<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="text-align:left"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font color="red"><span style="color: red; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Vernon Walton</span></font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">, </span></font><a href="mailto:chrisyoung@berkeley.net" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">vernonwalton@berkeley.net</span></font></a></div></span></div><br></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Reminder:</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> All essays for the African American Studies essay contest must be submitted by 11:59pm PST on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.</font></div>
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The contest is open to
all students at Berkeley High and B-Tech </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">and should </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">address the guidelines below:</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">.</font></div>
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Answer the Question</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Is African American Studies still relevant for today’s
students?</b></font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:center"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-align:left">
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</span></font></font></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Your essay/poem must be no less than 600 and
no more than 1200 words </font></span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">
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</span></font></font></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">You must include your name and essay title at
the top of each page. All pages of an essay must be numbered.</font></span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">
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</span></font></font></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">All pages of an essay must be double-spaced.</font></span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">
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</span></font></font></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A cover page should be submitted that
includes your full name, student ID, email and phone number </font></span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">
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</span></font></font></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Essay or poem must be an original work</font></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0.5in; ">
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Send
your submission to </font><a href="mailto:vernonwalton@berkeley.net" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">vernonwalton@berkeley.net</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">, or
drop it off in the Berkeley
High School front office</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">
</font><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The winner of the contest will receive an iPad. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><span style="line-height: 115%; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">If you have any questions about the essay contest please contact Vernon Walton at </font></span><a href="mailto:vernonwalton@berkeley.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">vernonwalton@berkeley.net</a> </p></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Winner must be
present at Treyvon Martin panel discussion on May 31</font><sup><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"></span></font></font></sup><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">6:30 pm - 8:30
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