<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif"><font color="#ff0000">Please do not reply to this message.  Please contact <a href="mailto:leahkatz@berkeley.net" target="_blank" style="">leahkatz@berkeley.net</a> with any questions.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><span id="gmail-m_-7689388692818211398gmail-docs-internal-guid-100458ce-7fff-3bf1-7931-bfadd6c4a828"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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">Dear Students,</span> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;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">We are writing to inform you that </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the SAT at Berkeley High School on December 5 is cancelled</span><span style="font-size:11pt;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">. All students registered for this exam will receive notifications from the College Board via email, including information about their full refund. We received feedback from families who requested earlier notification whenever possible, so we are writing now so that students can call the College Board to sign up for later test dates.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What will happen with other SAT and ACT exams?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;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"> We will keep you informed if we need to cancel other exams in the future.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Do I need the SAT or ACT for my college applications?</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Most colleges and universities have decided to make the SAT and ACT optional for students applying to attend school in '21-'22. Please check </span><a href="https://www.fairtest.org/university/optional/state" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for regular updates on colleges that are test-optional; if a college is not on the list, students should search online to see the most current admissions information. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What should I do if I still want to take the SAT? </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">At this point, students can still call College Board to sign up for future SAT dates that still have availability; we encourage you to do so quickly, as College Board does not allow us to limit sign-ups to Berkeley High students. If BHS is full, we suggest you sign-up to test at other locations. You can also look </span><a href="https://pages.collegeboard.org/sat-covid-19-updates" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for SAT COVID-19 updates from College Board.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have additional questions, please contact Leah Katz, interim VP over testing, at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:leahkatz@berkeley.net" target="_blank">leahkatz@berkeley.net</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and Benette Williams, SAT/ACT/PSAT Coordinator, at </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:benettewilliams@berkeley.net" target="_blank">benettewilliams@berkeley.net</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We understand that this may cause a great deal of stress and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding as we continue to navigate this unprecedented time together.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Take care and stay safe,</span></p></span></div><div><br></div>--<br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#ff6600"><font size="4" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Leah Katz<br></font></font></div><div><font color="#ff6600"><font size="4" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Interim Vice Principal, BIHS and VAPA</font></font></div><div><font color="#ff6600"><font size="4" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Teacher and Case Manager for Students with IEPs</font></font></div><div><font color="#ff6600"><font size="4" face="arial narrow, sans-serif">CAS and Hive 7</font></font></div><font color="#0000ff" face="verdana, sans-serif">Have questions about the School Closure?<br>Need Mental Health Resources?<br>Check out the counselors resource page! <b><a href="https://padlet.com/bhsresources/86w7q3aeop5p" target="_blank">https://padlet.com/bhsresources/86w7q3aeop5p</a></b></font><br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><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>