[BHS Etree] INCOMING FAMILIES: Proposed Change in BHS Science Course Sequence: Physics for all 9th Graders/Info Session April 18

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Physics for 9th Graders: A key step in BHS's alignment to
the Next Generation Science Standards

The BHS science department is planning a new course sequence beginning this fall (August 2017) that will, in the following year, be extended to all incoming 9th graders. This shift involves changing the science course that incoming freshman take from Biology to Physics 1.

If approved by the School Board this spring, all incoming 9th grade students in the Berkeley International High School (BIHS) and the Arts & Humanities Academy (AHA) learning communities would begin with Physics 1 in the fall of 2017, and the change would be fully implemented for all 9th grade students in 2018-19.

The proposed change to the science course sequence will not impact any current BHS student.

Information Session: April 18, 7-8pm
All are welcome to join BHS science faculty and educators for an information session on April 18th from 7 pm to 8 pm in the BHS Library to learn more about the evolution of science instruction at BHS.

This web page<http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/next-generation-science-standards-and-physics-for-9th-grade/> is designed to give you information about the shift to Physics 1 and the implementation of California's Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) at Berkeley High School.

Tamara Friedman
Vice Principal, Berkeley High School

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