[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin of 05/15/2006

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
May 15, 2006
Contact:  Belinda McDaniel  bmcdaniel at berkeley.k12.ca.us


Administration
1.	SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS ARE HERE!  Sign up in the counseling dept.
Summer school June 21- July 28th.  Early 
registration is May 3- May 26th.  Don't delay, 
get enrolled.

2.	BSEP Meeting today!  4:30-6:00 PM in 
conference room B.  Agenda items: Establish a 
quorum (please all members be present); Public 
comment; Discuss new BSEP Measure; Discuss next 
years committees membership and participation; 
Discuss evaluation process for funded programs; 
adjournment

3.	Youth volunteers needed at MOCHA:  The 
Museum of Children's Art in Oakland is seeking 
High School students.  For more information call 
Rae Holzman, 465-8770 x 310 or visit 
[http://www.mocha.org

4.	Student needed for garden work near Live 
Oak Park- 3-5 hours per week, after school and 
Saturdays, times are flexible.  Salary: $8 -10 
per hour.  Sophomore or junior student preferred. 
For more information, call Adele at 524-9351.


Clubs
1.	The last two trials of the Berkeley High 
Student Court will be held on Tuesday and 
Wednesday.  Both start at 5:00 PM.  Trials are 
held across the street in the Berkeley City 
Council Chambers, on the second floor of Old City 
Hall.


Sports
1.	Open gym volleyball is available on 
Thursdays 4:30-5:30 in the Donahue Gym  on  5/18, 
5/25, 6/1.  Open gym is available to all Berkeley 
High Girls.

2.	Soccer balls for peace is collecting new 
and used soccer balls to send to kids who live 
along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.  This is a 
devastatingly poor region with a 4% literacy rate 
and little for kids to do.  Any soccer balls 
and/or lightweight pumps would be greatly 
appreciated.  Please bring them to C311. If you 
have any questions, contributions, or would like 
to join soccerballs-for peace, please email us at 
[ mailto:soccerforpeace at aol.com 
]soccerforpeace at aol.com

3.	116 athletes- two from each of our 58 
teams, were recognized by the National Consortium 
for Academics and Sports, the NCAA, and the 
National Federation of State High School 
Associations for achieving excellence in 
academics and athletics while making significant 
contributions to the
community.  Nominees for recognition on National 
Student Athlete Day had a minimum 3.0 cumulative 
GPA, while achieving excellence in athletics. 
These athletes are invited to join in the 
Barbeque Club celebration to be held next 
Thursday at lunch in the courtyard.

  4.	Berkeley Athletics and the Berkeley 
Athletic Fund wish to congratulate the over 350 
athletes who earned a 3.5 or better during their 
season of sport.  In addition, over fifty 
athletes improved their grade point average by .5 
or better during the season.  These athletes 
along with those recognized on National Student 
Athlete Day have earned a special Barbeque Club 
lunch party next Thursday in the courtyard.  The 
names are posted outside the Donahue Gym and 
Competition pool.  If your name
appears, pick up your free lunch ticket from the Athletics office.

5.	Congratulations to the Girls Softball 
team who beat Pinole 2-1 on Wednesday on a Hannah 
Badal two run homer.  The win makes them 
undefeated in the ACCAL with four games left to 
play in the regular season.  Come on out and 
support them on Friday as they face Richmond in a 
double –header
at Grove park. Go jackets!

6.	Congratulations to the Girls Lacrosse 
team who beat CArondelet 8-7 on a Haley Geller 
score in the final seconds of the game.  The win 
moves them to the final game at Davis High School 
on Tuesday at 7:00 for the DVLL league title.

7.	Come out and support your Yellowjackets 
at the ACCAL league meet finals after school at 
BHS on Friday.

8.	Congratulations to golfer James Donaldson 
who shot a 77 at the Northern NCS golf 
Championship last Monday at Metropolitan.  His 
score allows him to compete in the NCS Final 
Tournament to be held this Monday at Redwood 
Empire Country Club in Fortuna, California.
Good luck James!


Senior / Junior Section
1.	College Visits:

2.	Scholarships- CSF Sealbearer- You must be 
a member of CSF for at least 4 semesters, 
including one semester during senior year; 
demonstrate financial need, and plan to attend a 
college in the fall of 2006-Applications in D221. 
Deadline- May 18.

