[BHS etree] COLLEGE|CAREER: Advisor's Bulletin for Tuesday, May 15, 2007

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College Advisor's Bulletin
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

SAT WORD OF THE DAY:  ENGENDER – to cause or bring about.  The  
teacher engendered a good feeling in the classroom by holding a pizza  
party the day after a difficult test.

FOOD AND DRINK DONATIONS NEEDED FOR SENIOR AWARDS CEREMONY The Senior  
Awards Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the  
Community Theater.  This is a wonderful tradition where we honor  
seniors for all of their accomplishments and successes.  The ceremony  
is followed by a reception.  If you can donate baked goods (finger  
foods only, please) or drinks (water, juice or soda), please e-mail  
or call (644-6804) me.  Thanks very much.

JOB OPENINGS
Summer Day Camp Jobs – Counselor in Training (completed grade 9, 10  
or 11, a volunteer position) and Junior Counselor (completed grade  
10, 11 or 12, may receive a weekly stipend).  Work with campers ages  
5-14.  Students can work for 4, 6 or 8 weeks from June 18-August 24,  
Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm.  Apply online at the UC Berkeley Department  
of Recreational Sports, www.oski.org or call 643-2477.

Recreation Jobs – the City of El Cerrito has immediate openings for  
students working with children of all ages in various recreation  
settings – summer and year round employment available.  Applicants  
must be at least 16 years old.  Apply at the El Cerrito Community  
Center, 7007 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito 94530 or email resume to Cori  
Diaz at cdiaz at ci.el-cerrito.ca.us . Pay:  $7.83 to $14.87 per hour  
depending on qualifications and experience.

FOR SENIORS
May 22 - Senior Awards Ceremony, 7:00 pm, in the Communty Theater.   
IF YOU HAVEN’T YET TURNED IN YOUR FORM LISTING YOUR AWARDS AND/OR  
SCHOLARSHIPS, IT’S NOT TOO LATE!  Please drop off your form at  the  
College/Career Center. We want to honor all of our seniors who have  
won any awards, including those from teachers and counselors, or  
scholarships you have received during your high school years. It is a  
wonderful way for you to get the acknowledgement you deserve and  
celebrate with many others from the class of ’07. If you haven’t  
received a form, you can pick one up in D221.

June 1 – Last day for students to 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.  Write “FINAL  
TRANSCRIPT” in capital letters across the top of the form and  
paperclip it to a stamped business size envelope addressed to the  
college, with Berkeley High School (1980 Allston Way, Berkeley 94704)  
as the return address.  If you are under 18, please remember to have  
your parent or guardian sign the request form.  All colleges require  
that students send them a final transcript confirming their senior  
year grades.

If you are getting below a C in any of your classes and are planning  
to attend a four year college in the fall, you MUST contact the  
college to discuss this.  All colleges will receive a copy of your  
final transcript.  By contacting the college and discussing your  
options with them, you may be able to prevent your admission from  
being rescinded.  Please see me or Mr. Saraceno if you would like to  
discuss your grades or what to say to the college.

The following Cal State campuses are still accepting applications:   
Cal Maritime, Bakersfield, Chico (except nursing and recording arts),  
Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fullerton (computer science and  
engineering only), Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Sacramento,  
San Bernardino, Stanislaus, San Jose, and Sonoma (except  
interdisciplinary studies, liberal studies and pre-nursing majors).

FOR JUNIORS
If you haven’t yet signed up for an appointment with your College  
Advisor, it’s not too late!  There are now many appointment slots  
available.  Come to the College/Career Center to sign up.  If your  
last name begins with A-La, sign up with Ms. Abrams, for Le-Z, sign  
up with Mr. Saraceno.  We both also have shorter drop-in appointments  
every day at lunch and after school for all juniors and seniors.

ACT TEST DATES – May 18 is the late registration deadline for the  
June 9 ACT test.  Register at www.act.org.

