[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 4/21/06

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
April 21, 2006
Contact:  Belinda McDaniel  bmcdaniel at berkeley.k12.ca.us


Administration
1.	STAR test: The Star test will be given to all 9th through 11th  
graders from Tuesday, April 25th through Friday, April 28th.

On Tuesday all 9th – 11th graders should go to their 2nd period class  
or to the location given to them by their teacher at 8:30 am.  The STAR  
tests will be given until lunch each day.  SENIORS STAY HOME UNTIL  
AFTER LUNCH.

The schedule will take place as follows:  After  lunch ALL STUDENTS  
INCLUDING SENIORS report as follows.

Tuesday, April 25th

Period 1 – 12:56 -1:39 pm
Period 2 -  1:45 – 2:27 pm
Period 3 -  2:33 – 3:15 pm

Wednesday, April 26th
Period 4 -  12:56-1:39 pm
Period 5- 1:45 – 2:27 pm
Period 6-  2:15 – 3:15 pm

Thursday, April 27th
Period 1 – 12:01 – 1:03 pm
Period 2 – 1:09 – 2:09 pm
Period 3 – 2:15 – 3:15 pm

Friday, April 28th
Period 4 – 12:01 – 1:03 pm
Period 5 – 1:09 – 2:09 pm
Period 6 – 2:15 – 3:15 pm

2.	Today, Friday, April 21st will be a mandatory meeting for all Student
Government Applicants in conference room B at lunch.

3.	The BHS Site Council will meet Tuesday, April 25, 4:30 - 6:00 pm in
Conference room B.  On the agenda is a vote on a proposal for a Site
Council bylaw change, First Semester Grade reports, Small Schools Data,
Algebra Project Update, Student Coordination Update.  Please feel free  
to
contact me with any questions.  Jane Wise SSC recorder, 525-0124.2.

4. For anyone absent during on-line scheduling, or for anyone wanting  
to make changes to their requests.  make up on-line schedules is  
everyday after school in the library computer lab for the first two  
weeks after spring break.  (Monday 4/17 through Friday 4/28).

5.	HEALTH FACT OF THE WEEK:  “If you drink two cans of soda a day and  
cut down to one, in a year you’ll eliminate more than 50,000 calories  
from your diet-that’s 16 pounds worth of calories.”  Brought to you by  
the BHS youth Advisory Board.

6.	Need help with a writing assignment?  Writer’s Café has moved to the  
library for its last four sessions:  April 19 & 20 and May 3 &4.  We  
have writing coaches available to help you brainstorm, organize, or  
polish your work.  Come and see us this Wednesday and Thursday from  
11:30 am to 12 :10 p.m.

7.	Teachers, your input is very important to the Health Center!  Please  
remember to return your completed staff surveys to the Health Center by  
Friday, April 28th.   You can either drop them in our mailbox in the  
D-building or hand deliver them to the Health Center and redeem your  
$5- Peets gift card.

Clubs
1.	There will be an important mandatory meeting for all students who  
will
be participating in the “Celebration of Excellence Ceremony” (also  
known as Black
Graduation).   We will meet Monday, April 24,  at lunch in H214.

1.	It’s not to late too become a lawyer for the Berkeley High Student  
Court.  Pick up an application outside C-311.

2.  	Earphone English is on Friday this week!  Come to C116 at lunch.

3.	Want to represent Latino culture? Do you sing? Dance? Do spoken  
word? Come audition for the LaRaza Latino Awareness assembly.  May 4th  
at lunchtime in  C124.

Sports

1.	Good luck to our BHS Chess Team that will be competing  in the  
National High School Chess Championship this Friday- Sunday in  
Milwaukee, Wisconsin .  The team of David Knott, Jamie Irvine, Geoff  
Zoehfeld, Elliott Jardin, Andrew Yun and Mason Eastman will represent  
our school. Go Jackets!!



Senior / Junior Section

1.	College Visits:

Tuesday, April 25
2:30   Hobart and William Smith
sign up in D221 to attend

2.	MAY 1 Deadline- May 1 is the deadline to send in your Statement of  
Intent to register (SIR) to most colleges and universities.  For most  
schools, if you do not send in your SIR and your deposit (if required)  
by May 1, you will not be able to attend that school I the fall.  You  
may only send in a SIR to one school.  It is unethical to tell more  
than one school that you plan to attend their college in the fall.  If  
you have any questions at all, please stop by to see me at lunch or  
afterschool.

3.	Junior Prom Royalty applications are due Wednesday, no exceptions!  
Please turn them into D148.  MS. McKnight-Johnson office.

4.	UC Merced is still accepting applications for all majors for fall  
2006. To apply, you must download a paper application at
<http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/ 
download.html>.

5.	Summer job- Meyer Sound labs has 5-7 paid summer internships for  
high school students (must be 16 years old) in manufacturing operations  
doing assembly or data entry type work.  Interns must commit to a  
minimum of 6-8 weeks for 30 hours per week.  Interested students can  
stop by Meyer Sound at 2832 San Pablo Ave between 8:30 - 5:00 pm.

6.	Summer programs- take classes at any of the UC campuses for college  
credit.  For more information go to
<http://www.ucop.edu/pathways/ucnotes/april06/summer.html>. This page  
lists contact information, academic requirements, and cost of summer  
sessions at each UC campus.  Also for more details see Ilene Abrams.

7.	Save the date!  St. Mary’s College Fair, Saturday, April 29th from  
1:00 to 4:30 pm.  Take the bus directly from Berkeley High to St.  
Mary’s College in Moraga.  $2 tickets available from Mrs. Harris in the  
College Career Center- first come, first serve!

8.  9.	JOB OPENINGS- MTC Summer High School Internship program open to
students at least 16 years old who have completed the 10th grade and  
has a
GPA of 2.9 or above.  25 internships available throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area. Salary: $8.25 per hour. Students may work full or
part-time for up to 8 weeks between June and August 2005.  Applications
available in D221 or at [ http://www.mtc.ca.gov ]www.mtc.ca.gov.


Events/ Performance
None

SALES

1.	Yearbooks are on sale in H102 everyday at lunch and after school.  
They are $70 dollars.  Make checks payable to BHS yearbooks.

2.	Juniors:  Only 9 days until Prom!. Tickets are $70.00 at the Allston  
Way Box office.  Tuxedos fittings by LJ’s tuxedo’s will take place  
Thursday, April 20th in D148.  Make sure you are fitted.

3.	Bart tickets are in!  Pick them up today.