[BHS etree] BULLETIN: Student Daily Bulletin, Tues, 10/27/09

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STUDENT DAILY BULLETIN
October 27, 2009 

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ADMINISTRATION

1. HOMECOMING SPIRIT DAY SCHEDULES
     Monday:    Urkel/Revenge of the Nerds Day
     Tuesday:   Future Superhero Day
     Wednesday: Tropical Hawaiian Day
     Thursday:  80/90s (Seniors), Backwards Day (9th-11th grade)
     Friday:    Red and Gold Day - Homecoming Rally

*2. HOMECOMING RULES
a. Students are not allowed to wear masks this week for any activities
and/or Halloween.  All masks will be confiscated. 
b. URGENT PARENTS! If your child has a doctor/medical appointment on the day
of the Friday rally, if they are not back to school by 11:55 am, they will
not be allowed back on campus.  Students will not be allowed on campus-no
exceptions-after 11:55 am!  
c. Students who are out of class or sent to OCI during the day before the
rally WILL NOT be able to participate.  They will remain in OCI and go home.
d. SENIORS - If you do not have a 5th or 6th period, you must report to the
library in order to get into the rally.
e. There are absolutely no backpack or bags allowed inside the rally.  All
students should leave your belongings in your 6th period class during the
rally.  Please note, after the rally you will have only 20 minutes to return
to your classroom to retrieve your items.  Please go to the classrooms
swiftly and claim your belongings.

3. BART ticket orders will  be taken  on October 28th and 29th at lunchtime
only in room D224.  Ticket price is $16.00 for a $32.00 value ticket.
Students may order up to 4 tickets each.

4. Read Beyond Reality @ your library!  October 18-24.  Stop by the BHS
Library during Teen Read Week to read beyond reality!  Check out materials
to change your world, take you somewhere unlike your world, or learn about
other cultures.  Stop by today and pick up a page turner that you can read
or listen to, just for fun.

SPORTS

1. For all interested in Speed Training, weight training and getting
information on the upcoming Track and Field season.  You can meet Coach
Hampton on the track beginning, Monday, October 26th at 4:30 pm thru
Thursday, October 29th at 4:30 pm.  You can also get information from Coach
Garrett in the Jacket weight room from 4-5:45 pm daily.  Get your physicals
and paperwork started.

CLUBS

1. Come audition for Vagina Monologues!  Last informational meeting: October
30th.  Auditions are November 2nd and 3rd.  Sign-up sheets in the A Bldg on
the drama board.

2. La Raza Club is recruiting new members. Anyone can join in on the fun and
celebrate the Latin Culture, even if you don't  speak Spanish or are not
Hispanic. We meet on Tuesdays at lunch in A105 and Fridays after school in
A105.  Hope to see you there.

3. Get your Spoken Word on...join Youth Speaks! TUESDAYS, 4pm in Room C325.
>From the Backwoods to the Black Top: Exploring Our Realities w/ Terry Taplin
& Matt Blesse- "This workshop lies somewhere between the bustle & the
stillness/ the late-night grind/ the early morning sunrise/tired tongues,
locked voices/ students shifting through classrooms/ the music within the
unseen treble of our bones aching to crack free."  

*4. CHORUS CLUB'S MAIN GROUP singers meet in A201 at lunch today. Several
new songs are being learned, so come and make sure you know all the
notes...AND find your voice through the CIRCLE SINGING/VOCAL IMPROV WORKSHOP
which meets at 4pm today near A201.  Singers, poets, rappers, and beatboxers
can all learn improvising, harmonizing and vocalizing.  Spoken word, harmony
and vocal percussion all blend together in this free form of singing based
on the work of Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon.  Come check it out and make
music with Trelawny Rose from the Jazzschool. Any questions contact Ian
Farnkopf ianfarnkopf at pacbell.net 

*5. Mathworks tutoring today!  Willard Middle School, Tuesday, October 27th,
from 4-5 pm. Earn tutoring credit.

JOBS

YouthWorks is the City of Berkeley's Youth Employment Program. The 2009 fall
after-school program will be accepting applications from October 1st until
October 31st. Interested youth are required to come in person to the Youth
Works Office at 1947 Center Street, Basement, to pick up an application,
starting Thursday, October 1st. For more info: (510)981-4970 or
youthworks at cityofberkeley.info

SENIOR SECTION

1. Yearbooks - Seniors turn in baby pictures or we won't have them in the
yearbook.  Also, pick up senior polls Thursday in H102b (7th period).
Yearbooks are still for sale at myyear.com.  Hurry before the price
increases.

2. COLLEGE VISITS: FOR SENIORS ONLY!
Over 100 college representatives visit Berkeley High each year.  These
visits take an entire class period and are held in the College/Career
Center.  Seniors may attend the visits by signing up in advance in the
College/Career Center and by having each teacher whose class they will miss
sign an authorization form (available in the College/Career Center) prior to
the visit.  Students may attend a maximum of 10 sessions because academics
are very important during the senior year. 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
    9:31 am    Scripps College (CA)
   10:40 am    Goucher College (MD)
   12:24 pm    Vanderbilt University (TN)
    1:28 pm    Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
    8:27 am    Champlain College (VT)
    1:28 pm    Brandeis University (MA)

Thursday, October 29, 2009 (+ special visit)
   10:40 am    Pomona College (CA)
   12:30 pm    Princeton University (NJ)
    1:25 pm - 2:26 pm    Maryland Institute College of Art**
    **IMPORTANT NOTE: sign up in advance in G108A to attend this visit,
which also meets in Room G108A.

3. Students who need fee waivers: The College/Career Center has ACT fee
waivers and SAT fee waivers.

EVENTS/PERFORMANCES/CONTESTS

1. OCI is having a poster contest to inform students about keeping their
valuables safe.  If you think you have what it takes to help raise
awareness, talk to the staff in OCI!  Winners will have their art posted on
the bulletin boards and in the locker rooms.  In the meantime, remember that
being aware of your surroundings keeps you and your belongings safe!

2. Are you a Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior interested in running
for Homecoming court?  All grades can run.  Stop by D148 to pick up an
application.  Good luck!

3. The BHS Spring Musical will be the Broadway Hit: "The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee." Auditions coming. Show opens April 7th. See Mr. Winer
for details!

4. Youth Musical Theater Company is holding auditions for its winter show,
Once Upon a Mattress, on November 2, 3 & 4 at the Metal Shop Theater
(Willard Middle School). Once Upon a Mattress is a hilarious musical spoof
of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. It is
full of delightful, snappy music by Mary Rodgers, wonderfully witty lyrics
by Marshall Barer, and big, fun dance numbers. Rehearsals begin November 30,
and performances run Feb 19 - 28. Newcomers welcome!  Tuition assistance
available. For more information, go to www.ymtcberkeley.org.

*5. Hey sophomores!  There will be t-shirt sales today at lunch on the
senior steps.  Don’t forget to come over and get your sophomore t-shirts!
Again regular shirts are $12 and v-necks are $15.

*6.  BHS Jazz T-shirt Design winner: Congratulations to BHS junior, Theo
Oleson, winner of the 2009 BHS Jazz Design Contest!  Theo’s great
“Celebrated Jazz Practitioners" design was selected by BHS Jazz students as
their favorite entry.  It will make a terrific T-shirt which can be seen
(and purchased) at upcoming BHS jazz concerts.  Thank you Theo, and thank
you to the many other students who entered the contest and submitted their
creative designs.