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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,37,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact the Berkeley High School Development Group at <a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org?subject="><span class="gmail-s2" style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">info@bhsdg.org</span></a>.     </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Your Donations at Work:</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>News from the Berkeley High School Development Group</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>June 2020</b></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>BHSDG STATEMENT</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Like many others in the BHS community and beyond, we stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Berkeley High School Development Group affirms its commitment to equity and inclusion. We will continue to fund programs that support these values. We pledge to take the time and effort needed to ensure that we examine and address our biases, listen to our community, and respond to the high schools’ needs. </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>FUNDRAISING UPDATES</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Spring Challenge Match.</b> A huge thank you to everyone who helped us raise more than $56,000 for Berkeley High during our Spring Challenge Match. Given deep projected education budget cuts and continued reliance on distance learning, BHS will face an unprecedented need for new and improved technology, teacher professional development, student learning resources and support, and much more. Thanks to your donations, BHSDG will continue to invest in our school during this historic coronavirus pandemic, and we are actively exploring a number of significant grants in these areas that have yet to be finalized. If you did not have a chance to contribute to the campaign, you can still make a tax-deductible donation to Berkeley High at <a href="http://bhsdg.org/wp/give/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">www.bhsdg.org</span></a>, or without fees through <a href="https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/1356808"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">PayPal Giving</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Friends of Berkeley High Benefit Luncheon.</b> As local restaurants closed their doors, BHSDG transformed this year’s in-person benefit luncheon into a fascinating online conversation between CRISPR gene-editing co-discoverer Jennifer Doudna and superstar BHS biology teacher Glenn Wolkenfeld. Doudna is one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. Doudna addressed how CRISPR can be used to fight against Covid-19, her UC Berkeley lab’s vital role as a pop-up testing center, the ethics of gene-editing technologies, and what everyone must do to achieve greater diversity and interest in STEM fields. You can watch the video at: <a href="http://bhsdg.org/wp/event/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">http://bhsdg.org/wp/event/</span></a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Thanks to Our Benefit Sponsors.</b> Special thanks to North Berkeley Wealth Management, Magoosh, Bebe McRae and Alexis Thompson of The Grubb Co., Ferrari Orthodontics, and Bayer for sponsoring the luncheon and online conversation. </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>WHAT HAVE YOUR DONATIONS FUNDED RECENTLY?</b> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">After the local shelter-in-place order began, BHSDG transitioned to virtual meetings in April and June. Highlights of recent grants funded include these programs benefiting students:</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Curriculum Development to Enhance Online Learning ($6,675). </b>To address the need for equity in teachers' access to curriculum development resources, teachers of English, Social Science, and Spanish at Berkeley Independent Study and Berkeley Technology Academy will spend the summer planning how to extend recently adopted curriculum and approaches to the schools' new distance-learning environment.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Professional Development to Address Student Trauma ($500).</b> CAS English teacher Max Wheeler will attend a summer course to learn ways to better support the small school's high concentration of students who have experienced trauma and to help CAS develop classroom environments and curriculum that promote healing and growth.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>HOW YOU CAN HELP</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Donate.</b> Donate online at <a href="http://bhsdg.org/wp/give/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">http://bhsdg.org/wp/give/</span></a>, 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 <a href="mailto:stock@bhsdg.org?subject="><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">stock@bhsdg.org</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Shop with eScrip.</b> Register your credit, debit, and store club and loyalty cards at <a href="http://www.escrip.com/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">www.escrip.com</span></a> 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></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Shop with AmazonSmile.</b> When you remember to shop on Amazon at <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">smile.amazon.com</span></a>, 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></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Volunteer.</b> Are you an event planner, designer, organizer, fundraiser, tech person, or other expert?  BHSDG can use your help. Questions? Contact <a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org?subject="><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">info@bhsdg.org</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>ABOUT BHSDG</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">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></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">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, September 1. Visitors and those interested in becoming members are welcome! Contact <a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org?subject="><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">info@bhsdg.org</span></a> for more information about attending.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">To learn more about BHSDG, make a donation, become a business partner, or submit a grant proposal, please visit <a href="http://bhsdg.org/wp/"><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">http://bhsdg.org/wp/</span></a>.  For more information, send an email to <a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org?subject="><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(4,51,255)">info@bhsdg.org</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p><font color="#6fa8dc"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:white"></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial"></span></font></p><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;font-size:11px"><span>Nicole</span> Chee, Jenny Fosket, and Chaghig Walker are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net?subject=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>.</span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(71,135,255)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(87,124,173);font-size:11px">BHS etree archives: <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(71,135,255)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(87,124,173);font-size:11px">BHS website: <a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(71,135,255)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(87,124,173);font-size:11px">BUSD 2019-2020 Calendar: <a href="https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BerkeleyUSDCalendar-K12-2019-20-v6.pdf" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar1920</span></a></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;font-size:11px">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación: <a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173)"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;font-size:11px">To post a message, send to:<a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net?subject=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)"> bhs@lmi.net</span></a>.</span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173)"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">To </span><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(255,38,0)">unsubscribe</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px"> from the etree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net?subject=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> with one word only in the subject line: <b>unsubscribe</b>.  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:  <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/</span></a>, or contact the e-tree moderators at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net?subject=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>.</span></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173)"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="letter-spacing:0px">To </span><span style="letter-spacing:0px">subscribe</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px"> to the etree, send an email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