May 17, 7:00 pm -- The Brown Alumni of San Francisco will present an  
introduction to Brown University at the Theatre of Lick-Wilmerding  
High School, 755 Ocean Avenue, SF.  A member of the office of  
admissions will be available to answer your questions.

FOR ALL GRADES
*Community Reading Buddies is a summer community service opportunity  
offered by Aspire Education Project.  Each summer over one hundred  
high school students volunteer to spend three hours a day, two days a  
week over a minimum of two weeks (not consecutive) with one hundred  
preschool through 4th graders at Oakland’s Centro Infantil de la  
Raza.  In the past, this summer program has been exclusively  
available to Piedmont High School students.  This year, however, if  
students from other area schools can provide their own transportation  
to the site, they are invited to participate in this great program as  
well.  Applications are available at www.aspireeducation.org  
Deadline: May 18th.

SWIFT, a nonprofit cultural exchange organization in Oakland, is  
looking for families to host exchange students (aged 14-18) from  
Spain, France and China for 2-4 weeks this summer.  Host families can  
learn about another culture and practice foreign language skills  
while sharing US traditions.  For more info, please contact Miya at  
(510) 525-5633 or mrsioson at yahoo.com.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Are you planning to attend UC Berkeley next year?  If so, then apply  
for the Fullwood Scholarship.  Four students from Berkeley High  
School will each be awarded a $2,000 scholarship.  Applications are  
available from Ms. Harris in D221.  No essay is necessary.  Priority  
is given to students who have financial need. Deadline:  May 17.

Nancy Elizabeth Branch Scholarship – Open to African-American seniors  
planning to attend a four year college in the fall.  Essay and letter  
of recommendation required.  Deadline:  May 31.  Application  
available in D221.  Scholarship:  $1,000.

Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California Scholarship –  
Open to U.S. citizens with a Japanese ancestry or legal Japanese  
residents of the U.S. who have a minimum unweighted GPA of 3.30 who  
have demonstrated academic interests in the study of fields of US- 
Japanese relationship and plan to attend an accredited college or  
university in the fall.  Two scholarships of $2,000 each will be  
awarded.  Received deadline:  June 8.

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS
Education Unlimited – offers educational programs at UC Berkeley and  
other colleges around the country.  The programs include:   
Communications, Arts and Technology Summer Programs (public speaking,  
writing, acting, video production, computer camp), Summer Academic  
Prep Camps (college admissions, SAT prep, high school, East Coast  
College Tour) and Summer Focus (at UC Berkeley only – a wide variety  
of UC Berkeley classes are offered).   Need-based financial aid is  
available at all programs.  For more information, call 510-548-6612  
or go to www.educationunlimited.com

Summer internship for 10th and 11th grade students interested in  
engineering:  The Career Intern Program through the East Bay  
Municipal Utility District is open to 10-11th graders interested in  
engineering.  This a PAID summer internship ($9.40 hr) where the  
students will be working with mentors full time over the summer and  
making a commitment to 5hrs a week during the school year.  The  
deadline has passed (April 25th) but they are still looking at apps  
and will consider students who get the applications in ASAP.

The Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) is seeking high school students  
who have an interest in visual arts for volunteer positions at their  
Summer Art Camp as Art Apprentices.  Volunteers assist younger  
children in art making activities, preparing materials for art  
projects, helping with clean up and supervising children during  
recess/snack breaks. The Art Apprentices enjoy our weekly field trips  
with the children to other museums and programs in the Bay Area.  The  
Camp is located in downtown Oakland, only blocks from the 12th BART  
station and the Broadway bus lines. This is a great opportunity to  
gain experience in a job training position and have fun too. The  
commitment is a minimum of 2 weeks (not necessarily sequential) for  
5-6 hrs a day.  For more information and an application: call Anthea  
at (510) 465-8770 x 308 or http://www.mocha.org .

We have applications for numerous summer programs.  Some are academic  
programs based in colleges around the country while others volunteer  
and language immersion programs around the world.  Many offer  
scholarship programs for low income students.  Check them out in our  
summer box in the College/Career Center!

*New to the bulletin today.