2-0 W 5.2 v BCL Playoffs 3-6 L

SWIMMING 4.4 v Lick 140-81 W 4.19 v San Domenico 88-80 W 4.19 v Urban 117-46 W 5.6 BCL Championships

JV: 179, 1st

Varsity: 87, 8th

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s the summer season and warmer weather draw near — and lighter, more revealing clothing becomes more popular — many teens focus on developing the “perfect summer body” through diets or exercise routines, but weight loss can be detrimental to one’s health.

“There are a lot of different reasons — personal, media society,” registered dietitian Sabine Haake said, explaining the various pressures that can influence teens into feeling a need to lose weight, “but the most important reason is that in the summer there tends to be less clothing and therefore a greater focus on your body.”

Cosmopolitan and Daily Mail advertise fast-acting diets and specialized exercise routines to get rapid weight loss results just in time for the summer season.

Popular print and social media can subconsciously pressure teens to change their appearance, according to senior Olivia Hoekendijk.

“A lot of celebrities use the term ‘summer body,’ and I think

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they’re trying to influence people to look a certain way,” Hoekendijk said.

Celebrity Instagram users such as Kylie Jenner and Demi Lovato promote methods to lose weight for the summer and can make teens feel that they are not ready for the summer, according to Hoekendijk.

“My cousin mentioned last summer when we were on vacation that she thought she wasn’t summer-ready because she didn’t diet,” Hoekendijk said.

Dieting and weight loss can be hazardous to one’s health, according to Haake.

“Many high school girls will have had a growth spurt but many of them will have not,” Haake said. “Even if you already had your growth spurt at age 14, 15 or 16, you are still growing.

Any kind of weight loss during a time of active growth is associated with a whole bunch of medical complications.”

Dieting as a growing teen girl can lead to stagnant growth and menstrual irregularity as well as bone diseases like osteopenia and osteoporosis, according to a report by the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s

BADMINTON 4.27 v Lick 2-7 L 5.2 v Athenian 7-2 W 5.2 v Crosspoint

Academy 4-5 L 4.5 v BCL Championships

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Arts 7-2 W 4.4 v Lowell 5-4 W

National Library of Medicine.

“You don’t want a child, a teenager or a young person to lose weight because that can impair all of these growth processes that are going on,” Haake said.

Dieting can also result in a decline to a person’s metabolism and, when dieting is repeated, metabolism can decrease indefinitely, according to Haake.

“Research shows that after about a day-and-a-half of dieting, metabolism can drop by as much as 40 percent,” Haake said.

“Let’s say you diet every year, you basically expose your body to that kind of activity over and over again and your body thinks ‘I am going to lower my metabolism permanently.’”

Learning to have a balanced eating regime will have a better long-term positive effect on one’s body, according to Haake.

“If you can figure out a routine that works for you, gives you the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy and an activity routine that you can sustain, you will have lasting habits that not only maintain a body shape or stabilize weight but can also make you healthier,” Haake said.

SAILING 3.26 Nor Cal #6 19th 4.1 Divisional #3,22nd 4.23 Silver PCC’s 4th 4.29 San Francscio HS City Cahmpionships 4th

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Finishing the season Spring sports captains reflect on the season.

Erika Wong Fencing

“This year our team really came together in terms of community.”

Pilar Ballesteros-Cordero Soccer

Bea Gee Fencing

“It was a pretty good and successful season for the girls — we tied for first along with University High School and Lowell High School.”

April Matsumoto Fencing

Katie Newbold Track and Field

“A lot of people did really well in individual events and worked really hard over the season to get where they are.”

“The support that everyone showed for each other really symbolized the closeness of our team.”

“The team is like family, we are really close — even with new people.

We are really welcoming.”

Delaney Moslander Soccer

“Each player helped create a team environment that was successful.

It was a great way for me and the other seniors to end our four years in this program.”

Mackenzie Maly Badminton

“We lost a lot of good seniors last year and it definitely impacted us, but I think we did a really great job of compensating for that.

We have improved so much.”

Maya Young Track and Field

“Something that I love about our team is that we all know each other — like a family.”

