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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Michaela Ballek
<a href="mailto:mballek@mba.berkeley.edu">mballek@mba.berkeley.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BALSA (Berkeley Advanced Learner Support and Advocacy) presents:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">State of GATE 2015-16:  A Conversation with Superintendent Donald Evans and Director of Programs and Special Projects Pat Saddler</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Join us for an interactive evening with top BUSD administrators. Superintendent Evans and Director Saddler will share updates on efforts to support advanced learners in our district, answer
 your questions, and offer their vision for the future of GATE and related programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Monday, November 9, 2015, 7-9 p.m.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BUSD Administration Building</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2020 Bonar, Room 126 (enter on Addison)</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Spanish translation provided!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information about BALSA, visit
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.berkeleyadvancedlearner.weebly.com/" target="_blank">www.berkeleyadvancedlearner.weebly.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">_____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">Marguerite Fa-Kaji, Catherine Ference and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them
 at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0"><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span style="color:#00B0F0">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">BHS etree archives:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0"><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><span style="color:#00B0F0">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">BHS website:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0"><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00B0F0">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">To post a message, send to:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0"><a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net"><span style="color:#00B0F0">bhs@lmi.net</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">from the etree, send an email to
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0"><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span style="color:#00B0F0">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">
 with one word only in the subject line: <b>unsubscribe </b>(The request must be sent from the email address that is subscribed to the list.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u>subscribe </u>to the etree, send an email to </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B0F0"><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span style="color:#00B0F0">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD">
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