[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 10/16/07

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
October 16, 2007

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Administration

*1. Acheivers will return for a make-up day to purchase caps and gowns
and other senior items on Friday, October 19th at lunchtime.  

2. The College/Career Center will be closed during sixth period until
Monday, October 22 until new behavior guidelines have been determined.

*3. The Spanish Inquisition in Berkeley?  Come see Youth Musical
Theater Company's production of MAN OF LA MANCHA!  Opens on Friday,
October 26 at 8:00 pm at Longfellow Auditorium.  Don't miss this
classic comic drama about one man's fight to make the world a better
place.  Great music and a terrific cast, including 16 students from
Berkeley High!  Check out the posters around school or go to our
website for more information: www.ymtcberkeley.org.

*4. Celebrate Teen Read Week!  L.O.L. at the Berkeley High Library.
Read  the library jokes and riddles and check out a funny book. What's
a books favorite food?  A bookworm...lol!


Rally Information

1. Spirit week is coming soon- October 22-26!
Monday-60's/70's
Tuesday- Toga Day
Wednesday- Superhero
Thursday- 80's day (seniors)/Backwards Day(underclassman)
Friday - Red and Gold Day

*2. Spirit Week is coming! On Monday, 60's and 70's day, the sophomore
class of 2010 is having a fashion show and bake sale.  Wear your 60's
and 70's gear and come strut your stuff in our fashion show.  Win free
Winter Ball tickets.  Can you dig it!


Clubs

1. Yearbooks will be sold all week at lunch time!  Seniors, get baby
pictures in ASAP in H102- only at 7th period.

*2. Attention all poets, prospective poets, and revolutionary
wordsmiths: Come to C327 every Wednesday, beginning October 17, from
3:30 - 5:30 pm for poetry workshops led  Hodari Davis, poet and
educator extraordinaire!  Bring a pen, paper, your experience and your
brain!

*3. Want to go to Africa for two weeks?  Live in a native village and
help build a school!  It's free!  Come to room C233 on Tuesdays at
lunch for more information.  Don't miss out on a once in a lifetime
opportunity.

*4. Come to Ping Pong club's first tournament.  Matches will learn
begin on Tuesday, October 23.  Sign up this Tuesday and Friday during
lunch in the Ping Pong Room, 2nd floor, old gym.  Regular play will
also continue this Tuesday and Friday open to all levels.

*5. Interested in Christianity?  Want to meet Christians?  Come to
Youth for Christ Club in G302 at lunch on Fridays.  Come to this
Friday's meeting to discuss what topics to cover this year.  Everyone
is welcome.


Sports

1. Interested in wrestling this season for Berkeley High?  Come to the
Athletic Office and sign up on Thursday, October 18th at lunch.  First
day of practice is only 4 weeks away!  Find out if you have what it
takes to compete in the toughest sport around!  Any boy or girl from
80 pounds to 275 pounds is invited to join.

*2. Neff returns for Letter Jacket sales:  Wednesday October 24th at
lunch.  You can buy your letters for $10, size your jacket, and pick
up order forms in the athletic office from now until that date.  Don't
miss your chance to have your jacket by the holidays.

*3. The girl's tennis team continues to dominate.  Their record is now
11-1.  Their next home matches are at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 16th
and Wednesday, Oct.17 at the King courts on Hopkins St.  Friends and
families, please come out.

4. To all BHS students who want to tryout for basketball, soccer or
wrestling:  You must have a valid annual physical and a complete
athletic packet to try out.  Now is the time to get a physical!
Athletic packets are available in the athletic office or in the front
office.  Turn it into the coach on first day of practice.  All winter
sports start on Monday, November 5.   Don't miss your opportunity to
play- get your paperwork together now!

*5. Girls' Volleyball games -
October 16:  BHS vs Alameda  at home, Donahue Gym
October 18:  BHS vs Pinole Valley at Pinole Valley
JV start at 3:30, Varsity games follow.


Senior / Junior Section

1. Essay Readers and workshops- Essay readers will be available in the
College/Career Center at lunch time this week and next.  No sign-ups
are necessary; just bring your essay draft.

2. APPLY TO THE UCs AND CAL SATES NOW! The UC application is now
available online at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/.
You can start your application and work on it now.  The first day to
submit your application is November1.  The Cal State application is
available at www.csumentor.edu.  You can start the applications and
save them as you go.  Sign up attend the application workshops where
you can get one on one help with both applications.  All workshops
will be held in the BHS library.  Thursday, 10/18- 7:30 a.m., Tuesday,
10/23-3:30 p.m., Friday, 10/26- 7:30 a.m., MONDAY, 10/29- 3:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, 10/30- 7:30 a.m.    More dates in November.

3. SENIORS-Sign up in the College/ Career Center to attend these
college visits.  You must get an authorization (Available in D221)
signed by the teacher whose class you will miss.

College Visits:
Tuesday, October 16
               8:30  Haverford (PA)
               9:35  Pitzer (CA)
              10:35  Occidental (CA)
               2:20  Smith (MA)
Wednesday, October 17
                8:30  Harvey Mudd (CA)
                9:30  UC Berkeley
               10:35  Canadian colleges- U of British Columbia, U of
Toronto, Queens
Thursday, October 18
                8:30  John Hopkins (MD)
                9:30  Hamilton (NY)
               12:20  Colorado College
                1:20  West Point (MD)
                2:20  Vassar (NY)

Events / Performances

1. Would you like to go to Costa Rica, Baja, or the Galapagos next
Summer?  Come to an info meeting on Wednesday, October 17th in the BHS
Little Theater at 7 p.m.

Tutorials

Free School wide tutorials. Step Up the Academics and improve those
first quarter grades.
New Free Teacher Tutorials open to all students funded by donations
made to the Berkeley High School Development Group

Name
Days
Subject
Time
Room

Jessica Quindel
M
IMP math
3:15-4:15
C335

Jared Prolo
Tu, Th
IMP and other math
3:20-3:50
H206

Nakia Baird
Tu, Th
Geometry and other math
3:15-4:45
H304

Gideon Goldman
M, Th
Statistics
3:15-4:15
H115

Shannon Erby
M
Freshman & U.S. history
3:15-4:30
G105

Matt Meyer
M
Economics and government
3:15-4:30
W. Gallery

Ben Sanoff
T
World history
3:15-4:30
C205

Alexandra Freidus
Th
Freshman, world, and U.S. history
3:15-4:30
G208

Kalpna Mistry
Th
Freshman global studies
3:15-4:30
C204

Benette Williams
Th
French & Spanish
3:30-5:00
C106

Samantha Borg
M
Spanish
3:30-5:00
C135

Marcela Taylor
T
Spanish
3:30-5:00
C112

Janelle Bugarini
T
Spanish
3:30-5:00
H201

Matt McHugh
T
Physics
4:15-5:30
G214

Alan Miller
M, F
English
3:15-4:45
C217

Susan Jones
M, W
English
3:15-4:45
C231

Scott Wilson
T, Th
Algebra 1, Geometry
H109

Student Learning Center (SLC) Room D221
Oscar Rojas-Soto: oscarrs at berkeley.k12.ca.us All subjects: Monday-
Friday~~ 3:15-6:00 AP Projects tutors: ask Oscar for schedule
(available for US History, Economics, Government, Biology, Human
Anatomy, Literature and Composition, Language and Composition,
Calculus, Math Analysis and Statistics)


Questions:  Karen Meryash  mailto:kspivey at ix.netcom.com


Belinda McDaniel




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