<div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,37,0);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>PLEASE do not reply to this email,</b> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">contact Berkeley High School Development Group at </font></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(71,135,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org" target="_blank">info@bhsdg.org</a></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,37,0);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your Donations at Work:</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">News from the Berkeley High School Development Group</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">February 2020</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Read on to learn more about fundraising activities this month from the Berkeley High School Development Group (BHSDG), as well as details of vital programs that your donations have funded and the many ways you can invest in strengthening our school.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fundraising Updates</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friends of Berkeley High Luncheon:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> This year's annual luncheon will be held at noon on Tuesday, March 24, at Revival Bar + Kitchen in Berkeley. Tickets are available at </span><a href="http://bhsdg.org/wp/lunch/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bhsdg.org/wp/lunch/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. The featured speaker will be BHS parent and UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna, co-discover of the breakthrough CRISPR-cas9 gene-editing method and one of </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Time</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> magazine's most influential people. She will be joined in conversation by superstar BHS Biology teacher Glenn Wolkenfeld, discussing how to blaze paths for women and minorities in science. Special thanks to North Berkeley Investment Partners for being our first sponsor. Do you know a local business that might like to be a sponsor? Contact Ed Dua to learn more about the sponsorship levels available: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:edwarddua@gmail.com" target="_blank">edwarddua@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open board positions:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Looking for a way to get more involved with Berkeley High? Join the BHSDG Board! We are specifically looking to fill a treasurer and database manager positions for 2020-2021. Come to our next meeting at 7-9 pm on Monday, March 2, in the College and Career Center to learn more, or contact Co-president Jessica Hilton at </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org" target="_blank">info@bhsdg.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What Have Donations Funded Recently?</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Highlights of grants funded at our February board meeting include these programs benefiting students:</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CAS to Cuba ($4,120).</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Two scholarships for students to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">learn about the history, culture, politics, and people of Cuba. CAS students will share what they have learned through videos, class presentations, and teach-ins to their classmates.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">National Society of Black Engineers Conference </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">($3,000).</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Partial funding for eight promising </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">students to attend the national conference in Texas and have the opportunity to explore STEM careers.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Black Psychology ($1,250).</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Guest speaker for the African American Studies Black Psychology class </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to share healing and wellness practices that students can incorporate into their lives. </span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How You Can Help</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Donate.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Donate online at </span><a href="http://www.bhsdg.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.bhsdg.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, or via check payable to BHSDG, P.O. Box 519, Berkeley, CA 94701-0519. Please inquire if your employer has a matching gift program that could double your donation. You can also donate stock by contacting </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:stock@bhsdg.org" target="_blank">stock@bhsdg.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shop with eScrip.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Register your credit, debit, and store club and loyalty cards at </span><a href="http://www.escrip.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.escrip.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and earn money for Berkeley High. It's free to enroll, and your purchases benefit the Berkeley Athletic Fund and BHSDG. The BHS school code is 137646958.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shop with AmazonSmile.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> When you remember to shop on Amazon at </span><a href="http://smile.amazon.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">smile.amazon.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, a portion of your order can go to BHSDG. Just choose Berkeley High School Development Group as your charity when first signing up or on the "Your Amazon Smile" page.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Volunteer. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Are you an event planner, designer, organizer, fundraiser, tech person, or other expert?  BHSDG can use your help. Questions? Contact </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org" target="_blank">info@bhsdg.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About BHSDG</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are an all-volunteer, nonprofit foundation made up of parents and students whose mission is to strengthen the educational experience of every Berkeley High School student. In the 2018-2019 school year, we directly funded $352,000 in grants, and we managed an additional $261,000 of donations and other revenue earmarked for specific learning communities, programs, and departments.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BHSDG is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and all donations to BHSDG are tax deductible. We generally meet on the first Monday of each month from September through June, except for holidays and school breaks. The next board meeting will be 7-9 pm on Monday, March  2, in the College and Career Center.  Visitors and those interested in becoming members are welcome!</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To learn more about BHSDG, make a donation, become a business partner, or submit a grant proposal, please visit </span><a href="http://bhsdg.org/wp/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bhsdg.org/wp/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. For more information, send an email to </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(4,51,255);font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org" target="_blank">info@bhsdg.org</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,118,29);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nicole Chee, Jenny Fosket, and Chaghig Walker 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" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BHS Etree archives: </span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BHS website: </span><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BUSD 2019-2020 Calendar: </span><a href="https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BerkeleyUSDCalendar-K12-2019-20-v6.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar1920</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To post a message, send to: </span><a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>unsubscribe</u></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from the Etree, send an email to </span><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with one word only in the subject line: unsubscribe.  The request must be sent from the email address that is subscribed to the list.  If that does not work, visit the URL at the bottom of each message, or put your email address at the end of this URL:  </span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, or contact the Etree moderators at </span><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-owner@lmi.net.</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>subscribe</u></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to the Etree, send an email to </span><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with one word only in the subject line: subscribe</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>