Gia Monachino

Badminton

“Track and field is definitely a memory I will look back on as an experience that I really value and something that I was really grateful to do.”

“I will definitely miss playing with my teammates and coaches and being on this team. It has been a great four years.”

Bella Kearney

Masha Kozlova

Swimming

“Spending every afternoon and going through the success and the not so successful moments together really made our team close.

It was awesome to watch us come together.”

Swimming

“My favorite part of being on the swim team is the close-knit community I get to be a part of. My teammates made the season full of laughter, hard work and friendship. ”

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$495.

“We’re in a transition period now. We have some of our better senior sailors leaving, we had a lot of new people this fall and we had a lot of JV kids step up and come to varsity.”

Sarah Hong

Track and Field

Alyssa Alvarez

Lulu Desai

Varsity Sailing

Passion over price

Pros should play for love of the game.

That’s how much UCLA basketball player and NBA hopeful Lonzo Ball’s new signature shoe sells for. In order to keep the money in the family, Ball declined contracts with Nike and Under Armour to sign with Big Ball Brand, a company founded by his father.

The price tag is astronomical compared to the likes of LeBron James and Stephen Curry’s latest shoes that do not even reach the $200 mark.

There comes a time in some athletes’ lives when they can start making a profit off of their passion. Nineteen-year-olds can become millionaires overnight after signing a contract with a professional team.

Being a teenage athlete, the sheer idea of making a living off of what I love to do would be a dream come true. If we love our jobs, it can feel as if we aren’t working at all.

But athletes should never lose the passion that drew them to the sport. They should never be playing or practicing just for the money.

Placing such a high price on a shoe because of one’s fame may be a smart business move, but in turn, athletes lose sight of what got them to that point. Receiving wealth and fame so quickly can get to an athlete’s head — distracting them from

working to become better players, as their focus shifts from a court to business mindset.

Ball should want his name in headlines about a career debut in the NBA, not an overpriced shoe. A passion is something that drives you to work harder and be better, not make millions and sign contracts.

Being in the public eye, star athletes have the opportunity to donate money and get involved in philanthropic works. They are role models and should teach youth that there is much more to life and playing than stardom.

Through his foundation, San Francisco Giants star catcher Buster Posey provides grants to research hospitals and charitable organizations that support children diagnosed with pediatric cancer.

When given the opportunity, stars should do right by their community and give back, rather than use their name to add to their opulence.

When my dad put a basketball in my hands at the age of four, I don’t think he ever hoped I would become rich one day. He hoped I would enjoy the sport and find a love for it.

Athletes should never live paycheck-to-paycheck, but rather find something they wake up everyday wanting to do. A $495 shoe should only be a bonus.

Kayla Man Badminton

“There were a lot of new players, so seeing their growth over the short season we had was amazing.”

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Outside athletics.

Working Out at the gym provides amenities such as workout machines and personal trainers.

Pet walking allows you to get exercise while also giving your pet the exercise and stimulation that it needs.

Running improves your stamina and gets you in shape without the need for equipment.

Complied by Miley Sherman and Estie Seligman Based on a Google Form sent to all students’ emails with 61 of 214 possible respondents

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Equality STEMs from eliminating discrimination

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rom the biologists who research gene-targeted therapies for cancer to the software engineers who manipulate phones and computers to do more with less, advances in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics are coming along at lightning speed.

Approximately half a million jobs will be added to the computer and mathematical sciences sector over the next 10 years, according to a January 2017 report from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Yet women are leaving STEM industries en masse — and no one is trying to stop them.

Eighty percent of women who work in STEM say they love their work, yet 32 percent of those same women say they plan to quit within the next year, according to the Center for Talent Innovation.

Women do not leave the industry because computer science or math or engineering is too hard.

Paid family and maternity leave are almost non-existent benefits. For women who want to have children, it is extremely difficult to negotiate time off, and even coming back to work after leave poses a challenge.

Other leading reasons they cite for leaving include “limited opportunity for promotion or advancement,” “too many hours for inadequate compensation,” and a “negative organizational climate,” ac-

cording to the Anita Borg Institute.

