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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
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Christine Staples
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:christineannestaples@gmail.com" target="_blank">christineannestaples@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Happy New School Year from the Berkeley High School Development Group!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Berkeley High School Development Group (BHSDG)
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">is an all-volunteer, non-profit foundation made up of parents and students, whose sole mission is to strengthen the educational experience of every Berkeley High School Student. We are equity
driven. We fund grants which benefit our school community, and raise the funds to support this work. To learn more about us, please read on, past the updates on what we’ve voted to pay for so far for this school year!
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Coming Soon:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Each year, the Cheeseboard Collective generously donates the use of their
lovely space, their labor and their love, as well as their delicious food to a fundraising event for Berkeley High. The party features music, wine, and of course - cheese and cheese-centric treats! This year’s event will be scheduled for a Sunday in October
- please stay tuned...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">GRANTS FUNDED SO FAR THIS YEAR:
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BHSDG
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">held our annual retreat in August and voted to pay for an extensive list of items for the coming year; here are some highlights:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">AP Chemistry Kindle Fire Textbook Pilot - $13,000
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Teacher Aaron Glimme proposed an exciting and innovative idea: what if students were assigned a Kindle Fire with their textbook on it, instead of lugging around a heavy, expensive book? We
were intrigued by the proposal - interactive, lightweight, reasonably priced, could be updated regularly, potentially holds additional textbooks for other courses - exciting! Our student board members were enthused, and wished they’d had one for their chemistry
class…. And because Mr. Glimme has agreed to take over all of the AP Chemistry classes this year to cover for an emergency leave for another teacher, the pilot has been expanded to cover all of the sections of AP Chemistry - around 220 students.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Time Management: School Planners - $17,000</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> As they grow, the demands on our students’
time and the need to manage it increases, leading to many parents’ concern. Meanwhile, time management is a learned skill, and it can be a struggle to help our students master that skill. And of course, we have now learned that the part of the brain in charge
of multi-tasking and strong decision-making isn’t fully developed until the mid-twenties. We can all share stories about the homework assignments which are completed but don’t get turned in; the sudden realization that a major paper is due tomorrow; the students
who attempt to pull all-nighters; and the stress this puts on the whole family.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Did you know that BHSDG gives each and every student a FREE planner every year?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Planners
which include all school holidays and breaks, places to write in information on how to contact teachers, tons of helpful pages of information, packed with student artwork - this is seriously a great planner. They are given out at orientation to each and every
student, from the main campus to Independent Studies and Berkeley Technology Academy - and there are spares if it gets lost. Be sure to ask your student to show you their planner - and ask them to show you how they use it! It could lead to some interesting
conversations….</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">And here are just a few of the other grants the Board approved for the coming year:
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">After-school Tutoring Program</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
<b>-</b> <b>$70,000</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Classroom Supply Grants @ $300 per teacher
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(BHS, BTA, IS)<b> - $45,000</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">College Application and Testing Fees for Students in Need</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
<b>- $12,000</b> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">College Fair - $2,000</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Who and What is Berkeley High School Development Group? The BHSDG</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is a group of parent
and student volunteers; our mission is to strengthen the educational experience of every Berkeley High School student. We strive for equity. We meet on the first Monday of each month (rescheduled as needed to accommodate holidays and school breaks) from September
through June, consider grant proposals and work on ways to raise the funds to support them. We are a registered nonprofit 501(c)(3) organisation; all donations to the BHSDG are tax deductible. Our next board meeting will be: Monday, October 1st from 7:00-9:00
pm in the College Career Center. Visitors and new members are welcome!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In a typical year, BHSDG receives around $500,000 in donations; $250K in gifts to the general fund, and $250K in “restricted” funds (gifts specifically designated
for a learning community or program - like Science, Universal 9th Grade, Band and Orchestra). Most donations come from BHS community members - like you!
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Development Group accepts grant proposals from all Berkeley High School (BHS), Berkeley Technology Academy (BTA), and Independent Studies (IS) teachers,
students, and staff on a monthly basis. (Deadline: 15th of each month for consideration at the next Board meeting.)
<b>Students and Staff - if you have a great idea, submit a grant proposal!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To learn more about BHSDG, or to make a donation,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> please visit our webpage at
</span><a href="http://bhsdg.org/wp/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://bhsdg.org/wp/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year’s BHSDG Board:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Rosa Luevano and Jessica Hilton, Co-Presidents. Jennifer Morgan,
V.P. Colleen Burns and Nishat Sheikh, Student Reps. Lynne Yee, Treasurer. Christopher Cherney, Secretary. Catherine Betts; Robin Claire Barnes; Erin Branagan; Angel Ciangi; Laurel Coates; Lisa Craypo; Deb Durant; Edward Dua; Michelle Ferrari; Stephen Paik;
Sarah Rose; Anne Schonfield; Christine Staples; Julie Weitz; and Orlando Williams.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;background:white">BUSD 2018-2019 Calendar:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD;background:white">
</span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar1819" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar1819</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323E4F;background:white">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD;background:white"> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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