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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>PLEASE do not reply to this email, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>contact</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FE2615'> Janet Huseby,<b> </b></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:janethuseby@berkeley.net">janethuseby@berkeley.net</a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1. Math Placement for <u>New-to-BUSD students<o:p></o:p></u></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The link for New-to-BUSD math teacher placement recommendations is up. It may be found at: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9thGradePlacement" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9thGradePlacement</span></a> . </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>As we do not know how to contact incoming students' current math teachers, we are asking parents and guardians to please forward this link to their child's current teacher. The short online questionnaire must be filled out by March 31. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><span class=apple-style-span>In addition to a teacher recommendation, math placement will be decided by a math test. New-to- BUSD students must come to the Berkeley High School Library on <b>April 10, April 18, or May 9 at 3 p.m.</b> The general test is approximately one hour long. The honors math test, which will follow the standard test, is an additional 45 minutes. The Algebra content covered by the placement test is the California content standards for Algebra 1 which can be found online at:</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqalg1.pdf">http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqalg1.pdf</a> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2. </span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Students <u>currently enrolled</u> at King, Willard, or Longfellow </span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>do not have to ask their teachers to submit a recommendation. Teachers will do so automatically. <b><u>Current BUSD students</u></b> also do not have to take the standard math test after school—that will happen in class. However, if a current BUSD student wants to take Honors math, they must take the Honors Math Placement test after school. The Longfellow test is scheduled for <b>April 12;</b> Willard on <b>April 16</b>; and King on <b>April 17</b>.</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3. New-to-BUSD course signups.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> New-to</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>BUSD students who have completed the enrollment and registration process by Feb. 27 have two more evenings to sign</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>up for course and lottery requests in the BHS </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>L</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ibrary</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> starting at 6 p.m. March 12 and March 19. Please note</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> -</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>s</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>tudents should come with their parents. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Janet Huseby<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Outreach and Volunteers <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Berkeley High School<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:janethuseby@berkeley.net">janethuseby@berkeley.net</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>________________</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Pat Anderson, Diane Douglas, Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Lisa Sibony are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the etree; please direct any questions to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span style='color:navy'>bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>. </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>BHS etree archives: <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><span style='color:navy'>http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a>; BHS PTSA website: <a href="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/" title="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/"><span style='color:navy'>http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/</span></a>. 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