Gender bias plays a vital role in determining that “negative organizational climate” in a male-dominated field, where 62 percent of women’s ideas are not endorsed and 75 percent of those endorsed are not implemented, according to the ABI. Research has shown that girls as young as third grade think math and science is something boys do, so several programs have cropped up in recent years to get girls excited about robotics, computer coding, chemistry and engineering.

When they have positive experiences in STEM, those girls become the frontend software engineers and biochemists who influence the way the world operates, communicates and thinks.

These programs work to address the critical fundamental need to add more women to the STEM workforce, but there are no programs to help women stay in the workforce once they get there.

It is not surprising that women leave jobs where men routinely label their assertiveness and intelligence as meanness and abrasiveness when they challenge proposals, share opinions, or otherwise break the “nice girl” mold.

A double standard exists in STEM workplaces, often identifying women as bossy and pushy for possessing the same qualities that characterizes their male colleagues as leaders.

Female curiosity and ingenuity inspires impressive discoveries, but when

workplace discrimination causes women to hang up their lab coats and shut their laptops, everyone suffers.

Considerable headway has been made toward equality in the past several years — with a few large companies now offering comprehensive leave policies and benefits — but progress is not a woman fighting tooth and nail for what should

be unquestionable benefits and leadership opportunities.

Silicon Valley may be a hub of innovation, but if female chemists, engineers and mathematicians were able to pursue their ideas, implement their projects and contribute their opinions as often as their male colleagues, its advancements could be even more ground-breaking.

HOW DOES SEXISM IN STEM AFFECT WOMEN’S OPTIONS IN THE FIELD?

“I feel like it’ll affect me as a female because there are not many opportunities for us in science.”

“Right now all of the ‘big people’ we see in STEM are male, and I think some women are definitely intimidated [by that].”

— Alisha Kalra, 9

— Ryann Minnis, 9

“I think STEM is a very maledominated field and that can limit your options as a woman. That’s why it’s important that more women get involved in STEM.” — Laura Bourne, 10

“I think it’s limiting because recently a lot of women have been able to branch out [into STEM], but if that’s being effected again that’s going to hurt people.

— Rosie Morford, 11

“I think women are turned off by jobs in the STEM field because it is male dominated, and because the wage gap is an ongoing social injustice. It turns women off.” ­— Bea Gee, 12

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Searching for a cause

Raising awareness through photos.

ust think about how bad it must be in their country, that they would take their families, their children, put them on a raft that barely floats, risking their lives to find a place to live and find a place to be accepted.”

Photojournalist Tyler Hicks spoke these words in a “New York Times” advertisement campaign displaying his photography of Syrian refugees scrambling out of unstable rafts onto land as he addresses the importance of seeking truth.

One of his many heart-wrenching photos includes a distressed preteen girl extending her hand to an unknown person. A woman stares mechanically as she clothes the girl with a jacket.

We find the image of women placing themselves aside for children all too familiar. Women clutching offspring through moments of affection, support and hardship is a unifying image transcending race, creed and borders.

It is an image where a mother wraps her body as a shield around her child while a Nazi soldier aims his weapon at her mere flesh of an armor.

It is an image immortalized by photographer Armin T. Wegner of an Armenian woman sweating under a harsh Syrian desert sun swaddling a cocooned child far removed from an

unavoidable truth: humanity abandoned her people.

All three photographers highlight the necessity of seeking truth — emboldened to spot injustice while we passively watch social media videos of another person’s disastrous reality with an apathetic air of “sucks for them.”

As an undergraduate media major, I find my path as a metaphorical salute to not only these photographers, but also my family’s mothers — women who sacrificed personal desires for their daughters, pummelling gender-biased obstacles designed to smother female strength.

By continuing to study my passion, I salute my ancestors by enacting a desire to expose truths in the form of refugees rafting through deserted oceans, inching their fingers to witness tomorrow.

While seeking justice for refugees is my cause, we should all find a cause — a point of interest that makes our hearts beat rapidly, brightens our eyes and makes our lips run for hours on why this singular cause is synonymous to our universe.

A cause enabling us to laugh, cry and feel immense pride in a cornucopia of emotions. We will fight tooth and nail for these causes — so maybe, one day, our children won’t have to.

