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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><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'> Daniel Roose, <a href="mailto:danielroose@berkeley.net">danielroose@berkeley.net</a> </span><br><br><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'>Dear Parents,<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'>I hope the second semester is off to a great start for your kids (and for you). Here are some attendance updates …<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'>FLU SEASON: BHS has been walloped by the flu, with record numbers of students out. Preliminary data for January are showing many students out for multiple days -- including students with previously perfect attendance. Parents, if your son/daughter is out for several days, remember that excused absences include the right to earn full credit for days missed, through alternative assignments or an extension that is comparable to the time missed. With so many students out simultaneously, busy teachers might not always remember to hand out alternative assignment to everybody who was absent, so remind your son/daughter to self-advocate, if necessary. And, of course, don't forget to excuse those absences within five school days!<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'>ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES: In addition to the ongoing work with absentee students, I want to start recognizing students who show up for class regularly. The Attendance Team is asking local merchants for donations to honor students with good attendance or improved attendance. For details, see the attached letter. If you know a generous community member, please pass the letter along. The motivation is to reward students with good attendance for what they already accomplished; not a scheme to ‘bribe’ truants into coming to class. <i>[note from etree moderator: digest subscribers will not see an attachment, but may contact Mr. Roose for a copy of the letter]</i></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;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'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>SATURDAY SCHOOL: This week's Berkeley Times had a flattering article about the new BHS Saturday School, which had its third session Saturday, Feb. 2nd. So far it's been a success, with good turnout. Students have remained focused for three hours on school work -- thanks to great BHS team of Jordana Anderson, Janelle Bugarini, Booker Lett, and our UCB tutor, Ariel Zepeda. As of February we are now shifting into twice-monthly sessions; the next will be Feb. 23rd. Interested students can sign up at the attendance office. In addition to tutoring, students who come to Saturday School get to erase six of their unexcused period absences<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'>PROM: This year we'll be barring students from prom if they have 30 or more unexcused period absences. The count began on first day of second quarter, and is cumulative all year up to prom itself. Students can clear some of their unexcused absences by attending Saturday School, by attending tutoring, or by doing community service. If your daughter/son has many unexcused absences, send her/him to attendance office to get details on how to clear absences. We'll also be sending a letter home to all students who have reached or are near the 30-period mark.<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'>FIXING MISTAKES: A question I often get is how should a parent proceed when you believe the teacher made a mistake with attendance. In such a case, please send an email to the teacher, and include a cc to <a href="mailto:danielroose@berkeley.net">danielroose@berkeley.net</a>. In body of the email, politely inform teacher you think a mistake was made and include your name, your child's name, the date(s) of the mistake, and the reason why you think it was a mistake. If the teacher agrees a mistake was made, all s/he needs to do is 'reply all' and as soon as I receive the email, I can change. Attendance office is NOT allowed to change teacher marks if we do not receive confirmation from teacher that a mistake was made. Please do not approach attendance office directly to request a change until after you've already communicated directly with the teacher.<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'>That's it, folks. Here's wishing you all the best as we enter second week of second semester.<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'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Daniel Roose<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dean of Attendance / WASC / World Languages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Berkeley High School<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1980 Allston Way, 94704<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>phone: 510.644.6929<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-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 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>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'>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>