[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 10/25/07

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
October 25, 2007

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Administration

1. SPIRIT DAY - 80's Day/ Backwards Day (underclassmen)

*2. Senior Spellout- Friday at 7:30 am!   Be there or you will miss out!

3. The Berkeley High School Yearbook deadline for senior portraits 
has been extended one FINAL time.  If you have not already been 
photographed for Berkeley High School, please make sure to go online 
and schedule an appointment.  The deadline is October 30th and will 
NOT be extended again.
The limited number of new appointments are available online.  Please 
go to our website, http://www.abcschoolportraits.com, and visit the 
Seniors section (click on "Appointments").

4. 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.

5. Students, first progress reports are in and the quarter ends this
week. Here are some tips to boost your grades: talk to your teacher
and ask where to focus to improve your grade, turn in all missing
work, ask about extra credit, attend an after school teacher tutorial,
visit the Student Learning Center; put in more study time; and
continue these study habits throughout the year.

Rally Information:

Thursday- 80's day (seniors)/Backwards Day (underclassmen)
Friday - Red and Gold Day

Clubs

1. Yearbooks on sale at lunchtime in front of the Theater or at 7th
period in H102 for $70.00.  Buy them for $65.00 on myyear.com until
October 31st.

2. To all sophomores, juniors and seniors of Academic Choice: Come
and be a mentor.  Get tutoring hours and community service credit.  We
will visit freshman English classes once a month.  If you're
interested, come to our meeting in C213 at lunch on Thursday, October
25th.

Sports

1. 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!

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.  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, Baby pictures are still being accepted for the year book.
If you would like to have your baby picture in the yearbook, write
your first and last name

4. 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:

Thursday, October 25
               8:30  Drew (NJ)
               9:30  Tulane (LA)
              12:20  Beloit (WI)
               1:20  Columbia College Chicago (IL)
               2:20  Cornell (NY)

Events / Performances

1. The 7th Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities tour
will be held April 1 - April 8, 2007 (Tour A).  If any student is
interested in the tour, please see Mrs. Parker in room D224.

2. For Halloween- this year be a scary surprise and come donate
blood to the blood drive. It's on October 30th in the Jacket Gym.
Come well rested and ready to make a spooky change in someone's life.
Not everyone is able to participate -- see the sign-in sheet for more
details or go to room D148.

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 Willson
T, Th
Algebra 1, Geometry
3:15-4:30
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