1. Emmanuel Macron is the new French President.

2. Eight fraternity members at Penn State have been charged in the fatal hazing of Timothy Piazza.

3. Airbnb and HomeAway have agreed to help ensure that all San Francisco hosts are registered.

4. Instagram recently released face filters for its stories.

5. The second and third floor bathrooms of the Flood Mansion are being remodeled this summer.

1. Most media attention has focused on his personal life instead of his political ideas.

2. Piazza wasn’t taken to the hospital until over 12 hours after the incident.

3. Only 1/5 of San Francisco home rental hosts are registered.

4. Instagram continues to copy Snapchat, which already has both stories and face filters.

5. Hopefully the renovation will lead to more respect for the shared space.

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‘13 Reasons’ not to watch Netflix mishandles the sensitive topic of suicide.

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Assistant Sports Editor

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fter the release of a new series about a high school teenager who commits suicide, popular streaming service Netflix faced accusations of promoting suicidal behavior and garnered backlash on social media over its inappropriate handling of the sensitive topic.

The show, adapted from the book “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher, highlights the cassette tapes left to characters who impacted Hannah Baker’s decision to kill herself.

“13 Reasons Why” includes graphic scenes of two sexual assaults and one suicide. Watching the suicide scene is horrifying. It is emotionally devastating to see someone end her life — even if it is an actor — and is something not easily forgotten.

While Netflix does have trigger warnings before those episodes, no others were initially included throughout the series.

The entertainment company has since added more warnings a few

weeks after the series was released, although many viewers already binge watched the first season.

Netflix knew its target demographic, in that the show would appeal to teens and Netflix would make a lot of money off the series. By excluding those warnings, it purposefully endangered its viewers. Netflix chose not to include a suicide hotline because “there is not a singular crisis hotline that encompasses the reach of all our viewers globally,” according to the company.

Despite releasing the show in five different languages, it could not figure out a way to include five different resources to help prevent suicide.

Suicide is the third leading cause of death for children ages 10 to 14 and second among 15 to 34 years-olds, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. While “13 Reasons Why” does start a conversation about suicide, the program simplifies the issues.

Baker uses the tapes to point out specific characters that lead

her to kill herself. They provide a clear, unchangeable path that support her actions. Suicide, in the show, is presented as the only option for Baker, while there are many paths that she could take such as seeking help beyond the counselor and finding a support group or talking to her parents about how she feels.

Suicidal behavior is contagious, it can be transmitted, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Suicide rates go up following an increase in the frequency of stories about suicide, according to Madelyn S. Gould, author of “The Contagion of Suicidal Behavior.”

Suicidal reportings do not have a singular result, rather they interacts with characteristics of the reported suicide as well as with the media’s portrayal of the suicide and the characteristics of the media audience. Celebrity suicides are more likely to be followed by increased suicide rates, according to Gould.

“13 Reasons Why” romanticizes Baker’s suicide, by portray-

ing the suicide in anything other than a negative light, it is reinforcing the romanticized ideals it presents.

The show and book fail to address mental illness and how it can lead to suicide and about 90 percent of individuals who die by suicide experience mental illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

The National Association of School Psychologists recommends that at-risk suicidal children should not watch the show because it may lead the impressionable views to romanticize choices made by the characters.

Netflix has a strong, well watched platform to address these crucial topics about mental health and suicide, if used correctly it could change people’s views and cultural stigma about suicide.

To anyone who need a safe place to talk about suicide or mental illness: Please talk to a guidance counselor, trusted adult or call the Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

DOES ‘13 REASONS WHY’ ROMANTICIZE SUICIDE?

“Kids now think, ‘Since Hannah Baker did it, I can do it too.’”

— Abby Widjanarko, freshman

“It makes suicide seem OK by putting it on such a popular platform. Suicide is serious, so to normalize it is not OK.” — Kate Etter, sophomore

“The show manipulated the concept of suicide so much that it’s not even like it really is.”

