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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FE2615'> Sahib-Amar Khalsa, <a href="mailto:akk@mindspring.com">akk@mindspring.com</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Become a Writing Coach This Spring! New training sessions start in January.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>You can make a difference at Berkeley High in Spring 2013. Register today for one of our upcoming volunteer trainings and help students develop writing and thinking skills in their English classes (9th grade at CAS; 9th & 10th grade at AMPS; 10th, 11th & 12th grade at Green Academy).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Working in one-on-one writing conferences with students, WriterCoach Connection (WCC) volunteers bring encouragement and assistance to the difficult task of putting ideas into words on a page. Students are grateful, teachers supported, and volunteers find the work incredibly satisfying. Coaches work with students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>at all achievement levels and with every student in the class.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The volunteer commitment is only 1-2 hours once or twice a month. WCC provides all the training and support you'll need to be an effective coach. We encourage volunteers of diverse ethnicities, ages, and walks of life – all are welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To see the complete training schedule for January & February, please visit <a href="http://www.writercoachconnection.org">www.writercoachconnection.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Register today and learn strategies to help teens–including your own–gain confidence, improve skills and complete assignments. To register and for more information: <a href="http://www.writercoachconnection.org">www.writercoachconnection.org</a> (go to "Volunteer").<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sahib-Amar Khalsa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>BHS Site Coordinator - WriterCoach Connection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>510-237-6963<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'>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>. To post a message, send to: <a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs@lmi.net"><span style='color:navy'>bhs@lmi.net</span></a>; 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><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>To <b>unsubscribe </b>from the etree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span style='color:navy'>bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> with one word only in the subject line: 'unsubscribe'; To <b>subscribe</b> to the etree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span style='color:navy'>bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> with one word only in the subject line: 'subscribe'</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>