[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 11/07/08

Thu Nov 6 19:08:49 PST 2008

STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
November 7, 2008

*New to the bulletin today

ADMINISTRATION

*1.  Spirit Day -- Red and Gold Day!

*2.  Rally Day Schedule:
Period 0    7:29 – 8:24
Period 1    8:30 -  9:15
Period 2    9:21 – 10:11
Period 3   10:17 – 11:02
Lunch      11:02 – 11;42
Period 4   11:48 – 12:33
Period 5   12:39 -  1:24
Period 6    1:30 – 2:05
RALLY       2:20 – 3:15

*3.    Senior Spellout -- 7:30 am sharp in the courtyard.

4.  Please bring your Senior polls to H102B during 7th period.

5.  Summer Study abroad with ECI!  In Spain, France, or Costa Rica you can take classes at leading language schools, earn 3 units of university credit, have fun and make new friends while traveling and experiencing another culture and language.  Informational evening meeting, today in Room G210: France (7-8 pm), Spain and Costa Rica (8-9 pm).

SPORTS

1.  The Athletic office is currently accepting completed sports packets for the winter sports season. You must be cleared by the Berkeley Athletic Department by Nov. 10th which is the first day of winter sports tryouts. Your completed sports packet must include a signed and stamped physical from a doctor. Sports packets can be picked up in the athletic office during lunch and immediately after school. Remember -- "no clearance, no tryout!"

2.  Varsity, JV, Freshman Boys Soccer, Head-Coach Philip Scicluna. Contact: pscicluna2 at yahoo.com.  Tryouts are Monday and Tuesday all day at Derby Field (9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 2:00 - 4:30 pm); Wednesday and Thursday after school at Derby field 3:45-6:30 pm; and, Friday after school at BHS Turf 3:45-6:00 pm. For more tryout information (what to bring, etc.) check out www.futbolberkeley.com.

3.  Wrestling tryouts begin on Monday November 10 at 4:30 in the Old Gym. Anyone interested in joining the wrestling team come to tryouts or talk to Mr. O in the Athletic Office.

FOR ALL STUDENTS

1.  World Affairs Council is sponsoring the International Career Mentor Night on Thursday, November 20, 6:00-8:00 pm.  This is an opportunity to speak with Bay Area professionals in international development, journalism, foreign service, education, law, business and global health.  Space is limited.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.  Applications available in D221 and at http://www.itsyourworld.org.

2.  Want to study abroad? Youth for Understanding and World Affairs Council awards annual scholarships to high school students (only) who want to study abroad for the summer, semester or year. Come to this information session to learn more about the 2009-2010 YFU study abroad programs and meet former Council scholarship winners. Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 6:00 pm. To register, contact Katie Walsh at kwalsh at wacsf.org or call 415.293.4650.

3.  Violet Richardson Award of the Soroptimist Club -- Award of $1,000 to a young woman currently between the ages of 14 and 17 who has demonstrated initiative in both identifying a problem and trying to solve it and who has had significant and noteworthy accomplishments as a volunteer. Application available in D221.  Received deadline:  December 1.

FOR SENIORS

If you are applying to any colleges which require a counselor recommendation, your envelopes, secondary school report forms and transcript request forms are due in the College/Career Center no later than today.  These are NOT needed by the UC's and Cal States. You will need:
1.  A signed Transcript Request Form (available in D173 and in the College/Career Center) for each school.  If you are under 18, your parent or guardian must sign it.
2.  Secondary School Report form for each school (this comes with your college application).  These may also be called the Counselor Recommendation form or the School Report form.
3.  Large envelope (9 x 12 inches) addressed to each school with Berkeley High School as the return address.  Put 3 stamps on the envelope ($1.17).
4.  Clip the forms for each school to the outside of each envelope.
5.  Clip all of the above for all of the schools together with the College Application Checklist (purple form, available in the College/Career Center)on the front.

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

COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS -- ALL HELD IN THE LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB
You must sign up in advance in the College/Career Center to attend.  15 person maximum per workshop.

EVENTS

All Berkeley High students are invited to see Youth Musical Theater Company's production of "Fiddler on the Roof." There are six performances the weekend of November 7 and 14th at the Julia Morgan Theater.  This production features 19 BHS students.  Tickets are available online at brownpapertickets.com and at the door.