— Francesca Petruzzelli, junior

“The cutting was so dramatic and real that it might make people no longer want to kill themselves.” ­— Kayla Man, senior

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Nearing the window of vulnerability

learned a lot about taking care of small children as a junior counselor at my long-time Yosemite summer camp, engaging youngsters in creative activities and how to react to their often unexpected and somewhat irrational behaviors.

Young children often have little-to-no impulse control. At the end of my counselor training, the supervisors introduced us to a behavior my summer camp labelled as “windowing.”

It’s what prompts older campers to pull counterproductive pranks at the end of the camp session, leading younger campers to burst into tears.

As my summer camp supervisor puts it, “When people leave a ‘place,’ (physical, mental, temporal) they want to be remembered. If they can’t be remembered for something good they often lash out to be remembered at all. The window of vulnerability is the time just before you leave that “place,” where you have the potential to create a lasting impact, either positive or negative.”

That window of vulnerability, which we have just narrowly escaped, prompts senior pranks and slacking — known as “senioritis” — like taking exams with little to no preparation or last minute acts of defiance.

As I near the end of my time at Convent, a place where I have dreaded daily 8 a.m. arrivals since Freshman Success, I begin to realize all the ways I took my time for granted.

For the first time since identifying “windowing” in elementary school students leaving camp

after weeks of fun, I am beginning to identify this behavior within myself after four years of high school.

Since completing my AP classes, I realized I didn’t have any class-time obligations until C Period — past noon. I thought I would sleep in but, after my body-clock woke me up around 7:30, I realized I actually didn’t know what I would do at home by myself. I wanted to be at school.

It is not necessarily the typical high school milestones like my Senior Prom, placing in the poetry contest, sophomore Winter Formal, Six Flags Congé that I am afraid of forgetting because these are shared moments, and these memories won’t leave my classmates and I anytime soon.

My windowing begins by the window, when I work quietly at my favorite table in the library — the rectangular one facing the priceless Golden Gate Bridge vista from the widespread Bay lookout. I wonder if I will be able to study properly elsewhere outside of my particular set up, with my notebooks to the right of me and my laptop in front, a pen in hand and large Peet’s iced matcha latte in the other.

I find myself, like the little campers, crying over irrational unrelated moments and undergoing an emotional transition as graduation and my college departure nears closer.

This is what it feels like to fear leaving a place where we have formed habit, made friends — and felt at home.

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his summer marks the 50th anniversary of Summer of Love, where over 100,000 people to flood San Francisco streets in 1967 that started a social revolution. The event not only brought lifestyle changes 50 years ago, but lives on into this summer through a park festival and museum exhibit near the animated HaightAshbury neighborhood.

Virtually a time capsule in the center of the city, the HaightAshbury area offers a peek into the social state that affected 1960s American life through its assortment of people, art and establishments.

Newly opened since the catalyst summer of social change, trendy thrift shops like Waste-

land and Distractions provide Summer of Love essentials from original Grateful Dead tees to period jewelry. Between the oneof-a-kind boutiques, a range of tie-dye apparel and vintage floral dresses can be found on every street corner.

For those drawn to spirituality and meditation, incense, crystals and other elements of ’60s’ culture can be found between Clayton and Ashbury streets in Love of Ganesha. The smells of the powerful aromas and nearby hipster coffee merge together as a reminder of Haight-Ashbury’s blend of culture and history.

Food enthusiasts can pop into Dragon Eats for a bite of the exquisite Vietnamese food with popular bánh mì options or into Ritual Coffee Roasters for a tasteful pick-me-up.

Many may know this area as the focal point of the late 1960s hippie movement — the original Summer of Love — where expressive music, art, fashion and voice combined to confront consumerist ideas and resurrect the importance of community at a newly opened de Young Museum exhibit.

The advances in art, design, music and social ideas define the Summer of Love as one of San Francisco’s, and possibly even the nation’s, most aesthetic communal movement.

A Golden Gate Park festival will also commemorate the social phenomenon anniversary with a set date to be determined.

The city denied the namesake event, “Summer of Love,” a permit for the event — which was originally set for June, but plans to be rescheduled for early fall at Sharon Meadows.

Although the 2017 event is postponed, the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park is commemorating the Summer of Love through August 20.

