[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 05-25-05

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
May 25, 2005
Contact:  Belinda McDaniel  bmcdaniel at berkeley.k12.ca.us


Administration

1.	URGENT!!!!  Please remember today is a different bell schedule!  In  
order to accommodate the large number of teachers, students, parents,  
and classified employees who plan to attend the Coalition Rally for  
Education in Sacramento.  There will be a ONE DAY schedule:
                           Period 1         8:30 – 9:15
                           Period 2         9:21 – 10:11
                           Period 3        10:17 - 11:02
                           Period 4        11:08 – 11:53
                           LUNCH        11:53 – 12:33
                           Period 5        12:39 – 1:24
                           Period 6          1:30 – 2:15

2.	If you are interested in a trip to Costa Rica, the deadline for  
applications is this coming Tuesday, May 31st.  Students will spend a  
week on the beach on the north eastern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.   
You will be working with biologists to assist them in monitoring  
nesting sites of sea turtles.  You will spend a second week in low land  
tropical rain forest learning about rainforest ecology and assisting in  
reforestation. The last two days will be an overnight river rafting  
trip on a jungle river.  You will meet Costa Rican high school students  
to exchange information on endangered species.  We are taking sign-ups  
now.  Only three spaces left.  Remember deadline for applications is  
this coming Tuesday.  See Mr. Crosby in room G307 for an application  
and additional information.

3.	Special Notice!  All Berkeley High Library books are due by this  
Friday, May 27.  The last day to check out books is Thursday, May 26.  
There will be no exceptions.  Beat the rush and bring your books back  
now!

4.	BART tickets are here!  Please pick up your tickets.  Next Bart  
ticket orders will be taken May 31.  This is the last BART order for  
the year.

Clubs
1.	Participants of Black Graduation!  The date has been changed to June  
5th!  If you have not picked up a permission slip, please do.  Also, if  
you want a t-shirt and you want your name on it, please sign up in  
H214.

2.	Attention Best Buddies!  Please come to our weekly chapter meeting  
this Thursday, May 26th.  We will be handing out permission slips for  
our lunch field trip next week.

Sports
1.  Track and Field Pot-Luck Banquet on Thursday, June 2 from 6-8 at  
the BHS food court.  Athletes and their families are invited to attend.  
Please bring a side dish or desert and drinks to share.  Pizza and  
chicken will be provided.

Senior / Junior Section
1.	Seniors- Turn in a Transcript Request Form to Ms. Mellion in D173 so  
that we can send an official transcript to the school you will be  
attending in the fall.  This is required for all four year colleges.  
Write in capital letters across the top “Final TRANSCRIPT” and  
paperclip it to a stamped business size envelope addressed to the  
college.  Use Berkeley High School as the return address, not your home  
address.  If you are under 18, please remember to have your parent or  
guardian sign the request  form.

2.	Graduation tickets will not be available until Thursday, May 26th,  
2005.  Tickets will be on sale in the Student Body Accountants office  
(D143).

3.	Seniors- In order to purchase Graduation tickets you must have your  
ID, and all book and or equipment debts cleared.

4.	Juniors- the new UC eligibility index is now available.  You can  
find it at
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/ 
paths_to_adm/freshman/scholarship_reqs.html.

5.	Juniors- the new UC eligibility index is now available. You can find  
it       at  
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/freshman/


Events/ Performance
1.	The BHS film festival is moved to Tuesday, June 7.  6th Annual  
Berkeley     High School Film Festival will take place at the Little  
Theater.  6-7 pm Refreshments/ ticket and raffle sales. 7pm Show and  
Raffle.  The festival   will feature documentary, fiction, and  
experimental works from students at BHS and throughout the Berkeley  
Unified School District.

2.	Come one, come all.  Do you support youth voting?  Do you want to  
make change?  Tonight, Tuesday, is the night.  Speak out for youth  
rights in Berkeley at the City council Chambers.  The address is 2134  
Martin Luther King Jr Way, right across from Civic Center Park.  Be in  
front at 6:50 to
meet everyone before we go in.

3.	The Noodle factory presents “Live and Direct, Youth voice in  
effect”, a showcase of the hottest young talent in the bay speaking on  
Youth incarceration featuring artists from Youth Movement Records,  
Outta Pocket Boyz, Youth Speaks, the Mamaz and Aya de Leon.  Come enjoy  
a night of live music, good food, a DJ and an open mic this Saturday.   
For more information pick up a flyer in G108B.

Sales
1.	Yearbooks are $70 now!  Get them in H102 at lunch on Tuesday and  
Thursdays. Zero period Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

2.  BHS Tsunami Relief group is having another bake sale at lunch, May  
26th.

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