[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 10/17/08

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
October 17, 2008

*New to the bulletin today

ADMINISTRATION

*1.  Seniors, the cap and gown provider -- Achievers -- will be here today during lunch.  If you have any questions, please go to D148.

*2.  Attention all Jazz Band Students:  Designs for the T-shirt contest are due Tuesday, October 21.  They will be collected in your Lab Band 1, Lab Band 2, or Ensemble class.  Email pcolusa at gmail.com for more information.

3.  Come sign up to donate blood on the Senior Steps next Tuesday, October 21st.  There will be a bake sale on that day too.  Every donor will receive a free baseball cap and a snack.  If you're 16, pick up a permission form in D148.  Don't miss your chance to save lives!

4.  Books with Bite at your library during Teen Read Week this week! Come into the Berkeley High Library and take a bite out of one of our special titles!  Pick up a copy of our list of Books with Bite!  Indulge your biting curiosity, check out a page-turner and read for the fun of it!

5.  BART tickets for October are in.  Please pick up your tickets by October 24th at lunchtime only in room D224.  All tickets not picked up by the 24th will become available for sale to the students.  The Parent Center no longer holds tickets beyond the stated pickup date.

6.  Yearbook Announcement: Senior baby pictures are due by October 31st with self-addressed envelopes in H102B 7th period.  Yearbooks are on sale in H102 or buy them on myyear.com.

7.  Who says you have to be a doctor to save a life?  Donate blood in a safe environment -- in school -- on October 24th in the Jacket Gym.  Go to www.BeADonor.com, and put in the sponsor code: Berkeley High to schedule an appointment.  Free baseball caps to donors!

SPORTS

1.  There will be an informational meeting for all girls interested in playing soccer on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 during lunch.  The meeting will be held on the bleachers by the football field.  All are invited to attend.

2.  All interested boys soccer players and parents are invited to the BHS Boys Soccer Social this Friday from 6 to 8 pm in the Food Court. Come meet the coaches, eat some great pasta and hear about the new boys soccer program.  All interested players should go online to www.futbolberkeley.com and sign up for tryouts!  Tryouts begin Monday, November 10, 2008.

FOR SENIORS

*COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS -- ALL HELD IN THE LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB

1.  ESSAY WRITING WORKSHOPS
Sign up in advance in the College/Career Center to attend.   
Tuesday, 10/21, 3:30 pm, College/Career Center     
MORE TO COME

2.  COLLEGE VISITS -- Sign up in the College/Career Center

Friday, October 17
8:30 Columbia (NY)
9:30 San Francisco State University
10:35 Northwestern (IL)
12:20 Mt. Holyoke (MA)
2:20 Middlebury (VT)


3.  SCHOLARSHIPS

USDA National Scholars Program -- This scholarship provides full tuition, room and board, employment, and more for 4 years to students pursuing a bachelor's degree at one of 18 HBCU campuses.  Students must major in any field of study in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences or other related disciplines.  Students must be a US citizen, have a combined SAT total of 1,500 or above (using all 3 sections) or a composite ACT of 21 or above, and have a GPA of 3.0 or above.  Deadline:  February 1. Applications available in D221.


EVENTS

Were you a dancer in last year's shows?  If you want to buy a DVD of Dance Production, Choreographers or Dance Projects come see Ms. Carr at lunchtime this week in the A building.  DVD's are $5 each.