“The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll” displays more than 300 artifacts from 1960s San Francisco, ranging from iconic fashion to classic music and films.

Visual reminders inside the exhibit enliven San Francisco’s past. A room covered floor-toceiling with epochal posters of band performances, community gatherings, and simple artistic expression of the ’60s’ instantly

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LOOKING BACK A de Young Museum visitor views vintage music posters at “The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll.” The exhibit commemorating the San Francisco phenomena will be open until August. remind museum goers of the spirit and passion throughout the first Summer of Love.

With interactive rooms, the exhibit is a must-see for any native San Franciscan those who truly want to understand the social history of the Bay Area.

Bean bags, color changing walls,

and soothing ’60s’ music allow visitors to wind down in the exotic space.

The Haight is accessible by car, foot and public transit. The 6-Haight, 7-Haight, and 33-Ashbury are three primary Muni lines that run through the neighborhood and Golden Gate Park.

Off the grid, off the charts Collection of food trucks satisfies customers.

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ON THE CURB A group of girls eat churros from a nearby food truck while sitting at the Fort Mason Off the Grid. The food event takes place every Friday, 5 to 10 p.m.

music and a subtle buzz of conversation combined with the mouthwatering aroma of cooking foods from dozens of vendors hits visitors all at once as they walk past a large, illuminated “Off the Grid” sign on Friday nights.

Off the Grid, a collection of food trucks and restaurants, hosts over 40 dining events and markets all around the Bay Area.

The most popular San Francisco markets are at the Presidio and Fort Mason, with each having over 30 vendors.

The presence of so many food trucks at the Fort Mason Market is both a blessing and a curse, offering everything from poutine to Japanese street food. The choices can be overwhelming for an indecisive person.

An the Go’s Vietnamese-style cuisine, served at nine different markets, is an Off the Grid staple that should not be missed. The

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The lightweight tops can be paired with any skirt or even a pair of jeans, and come in

a wide variety of styles such as long sleeve, short sleeves and even as dresses. Small boutiques to big-name retailers sell the tops in a variety of price ranges, making them easily accessible and perfect for summer.

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crab puffs ($4) possess an intensely fresh, light flavor despite being fried, with a surprisingly crisp break after biting into the wonton. The truck’s signature An’s Famous Garlic Noodles ($7.50) are smothered in garlic.

As tasty as it is, breath mints are a necessary follow-up to the dish, because garlic will radiate off the eater’s breath. The truck gives generous portions, too, with a regular size perfectlyportioned for sharing, although buyers will not want to.

Another must-try vendor is Italian restaurant A16. Its funghi pizza ($16) takes a few minutes to prepare on a busy night, but is well worth the wait. The mushroom pizza’s strong cheese flavor wakes the taster up, and combined with fresh mushrooms, each bite is heavenly. A16 cooks each pizza to order, with the steam rising up from the crust after each taste — perfect for crisp, cold nights.

The market — especially on a mild evening — can be com-

pletely packed and hard to maneuver, let alone find seating.

Leave backpacks or bulky bags at home, they will definitely hit something. The venue does provide some tables, chairs and standing tables, but they are occupied quickly. Picnic tables are typically available behind the event, but be forewarned that the lack of body heat makes the area significantly colder.

Bring a jacket if heading to Fort Mason. The night may start warm, but will become very cold by 10 p.m., since the market is practically on the water and it can be very windy. Several heaters are scattered around, although they become popular to stand around.

Since the Fort Mason market is so close to the Broadway campus, it is an convenient way to spend a Friday night with a small group of friends. The market is open 5 to 10 p.m and is accessible via the 22 Fillmore or 43 Masonic bus lines. For all Off the Grid market locations and times, visit its website: offthegrid.com.

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FIRST-WORD Seniors Bella Kearney, Delaney Moslander and Katie Newbold pose for a photo during Senior Tea. The two-hour reception includes finger-sandwiches and a variety of desserts as well as coffee and tea.

Dress, dress evolution Since the first class in 1897, the graduation dress has evolved according the style of women’s fashion of the times.

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The first class poses in graduation attire, including laurel crowns and dresses with leg-ofmutton sleeves.

