[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 12/07/07

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
December 7, 2007

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Administration

*1. Attention Parents and Students, we have a new Message Board in 
the Administration office.  This message board will have notes and 
information for any student at BHS.  Parents who want to leave 
messages for their child can contact the office and we will leave a 
note on the board for students to come by and check.  Students please 
walk by the board and see if you have a message.  This is designed 
for those parents who want to remind their students about 
appointments, what to do after school, etc.  We will NO LONGER 
interrupt classrooms for these types of messages.  Students it is 
your responsibility to check the board for messages.

*2. Recycle your cell phones, pagers, ink cartridges and batteries. 
Bring them to G207.

3. BART ticket sales for December will take place on December 18th 
and 19th in room D224 at lunch time only.  Ticket price is $16.00 for 
$32.00 value ticket.  Please bring exact amount. Cash only!  Please 
no checks!!

4. Canned food drive has begun.  Please bring your canned food items 
to your second period classroom.  The class with the most canned 
foods will receive a pizza party in December.  The food is for the 
Holiday meal scheduled for December 15th.


Clubs

1. Do you have questions about Christianity?  Come to a questions and 
answers session this Friday, hosted by Youth for Christ.  You can 
sound your objections to Christianity and ask your tough questions. 
Friday lunch in room C311.  Snacks will be provided.


Sports

*1. Attention all BHS Soccer fans:  Berkeley High boys soccer play 
rival Richmond at home on Tuesday, 12/11.  JV at 4:00 pm/ Varsity at 
5:30 pm.  We are charging for this event.  $6 adult/ $4 students with 
I.D. and seniors over 60.  BHS staff with I.D. are welcome to attend 
at no charge.  Come on out and support your soccer teams!

*2. Berkeley High Basketball is underway!  The girls travel to the 
Watsonville Tourney this weekend and the boys are competing in a 
tourney in San Jose.  Next home basketball game is Tuesday, 12/11. 
Boys vs. Fremont.  Don't miss this exciting Jacket action!


Senior / Junior Section

*1. Seniors!  Have you ordered your cap and gown?  Or your class 
ring?  Please fill out the graduation packet you should have gotten 
in your English class and bring it to the "Achievers" booth in the 
courtyard this Friday at lunch.  If you need a packet, please come by 
D148 to pick one up.

*2. PSAT- we have not yet received the PSAT scores for students who 
took the test this fall.  We expect to receive them before winter 
break.  There will be an announcement in the Daily Bulletin as soon 
as the scores are available.

*3. SAT/ACT TEST DATES- December  26 is the regular registration 
deadline for the January 26 SAT and SAT subject tests.  Friday, 
January 4 is the regular registration deadline for the February 9 ACT 
test.  Fee waivers for low income students are available in D221.

*4. JUNIORS- Summer Internship at UCSF.  If you are interested in a 
research- intensive summer internship, the Department of Pediatrics 
at UCSF has an excellent program to introduce you to the world of 
science.  You will work in a laboratory and assigned a designated 
research project while working with a mentor, attend seminars, tour 
UCSF and other universities.  UCSF is looking for motivated and 
responsible students and are particularly encouraging applications 
from women, underrepresented minorities and talented and motivated 
students who experienced economic or other challenges that might 
limit their ability to achieve these academic and career goals. 
Applications are available in D221.  An information session on the 
program will be held on Saturday, December 8 at 1:00 pm at UCSF, 3333 
California St., SF.  Application deadline: January 28.

*5. 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 Visit:
Tuesday, December 11
1:20   Grambling State University, Louisiana

*6. Essay readers will be available in the College/Career Center at 
the beginning of lunch every day.  No appointment is necessary, but 
if you want help, please come at the beginning of lunch.

*7. Congratulations to all of you who turned in your UC and Cal State 
Applications.  If you are still interested in applying to California 
public four Year colleges, the following schools are still accepting 
applications:  UC
Campuses:  Riverside and Merced.  Cal States: Bakersfield, Channel 
Islands, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno, Humboldt, Los 
Angeles, Monterey Bay, Northridge, San Bernadino, San Francisco, San 
Jose,
Sonoma, and Stanislaus.  Not all majors are open at these campuses. 
If you need help with your application, please see Ms. Abrams or 
Price.

*8. If you are finished taking SAT's and /or ACT's and haven't told 
College Board or ACT to send your test scores each UC and Cal State 
campus where you are applying, do so ASAP.  To send your SAT scores 
to Cal State campuses, use the code 3594 (CSU Mentor) and you will 
only have to pay once to make your scores available to each Cal State 
campus.  This service is not available through ACT.

*9. If you're taking the SAT and/or the ACT in December, make sure that you
Have listed all of the UC's and CSU's on your registration form (you 
can use the code 3594 to send all of your SAT scores to each CSU 
campus) so that they will receive your scores.  If you wait until you 
get your scores and then tell the testing agency to send them, it 
will be too late.

10. Senior yearbook info- Get your senior page contract in room H102. 
Pages are going fast and are limited.  You can not have a page 
without this contract.  Pages cost $60 - $180.  Deadline- December 
20th.


Events/ Performance

*1. The Holiday Meal is a time for cheer and we want your help now! 
We really need donations: pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollars, 
fives, tens, twenties, etc to help make this Holiday Meal effective 
and enjoyable.  If you would like to make a donation please come to 
D148.  There will be a can that you can put the money in, so you can 
make a difference.  Help people and someone will help you.

2. BHS Drama and Shift Theatre present the comedy NOISES OFF by 
Michael Frayn.  A 3-act play-within-a-play that USA Today calls, "A 
frisky, freewheeling sex comedy about actors in a frisky, 
freewheeling sex comedy!"
The ensemble cast includes Eric Chiang, Sonia Decker, Kelly Friedman, 
Anne Kobori, Nico Kiefer, Mark Sorensen, Elena Wagoner, Peter Walton, 
and Eli Wirtschafter.  Directed by Molly Bell. PERFORMANCE DATES: 
Friday and Saturday, December 7 and 8, and 14 and 15, at 8 PM in the 
Florence Schwimley Little Theater.  Tickets: Students/ Seniors/ 
Teachers $6 and General $12.

3. The Holiday Season is here!  Treat yourself and buy your winter 
ball ticket.  Don't miss out on this red carpet affair!  Ticket sales 
begin on December 10th at the box office during lunch and after 
school. This event will take place on February 9th at the Historic 
Dunsmuir House.

4. The 7th Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities tour 
will be held April 1- April 8, 2008 (Tour A).  If any student is 
interested in the tour, please see Mrs. Parker in room D224.