<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#DE2A00">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact </font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#DE2A00">Janet Huseby</font> </span></font><a href="mailto:jhuseby@berkeley.net" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">jhuseby@berkeley.net</span></font></a></font></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div align="left"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ccccff"><font color="#000000">On Wednesday, September 5, periods 1-6 the administration is holding Welcome Back Assemblies in the Community Theater. Students will attend these assemblies with their English teachers. During the assembly the administratin will cover basic expectations, school policies, and hear from current members of our student government. There will also be an opportunity for students to opt out of the JAMRS Database and sign a Military Waiver (see below) . </font></font></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ccccff"><font color="#000000"><b>We will appreciate having parent volunteers</b> to pass out and collect the waivers. If you can help periods 1-3 (8:30 to 11:30) or periods 4-6 (12:20 to 3:30) please let Janet Huseby know at <a href="mailto:janethuseby@berkeley.net">janethuseby@berkeley.net</a>.</font></font></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ccccff"><font color="#000000"></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font color="#ccccff"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">An explanation of the Military Waiver: By law all public school districts are required to turn over the names and addresses of all juniors and seniors to the military for recruitment purposes unless the student or parent has signed a waiver requesting their names not be turned over. Students who sign the waiver and turn it in will not receive recruiting information via the school district. </span></font></font></font></div>
<div align="left"><font color="#000000"><font color="#ccccff"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Several confusing points: <br><br>1. The military also obtains information about potential recruits (high school juniors and seniors) from the College Board. When a student taking the PSAT checks the box indicating an interest in receiving information from colleges and universities they will also receive information from the military. <br><br>
</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font color="#ccccff"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 115%; ">2. JAMRS (Joint Advertising Marketing Research and Studies) is an organization formed by the Pentagon to develop a database of of 16-25 year olds for recruitment purposes. As with any marketing organization JAMRS collects information from a number of sources.</span></font></font></font></div>
</div><p class="gmail_quote">3. Finally, each branch of the military holds an information session in the College and Career Center as do many colleges and universities. The dates of those sessions are announced in the College and Career Bulletin. <font color="#000000"><font color="#ccccff"><font color="#000000"><span style="line-height: 115%; "></span></font></font></font></p>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt">Janet Huseby <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"></font></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Diane Douglas, Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Lisa Sibony are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the etree; please direct any questions to them at </span></font><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></font></span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">. </span></font></span></p><p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "></span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">BHS etree archives: </span></font><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></font></span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">; BHS PTSA website: </span></font><a href="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/" title="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/</span></font></span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">. To unsubscribe from the etree, send an </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">email to </span></font></font><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></font></span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> with one </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">word only in the subject line: 'unsubscribe'. To post a message, send to: </span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">bhs@lmi.net</a></span></font></span></font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div>
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