Students pose with their white dresses and Prize Day sashes and medals.

The class poses in white dresses, required to be floor-length and cover the shoulder — neck and arms could be exposed.

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Class of 2017 ring possession

Did not purchase a ring Purchased a ring

College or study program regions Rocky Mountains Southeast Plains

Great Lakes

1976 Some students wore more traditional long-sleeve dresses, while other wore dresses with less traditional necklines.

1997 Class of 1997 sported dresses with exposed shoulders, as long as the straps were not “too thin.”

2017 Seniors Hailey Long and Grace Apple pose in their graduation attire — expanded this year to include white formal pants.

Mideast New England International Far West

Source: Broadview survey distributed by Google Forms, 100 percent respondents Julia-Rose Kibben | THE BROADVIEW

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CLASS PORTRA17 Class of 2017 is characterized by frequent food excursions on Fillmore Street, pushing the envelope and creating new vocabulary terms commonly overheard on campus.

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Alyssa Alvarez

7th place national fencer USA National Fencing Championship

Player of the year Bay Counties League West

“I fell in love with how the game worked.

Fencing is like physical chess and takes a lot of time and commitment, a lot of physical and mental strength. I’ve been to a lot of international tournaments in Canada, Germany, France, Italy and England. In Germany, I placed 15th out of 121 fencers. It’s a struggle trying to find what you love, but when I found fencing it just clicked.”

“When I was younger, my dad would take my brother and me outside and play ‘around the world.’ I’d stay out all night to try and win the game. I definitely want to continue playing basketball at NYU. I’ve put a lot of time into it and it’s the biggest part of my life. You shouldn’t settle for being just as good as you are when you start playing. If you want to improve, you have to keep working hard.”

Katie Newbold Graduation dress reform advocate Convent of the Sacred Heart High School “The pantsuit option shows the school moving in a more progressive direction. While our school is rooted in traditions, it’s important to recognize we all don’t fit one model of what a graduating Convent girl looks like.”

April Matsumoto Students in Action merger Convent & Stuart Hall High School “I worked with SHHS members and tried to make things work to help merge both organizations. I wanted to hold meetings on both campuses to have everyone fully participate.

People should realize the importance of volunteering. We all get caught up in ourselves and sometimes forget that other people are struggling.”

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61 percent of seniors frequented frozen yogurt shop Fraiche at least three times a year for a staple, low-fat pick-me-up.

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Top sandwich combinations for go-to lunchtime orders of the Senior Class.

Senior Class has near split opinion on rival coffee shop chains, some preferring neither.

8% say neither chain is her preferred café

Masha Kozlova & Olivia Hoekendijk Wrestlers Stuart Hall High School wrestling team “It was pretty difficult joining the team at first.

Wrestling is a male-dominated sport. People in high school get scared of doing stuff no one has done before, but it can always start with you.”

— Masha Kozlova “Being one of the few girls was different but overall a good experience. If you’re not afraid of committing to a team, you should definitely do it.”

— Olivia Hoekendijk

49% call Starbucks their go-to spot for a caffeine fix.

43% walk past the Fillmore Street Starbucks for a coffee or tea at Peet’s.

60 percent frequented Noah’s Bagels at least three times each year of high school for an affordable, toasted bagel with shmear.

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4. Club sandwich

Turkey sandwich with choice of cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato.

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College acceptances have moved from a spring rite to a rolling process throughout the year.

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ome seniors were already sporting apparel for the college they will be attending next year back in early December, yet other seniors will not have a definite idea of where they will be living in the fall until hearing from wait-list schools over the summer.

Applying to and getting admitted into a school early decision alleviated stress for some seniors.

“I knew I wanted to go to Tulane from the beginning of the college process,” senior Dot Wetmore said. “It was the first time Tulane ever did early decision, so I applied and then I got in two weeks after I applied. It was really nice just to have everything done since I hadn’t started half my other applications.”

For college applicants who do not receive good news from their early decision schools, the waiting period can be more tedious, according to College Counseling Director Rebecca Munda.

