[BHS Etree] ADMIN: Chaperones Needed for BIHS Freshman Field Trip

[BHS etree]

Do not reply to this e-mail, please contact Rachel Penn
[mailto:rachelpenn at sbcglobal.net]

If you are the parent of a BIHS 9th grader, please read on.

The first field trip of the year is here!  All BIHS 9th graders will be
attending the Arab Film Festival at the California Theater in Berkeley, on
October 15, 2010.  The students will walk to the theater for a special
9:00am screening of "Captain Abu Raed." See the description below.  
 
We need 25 parents to chaperone this field trip.  Chaperones will meet at
Berkeley High when school begins, meet with up to 10 students and walk them
to the theater, watch the film, and walk the students back to Berkeley
High.  
 
Please join us.  If you are available between 8:30 and 11:40 on October 15,
email Rachel Penn at [mailto:rachelpenn at sbcglobal.net] to volunteer.  
 
Thanks!
 
Captain Abu Raed:  This crowd pleasing Jordanian feature film follows the
life of a kind airport janitor who, through a case of mistaken identity,
suddenly finds himself with the capacity to change the lives around him.
Widower, Abu Raed a man of little means but rich of imagination, spends his
days cleaning the Amman airport, and his nights in isolation, reading from
his cramped personal library. When Tarek, a neighborhood kid, spots Abu Raed
wearing secondhand pilot's hat, he is convinced Abu Raed is an international
traveler and begs to hear about his adventures. Initially reluctant,the
elderly man recognizes that Tarek and all his friends are desperately
curious about the world and Abu Raed begins to weave elaborate stories for
the wide-eyed children. As his regular storytelling sessions bring Abu Raed
and the children closer, his adventures serve not only as entertainment but
as the key to transforming the lives of children, local adults, as well as
his personal sense of meaning.
 
For more information on the Arab Film Festival, go to:
http://www.arabfilmfestival.org