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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">Tammy Rose
</span><a href="mailto:tammyrose@berkeley.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">tammyrose@berkeley.net</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Berkeley High School African American Studies Department is celebrating its 29th annual Black Graduation this year! For the past 20+ years Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD)
has provided funding in support of the AFAM department's Black Graduation ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">However, due to budget cuts the district will no longer be able to provide this support and the cost of this special event will now fall on families, many of whom are already financially
burdened with other graduation and school expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">To assist with this cost, <b>we are seeking to raise $5000 by May 17, 2019</b> to assist our students with purchasing graduation sashes as well as help offset other Black Graduation
related expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">No donation is too small, and all efforts to support this tradition are greatly appreciated! THANK YOU!</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">Please donate here: <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">Nicole Chee, Marguerite Fa-Kaji, Jenny Fosket 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>
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</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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