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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"">Home for the Holidays</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The December holidays are a busy, exciting, and stressful time of the year, and the traits many advanced learners share—perfectionism, sensitivity, and overexcitability—often magnify the challenges
of the season. But the holidays are also a time of renewed connection and celebration; a time to reflect on what really matters. To come “home.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This month, we at BALSA are taking a break from our monthly speaker series to devote time to deepening our community connections. On December 14, we will gather at our “home” to meet and greet
each other, engage in conversations about issues of interest, and explore the ways in which we can support and learn from each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">New APEX (University of California at Berkeley Academic Partnership for Excellence) parents/guardians especially invited to attend!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Whether you have a specific problem to brainstorm, a recent success story or idea to share, or are simply interested in connecting with other parents of outlier kids, please join us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Monday, December 14, 2015, 7-9 p.m.</span></b><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 available!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For more information about BALSA, visit<b>
</b></span><a href="http://www.berkeleyadvancedlearner.weebly.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.berkeleyadvancedlearner.weebly.com</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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:navy">_____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">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><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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:navy">BHS etree archives:
</span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">BHS website:
</span><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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:navy">To post a message, send to:
</span><a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">bhs@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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