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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 Lisa Sibony
<a href="mailto:lisasibony@berkeley.net">lisasibony@berkeley.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Incoming Families,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please find below info about 1. Math Placement, 2. Language Exams and 3. Concert Band & Orchestra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1. Math Placement</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contact Erin Schweng,<a href="mailto:erinschweng@berkeley.net" target="_blank">erinschweng@berkeley.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Math placement testing for students interested in placing into Advanced Math 1 will take place in the BHS library for all
<b>non-BUSD students </b>on the following two dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tuesday, April 12th, 3 pm or Monday, April 18th, 3 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Current BUSD students</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> will take the placement test at their middle schools on April 12th.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Students do not need to bring anything to the test except a pencil; calculators are not allowed. The test will take one hour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Placement results will be mailed home along with lottery assignments in mid to late May.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. Language Placement</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contact Cory Hendrickson
<a href="mailto:coryhenrickson@berkeley.net" target="_blank">coryhenrickson@berkeley.net</a> or Beatriz Ferrer-Castro <a href="mailto:beatrizferrercastr@berkeley.net" target="_blank">beatrizferrercastr@berkeley.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are <b>
<u>NEW </u>to Berkeley Unified School District</b> and want to be in a language class above level 1, you will need to take the language placement exam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are currently enrolled in BUSD and want to
<b><u>SKIP</u></b> level 2 (3/4), you should also come to take the placement test.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This year the exam will be offered on Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 10:00 AM-noon. The exam will be given on the second floor of the M building - located off Milvia above Channing. You do not
need to sign up ahead of time, just come on time. Some students finish the exam in 45 minutes and others need 90 minutes, so it is difficult to say how long the exam will last.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you are unable to make this April date, the exam will also be given on Friday, August 19 - same time and place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3 Concert Band & Orchestra vs. Chamber Orchestra & Winds</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"">Most of our entering 9th graders sign up for the 0º Concert Band or Concert Orchestra. This class has no audition. These musicians perform Band, String Orchestra and full Orchestra material
at 4 concerts each year, as well as a chamber music unit. Band also performs at BHS sports events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If your musician chooses to audition into the 1º Chamber Orchestra or Winds they will need to choose a time listed below. These are the ensembles that compete at festivals, in addition to the
performances described above. These classes also have weekly Monday morning sectionals and 4 afternoon sectionals per semester.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Audition Dates & Materials</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 audition dates for 2016-17 BHS Band and Orchestra are
<b>Wed -Fri, April 27, 28, 29 between 4-6pm</b>. Auditions will be held in A201, on the 2nd floor of the A building on the Berkeley High School Campus. The audition will last about 10 min. Please check the folder below for the required audition excerpts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/berkeley.net/folderview?id=0B8OAbpNkl2JCbGtTdFNhOXVhR2s&usp=drive_web" target="_blank"> 16-17 BAO Audition excerpts</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If your musician chooses to audition please reply with
<b>3 possible 10 min time slots </b>Wed -Fri, April 26, 27, 28 between 4-6pm. Otherwise, you can sign up for the 0º classes anytime before school starts next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks! We look forward to meeting you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mary Dougherty & Karen Wells,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">BHS Band and Orchestra Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:marydougherty@berkeley.net" target="_blank">marydougherty@berkeley.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:karenwells@berkeley.net" target="_blank">karenwells@berkeley.net</a></span></u><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:#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>
<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">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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