[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin for 12/16/08

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
December 16, 2008

*New to the bulletin today

ADMINISTRATION

*1.  BART tickets are here for December.  Please pick up tickets by 12/19/08 in room D224.

*2.  BSEP Meeting today 4:30 - 6:00pm in Conference room B.  All members please be present.

3.  Yearbooks will be on sale for $65 dollars until Dec. 26.  Books can be purchased at school or on myyear.com or in H102b during 7th period.  If you have questions or concerns about buying a yearbook please email:Gabriel_berent at berkeley.k12.ca.us.  Senior Parents:  Celebrate your students' achievements in the yearbook with a senior page.  Space is as cheap as $65 dollars for a quarter of a page, or $180 dollars for a full page.  If you order before the winter break we will give you a $10 off the full page.

4.  CALENDAR SALES -- The annual fundraising calendar sales for the CAS video program are starting.  These are 2009 wall, page-a-day and engagement calendars that are selling for only $5.  They make great gifts.  Saturdays from noon until 4 pm on December 20.  2310 Valley St.  This is 3 blocks west of Sacramento St. off Channing Way.  Rain or shine!

CLUBS

*1.  The BHS Chorus Club has new meeting times! Come sing -- at lunch on Tuesdays and at 4:30 on Thursdays! Both of our weekly meetings are in A201 (the band room). If you can only come regularly to one of these meetings, that's OK! There will be small rehearsal sessions by arrangement for those who miss some meetings. Also, someone accidentally walked off with our sign up sheet from last week! Please bring it to one of our meetings. Contact Ian at (510) 526-4506 or ianfarnkopf at pacbell.net if you have any questions.

*2.  The great Earphone English club is meeting in C115 on Wednesday, Dec. 17th!  Come by and grab a book and have some pizza.  It is also a potluck.  Bring a favorite food, if you want, but don't forget to come by.


SPORTS

*There will be a very short informational meeting about the upcoming swim season at the beginning of lunch period on Wednesday, December 17 at the Jacket Competition Pool.  Everyone who is interested in being on the swimming or diving team should attend this meeting.

FOR ALL STUDENTS

Princeton Prize in Race Relations -- Princeton is sponsoring an awards program for high school students to recognize, support and encourage young people who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the cause of relations among the races.  Cash awards of up to $1,000 will be awarded. The deadline is January 31.  For more information, an application and examples of previous winners, go to www.princeton.edu/PrincetonPrize.

FOR JUNIORS

*1.  JUNIORS -- YOUR PSAT SCORES ARE NOW AVAILABLE. You may pick them up any day in the College/Career Center at lunch or from 3:15 to 4:00 pm ONLY. Scores will not be given out at any other times.  Sophomores will receive their PSAT scores from their English teachers on Tuesday.

2.  Discover Card Tribune Award Program -- Students with a minimum cumulative GPA for 9th and 10th grades of 2.75, who demonstrated leadership, are actively contributing to their communities and have experienced and overcome a significant obstacle are eligible. Apply at https://www.applyists.net/.  Use access code DISC.  Postmark deadline:  January 31. More information available in the College/Career Center.


FOR SENIORS

1.  Common application workshops.  All workshops will be held in the BHS library.  Sign up in D221 to attend so that we have enough computers for all students.
Wednesday, December 17, 7:30 am
Thursday, December 18, 3:30 pm

2.  Berkeley Community Fund Scholarship -- Come to a meeting on Tuesday, December 16, third period in the College/Career Center to find out how to apply for this scholarship.  At least 10 scholarships of $4,000 per year for four years will be awarded to Berkeley High students.  In addition, other one-time scholarships may also be awarded.  Sign up in D221 to attend.

3.  CSU APPLICANTS -- If you are applying to any Cal State campuses, you are required to take the ELM and the EPT tests (assessment tests in math and English).  You are exempt from the EPT (English assessment) test if your SAT Critical Reading score is 550 or above, if your ACT English score is 24 or above or you have a score of 3, 4 or 5 on either the AP Language and Composition or AP Literature and Composition test. You are exempt from the ELM (math assessment) test if your SAT math reasoning test score or SAT subject test math score is 550 or above or your ACT math score is 23 or above or your AP test score in AP Calculus or AP Statistics is 3 or above.  You can take these tests at any Cal State campus.  The website at CSU East Bay is http://testing.csueastbay.edu/eptelm/eptelmwho.php and the SF State website to sign up for testing is http://www.sfsu.edu/testing/eptelm.html .  You can also find practice materials and other helpful information at
http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/ept.asp and http://www.csumentor.edu/planning/high_school/elm.asp.

CSU applicants must send official test scores from College Board or ACT.

PERFORMANCES

1.  December 18 -- "Breaking the Chains of the New Generation." This show you don't want to miss!  Come support BHS Afro-Haitian Dance Classes. Show starts 7:00 pm sharp in the Community Theater at BHS.  Tickets can be purchased online at tickets at brownpapertickets.com or at the BHS African American Studies Department.

*2.  Too old for your stuffed animals?  Wanna get rid of those Barbies? If you do, don't throw them away!  La Raza Club's Dia de los Reyes toy drive would like you to give those toys that you don't play with and make it a holiday gift for some kid.  Bring any toy donations to C112 to Ms. Taylor. Toys will be accepted all week, and delivered to low income schools and hospitals on Tues, January 6th.