“For those that did not receive an acceptance before the holidays or maybe did not apply earlier, it may have made the waiting that much more challenging,”

Munda said. “Although we know they’re going to have options, it’s just delaying that news.”

In addition to getting either accepted or denied from early action and early decision schools, some students received deferrals, meaning the college could not come to a definite decision, pushing their application over into the regular decision applicants’ pool.

“It makes it a lot more stressful because you don’t know where you’re going and you don’t know what the college is thinking,” senior Hailey Long said about getting deferred from her early action school. “They don’t want you, but they don’t not want you so it’s kind of a weird limbo.”

Despite applying early being in the best interest of some seniors, others would benefit more from waiting to apply regular decision and it is important that applicants work closely with the college counseling faculty to make the decision of applying early, according to Munda.

“There are factors, sometimes students don’t apply early because they’re really reliant on their senior grades to help their application,” Munda said, “or maybe the schools they’re

considering are more competitive in the early round.”

The shorter the waiting period for hearing back from schools, the less time spent stressing about potential outcomes, according to Wetmore.

“I was very happy I got in because it really helped me focus on my school work and everything else going on for my senior year instead of stressing about college applications,” Wetmore said.

During the waiting period, it is important to remember that the reason for the drawn out process is because there are real people reading the applications, according to Munda.

“Waiting is never going to be easy,” Munda said.

“Regardless of what I say, it’s just human nature. Especially with our society and the advancement of technology, students aren’t used to always having to wait and that’s just part of the process that is not going to change. They’re not going to get immediate gratification and that’s just the state of college admissions.”

The college process brings joy and disappointment but, in the end, everything works out the way it is supposed to, according

to Long.

“Even if you don’t get in where you think you want to go, you end up in a place where you’ll do really well at,” Long said.

The best way to get through the waiting period is to just accept that it is out of the student’s hands once they submit their application, and enjoy the day-today life at school, according to Munda.

“I notice that those who had the most ease throughout the process were those who really just immersed themselves in our community,” Munda said.

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Senior athletes decide whether or not to pursue sports in college.

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ROWING AWAY Senior Coco Dana rows during the

CanAmMex regatta in Sarasota, California. Dana committed to Duke University for the fall in Division I rowing after learning about the process of college recruitment during

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fter wrapping up this season of track and field, running long distance, senior Olivia Hoekendijk plans to continue to train this summer in preparation for her first season as a college athlete.

“I want to continue running because it provides me with a set social group and gives me structure in my day,” Hoekendijk, who plans on competing for Division III Emory University, said. “I also like how working out becomes mandatory, because I always feel better after running.”

D3 athletes have the opportunity to continue

their sport in college with a less rigorous schedule compared to Division I. Senior Coco Dana, who signed to row DI at Duke University, says she did not have college on her mind when she picked up rowing her freshman year. Dana began talking to coaches and learning about the recruitment process her junior year.

“The schedule [in college] isn’t that much different from what I’m doing now except maybe a couple more morning practices,” Dana said. “I liked the dynamic of the team, and I really liked the coaches when I talked to them over the phone.”

Despite not signing to a college, Hoekendijk cred-

Get your head in the game Out of the approximate 8 million students who participate in high school sports, only 480,000 procede to compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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its coach Michael Buckley and his program for allowing her to take running seriously — and the team mentality for pushing herself to be better.

Senior Gia Monachino agrees, saying that although she does not plan to continue her sport in college, she wants to find an activity that provides a similar structure, discipline and community that track and field offered.

“I think it will be a big change because my social circles during high school were based off my sports teams,” Monachino said, “so it might be difficult to find another way to make friends. I’m going to have to adopt a new system of self-discipline.”

Monachino says she will most likely do club basketball at Columbia University. She also might contact their track coach because there are no girl throwers on the team, and she is interested in doing javelin in college.

“My coach sent out a workout plan that starts on June 6,” Hoekendijk said. “We have to log our miles and submit them online, so they can see how much we are running.”

Participating in sports in high school helped athletes manage their time better and become more responsible, while getting the opportunity to meet new people, according to Monachino.

Female participants for popular sports in high school vs. college

8 million students currently participate in high school sports

429,380 16,593

436,309 17,119

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