3.	Seniors!  Have you recently turned 18? 
Will you be 18 by June 6, 2006?  If so, stop by 
D148 and pick up a voter Registration card in 
order to vote in the June 6th primary Election.

4.	Nancy Elizabeth Branch 2006 African 
American Scholarship- Open to African-American 
seniors planning to attend a four year college. 
Applications available in D221.  Scholarship: 
$1,000.  Deadline:  May 31st.

5.	Scholarship- Students attending UC 
Berkeley next year- apply for the Charlie Cords 
Memorial Scholarship.  Award: $2,000.  Apply at 
[http://dicalifornia.org/scholarships.  For more 
information, email
Jonathan Shih at [ mailto:jshih at berkeley.edu 
]jshih at berkeley.edu.  Deadline: August 15.

6.	Juniors- Princeton Review is offering 
free full-length practice SATs in Berkeley on May 
13th and July 8th.  There are free follow up Sat 
Strategy Sessions in Berkeley on May 23rd and 
July 12th.  There is also a free full-length 
practice PSAT in Berkeley on September 2nd.  To 
register,
students should go to [ 
http://www.princetonreview.com/events 
]www.princetonreview.com/events.

7.	Asian Graduation is having a very 
important meeting, today in C333 during lunch. 
It is your last chance to participate.


Events/ Performance
1.	SENIORS- there is a senior trip to Santa 
Cruz on June 6th.  Buy your tickets now!  Tickets 
are $25 and will be sold each day at lunch on the 
community theatre steps.

2.	Come to the Health Center Open House! 
Tuesday, May 16th 3:15 -5:00 PM in room H105. 
Come enjoy an informational tour of the Health 
Center.  Learn about what is available for BHS 
students and meet the new First Aid nurse. Free 
food, stress relieving treatments, and a raffle 
with great
prizes.

3.	If you want to record your music- rap, 
beats, or string quartets- you can come to the 
CAS sound studio for complete professional 
support from our professional student engineers. 
Cut your own CD!  If you are interested, see Mr. 
Ayers in room C324 to sign up.

4.	ATTENTION ACTORS, SINGERS & DANCERS: Youth Musical Theater Company
announces auditions for its Fall 2006 show, GUY & 
DOLLS.  Interested?  Come to an information and 
audition sign-up meeting on Monday, May 15, 4;30, 
or Tuesday, May 16, 7:00, room A201.  For more 
info, check out the flyers posted in the A 
building, go online to 
http://www.ymtcberkeley.org www.ymtcberkeley.org 
or call 595-5514.

5.	DJ Workshop- Learn turntable skills! 
Tuesday, May 16th 4:00 -6:00 pm West Branch 
Library 1125 University Avenue (at San Pablo). 
This program is for teenagers.  Please call 
Antoinio at
981-6121 for more information.

6.	Flamenco Concert, Thursday, May 18th 7:30 
pm Featuring: Carla Zertuche, baile, David 
Mclean, guitarra, Stephanie Narvaez, baile, Ariel 
El Moreno, cante, and Katja Cooper, percussion. 
King Middle School 1781 Rose St., Berkeley 
Concert is $5 for students, $15 - $50 for adults. 
Tickets at
the door.

7.	Opera Club!  If you are interested in 
getting incredibly cheap ($30) tickets to the SF 
Opera and seeing world class performances, check 
this.  Attend Madam Butterfly by Puccini on May 
30 (Tuesday).  Space is limited so purchase your 
ticket now!  See Mr. Ayers in C324.


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.	Bart tickets orders will be taken on 
Wednesday 5/17 and Thursday 5/18 at lunchtime in 
room D224.  This will be the last sale of BART 
tickets for this school session you may purchase 
as many tickets as you like.  Ticket price is 
$16.00 cash only!

3.	COUPON BOOKS-Stop by Milvia Street exits and get your copy of "Guide to
the Good Life in Berkeley." For just $10, you get 
hundreds of coupons that can save you hundreds of 
dollars at places like Extreme Pizza, Crepes A Go 
Go , and Grub and Go, LaVal's, Games of Berkeley 
and Iceland.   And many many more.  All proceeds 
go to support Berkeley Schools!