[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 2/19/08
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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
February 19, 2008
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Administration
1. Student directories are here! Please pick one up if you have not done so.
They will be available to anyone in the administration office.
2. Tutors are back in the SLC. Chemistry study session on Monday and
Wednesday after school.
4. BART Tickets have arrived - please pick up your tickets by
February 25th in room D224 at lunchtime and after school.
5. BSEP applications are available! Online copies are available. You
can pick up copies from the administration office.
6. Applications for CSF, Berkeley high School's Honor Society, are now
available in the College Career Center, Membership is available to 10th-12th
graders who meet certain academic and community service requirements.
Completed applications are due by Friday, February 22 in the College
Career Center.
Contact csfbhs at gmail.com for more information.
Clubs
*1. Are you a leader or looking to become one? Do you have creative
ideas for social activities, service projects or fundraisers and are
motivated to take action? Are you a photographer, journalist,
artist, or website builder? Think you can find some ways to better
appreciate our staff? If your answer is yes to any of these
questions ASB wants you to fill out an application for one of our new
positions available in D148! Do it now because applications are due
February 26.
Sports
Senior / Junior Section
1. SAT/ACT Test dates- March 7 is the regular registration deadline
for the April 12 ACT test. April 1 is the regular registration
deadline for the May 3 SAT and SAT subject tests. Fee waivers for
low income students are available in D221.
2. JUNIORS - February 12 at 8:00 am is the first day that juniors may
sign up in D221 for an appointment with their College Advisor.
Sign-up sheets will remain available for the rest of the semester.
3. FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOPS - The College Advisors will be holding
workshops on filling out the FAFSA both before and after school in
the Berkeley High library. The next two workshops are:
Wed., February 20, 7:30 am
Wed., February 20, 6:30 pm - CASH FOR COLLEGE NIGHT. If at least 25
students are present, one will win a $1,000 scholarship.
Please sign up in advance in the College/Career Center so that we
have enough computers for everyone. Prior to the workshop, pick up
the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet so that you can prepare the necessary
information. For a complete list of workshops, go to
http://bhs.berkeley.net/index.php?page=workshops
4. If you are considering attending a Cal State campus, you must sign
up to take placement tests - ELM for math and EPT for English.
Students who score 550 or higher on the SAT math or 23 or higher on
the ACT math are excused from the math test. Students who score 550
or higher on the SAT critical reading section or 24 or higher on the
ACT English are excused from the English placement test. You must
have the results from the placement tests before you can register for
classes, so take the earliest possible test. You can take the test at
any Cal State campus and the results will be sent to all CSU campuses.
To sign up at Cal State East Bay, go to
www.testing.csuhayward.edu/eptelm/eptelmhome.php . To sign up at San
Francisco State, go to www.sfsu.edu/~testing/ee.html . If you do not
have a SF State ID number, enter your social security number. The fee
for each test is $18, which can be paid on the day of the test.
5. Did you apply to San Francisco State? Wednesday,
February 20 at 10:35 pm, a representative from San Francisco State
will be in the College/Career Center to answer your questions about
your application if you have not yet been admitted as well as about
enrolling at SF State in the fall. Sign up in D221 to attend.
6. There are many more scholarship applications available in D221.
Don't miss these great opportunities to get free money for college.
Events/ Performance
1. Youth Spirit Art Works is holding an art competition for Berkeley
youth, giving young people the opportunity to create art designs for
wooden benches along the Adeline Street Corridor in South Berkeley.
Lots of prizes. For more information go to
http://www.youthspiritartworks.org
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