<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><font color="#ff0000" style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial;" class=""><b class="">Please do not reply to this email. If you have questions, contact </b></font><a href="mailto:roseg@acoe.org" style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(11, 118, 145); font-weight: 600;" class="">roseg@acoe.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font color="#ff0000" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div class=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c0fa98f7-7fff-a365-1466-fd0270570c15" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Families can Nominate Teachers for Alameda County’s </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Bridging the Distance Award</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Alameda County Superintendent of Schools is inviting parents and caregivers to nominate Pre-K through 12th-grade teachers employed during the 2019-20 and/or 2020-21 school year for the County’s Bridging the Distance Award. The Award, which honors teachers for their excellence in delivering distance learning opportunities during the spring and fall of 2020 as schools were closed for in-person instruction, will be presented virtually at a ceremony on December 9, 2020 at 7:00 pm.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1N6cpPhsSU9_lGt-tNVVs53aIVM3mu-5iOWakzBqLmI0/viewform?edit_requested=true" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Families can nominate teachers here. (English)</span></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecCValDWtxMyn57FKPa4rHwVqs-Vt13tXvK_sZCdtEKW37eA/viewform" style="text-decoration-line: none;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Families can nominate teachers here. (Spanish)</span></a></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">“The shift from traditional learning environments to distance instruction was challenging for all of us in the education community. Thank YOU for all you did to support this effort, and for taking the time to uplift an educator for their work,” said L. Karen Monroe, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools in a message to families.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 4pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 11px;" class=""><font face="Arial" class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">------</font></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Nicole Chee, Jenny Fosket, Chaghig Walker, and Charlotte Le Liboux 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" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.</span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""> </font></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">BHS Etree archives: </span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/&source=gmail&ust=1598581307061000&usg=AFQjCNGMZVHpFquRMSra8uoLVf3fy4vd0Q" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail<wbr class="">/bhs/</span></a></font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">BHS website: </span><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/&source=gmail&ust=1598581307061000&usg=AFQjCNF7wxSfbSJ5MAFKFFIvUsFqSSkqVw" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net<wbr class="">/</span></a></font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><font color="#577cad" class="">BUSD 2020-2021 Calendar:</font><font color="#008cb4" class=""> </font></span></span></font><a href="https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2020-21-BUSDCalendar_5.15.19.pdf" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2020-21-BUSDCalendar_5.15.19.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1598581307061000&usg=AFQjCNFglthjIbecmX_eQp55z-4dghJrNA" class=""><font color="#006d8f" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">20</font><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class="">20-2021 Calendar</font></font></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy&source=gmail&ust=1598581307061000&usg=AFQjCNGmPRdQkeUg5VmC3ikcH5CBdo-fxA" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""> </font></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(87, 124, 173); 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