<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Please do not hit reply.  Contact Mary Jacobs at <a href="mailto:maryjacobs@berkeley.net" target="_blank">maryjacobs@berkeley.net</a></span></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div>Seniors and Families,<br></div><div>We have a spreadsheet of scholarship applications below  Many applications have expired and have not opened up yet for the 2020-2021 academic year.  Keep checking back. We will add more scholarships as we receive them.<br></div><div>Look at the  monthly tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet for the month of the due date/deadline.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/berkeley.net/spreadsheets/d/1gY3jeHg3G4ONMB9UJHwrHMo4t8dH_b4O6x80Skcj5xw/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scholarship List <br></a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/berkeley.net/spreadsheets/d/1gY3jeHg3G4ONMB9UJHwrHMo4t8dH_b4O6x80Skcj5xw/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><br></a></span></div><div><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>How to apply for scholarships:</b></font></div><div><div id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829m_3005535265192477350gmail-m_-5471744112180024269m_-9061029461733931655m_7285837106137984663gmail-m_-6858987642892722453gmail-:1ce" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829m_3005535265192477350gmail-m_-5471744112180024269m_-9061029461733931655m_7285837106137984663gmail-m_-6858987642892722453gmail-:1cd" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5"><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">1. <b>Look at each school</b> you are applying to for their scholarship opportunities,  eligibility, requirements, and deadlines.</font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">2<b>. Look at websites</b> and plan ahead for a scholarship. Ask everyone if they know of scholarships- employers, churches, temples, civic groups, sororities, fraternities, and more.</font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">3<b>. Save your essays</b> from college applications in google docs/drive which may be used for the scholarship application. </font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">4. Ask 1-2 people for a strong <b>letter of recommendation</b>.  <span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.3">Recommenders</span> may upload or mail a letter of recommendation directly to the scholarship group. Consider the same 2 who wrote a letter for a private school/Common App.<br></font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">5. You may need a <b>completed <span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.4">FAFSA</span> application and/or IRS tax records</b> to show financial need.  This is a big reason why many scholarships occur after the college applications and <span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.5">FAFSA</span> are submitted.</font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></font><div><b>Scholarship Resources : </b><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><a href="https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/" target="_blank">https://<span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485gmail-m_9109527473428317045gmail-m_8373534421534714367:1j9.10"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485:2sm.13"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.6">bigfuture</span></span></span>.<span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485gmail-m_9109527473428317045gmail-m_8373534421534714367:1j9.11"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485:2sm.14"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.7">collegeboard</span></span></span>.org/</a></b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.collegegreenlight.com/" target="_blank">https://www.<span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485gmail-m_9109527473428317045gmail-m_8373534421534714367:1j9.12"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485:2sm.15"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.8">collegegreenlight</span></span></span>.com/</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.eastbayconsortium.org/scholarship" target="_blank">http://www.<span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485gmail-m_9109527473428317045gmail-m_8373534421534714367:1j9.13"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485:2sm.16"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.9">eastbayconsortium</span></span></span>.org/scholarship</a> <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.fastweb.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:nowrap">https://www.<span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485gmail-m_9109527473428317045gmail-m_8373534421534714367:1j9.14"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453gmail-m_508395958734896699m_-337551433142285875gmail-m_8907061463496263302m_8659361697151958930gmail-m_4260344191570779239m_4545213029055289696m_5974769670951490659m_1410754755509221055m_-2603822960128177314m_5642186682002925829gmail-m_96782479617855191gmail-m_-5857106322504426319gmail-m_4986621809967121485:2sm.17"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.10">fastweb</span></span></span>.com/</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="http://scholarships360.org/" target="_blank">scholarships360.org<br></a></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="http://scholarships.com/" target="_blank">scholarships.com</a><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="http://unigo.com/" target="_blank"><span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.11">unigo</span>.com</a><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font size="2">Tips to remember:</font></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">1. More reputable s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</span>.org</span></a><br></font></p><p style="line-height:2.16;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2">Due 10/30/20: Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Program; up to $40k <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://www.jkcf.org/scholarship-programs/college-scholarship/" target="_blank">http://www.jkcf.org/scholarship-programs/college-scholarship/</a></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.16;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.16;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Due 10/31/20: Coca Cola Scholars Program for $20,000 at </span><a href="https://www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/apply/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http==s://www.coca-<span id="gmail-m_-9183228953654098155m_1959956500453363453:44k.18">colascholarsfoundation</span>.org/apply/</span></a></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"> </font></p><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BHS Etree archives: </span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BHS website: </span><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:11px"><font color="#577cad">BUSD 2020-2021 Calendar:</font><font color="#008cb4"> </font></span></span></font><a href="https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2020-21-BUSDCalendar_5.15.19.pdf" target="_blank"><font color="#006d8f"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px">20</font><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px">20-2021 Calendar</font></font></a></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);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="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"> </font></p><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To post a message, send to: </span><a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs@lmi.net</span></a><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"> </font></p><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To </span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>unsubscribe</u></span><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);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="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);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="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);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="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-owner@lmi.net.</span></a></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:11px"> </font></p><p style="font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173)"><font face="Arial" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:11px"><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To </span><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>subscribe</u></span><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);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="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a><span style="color:rgb(87,124,173);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with one word only in the subject line: subscribe</span></font></p></div></div></div>