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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(251,2,7)">Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions, <span class="gmail-s1">p</span>lease contact Berkeley High Development Group <a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">info@bhsdg.org</span></a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </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:10px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:11px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>Please join us at the October </i><b><i>Berkeley High School Development Group</i></b><i> (BHSDG) board meeting. BHSDG meetings are open to the public.  This month's meeting is </i><b><i>Monday, October 4, </i></b><i>from 7 - 9 p.m. via Zoom. </i>This month's agenda includes discussions on monthly grant requests, general updates, and a short presentation by BHS Principal Juan Raygoza and BIS/B-Tech Principal Heidi Weber. Please email (<a href="mailto:info@bhsdg.org"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">info@bhsdg.org</span></a>) with any questions in advance of the meeting or check out our website at <a href="http://www.bhsdg.org/"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">www.bhsdg.org</span></a><span class="gmail-s3" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i> </i></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>The Berkeley High School Development Group is an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1991 by a group of parent volunteers to ensure the quality and excellence of Berkeley High School. Our mission is to support and strengthen the educational experience of all BHS students by raising and distributing funds.</i></p>
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<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Meeting ID: 843 3877 5821</p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Passcode: dwPVW6</p>
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<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b><br></b></p><p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>WHAT HAVE YOUR DONATIONS FUNDED RECENTLY? </b></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Your giving to BHSDG funds after-school tutoring, classroom supplies, software, teacher professional development, technology, college-application support, and many other activities. Without your donations, the BHS experience would simply not be the same. Highlights of grants funded at our first meeting of the 2021-22 school year on August 30 include these programs benefiting students:</p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>Multilingual Program Constructing Meaning curriculum units ($361). </b>Your support last year helped teachers in the Multilingual Program purchase two units of the "Constructing Meaning" curriculum, which is designed to offer academic language support for English Language Learners. This new grant will pay for additional units, with the goal of helping all students achieve full English proficiency.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>Street Level Data Course ($400). </b>As part of ongoing anti-racist professional development, BHS teachers created an equitable grading framework to better support achievement for students of color. This grant will support this work by allowing one teacher to enroll in a course taught by an education reform advocate. The course is designed to help teachers center student experience when grading in addition to elements that are typically measured, like grades or attendance; and the participating teacher will share course content and lessons with fellow teachers.</p>
<p class="gmail-p9" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>Girls' Support Group ($400). </b> This funding will create a support group for girls at Berkeley High to help them in all aspects of their lives and assist them with navigating a range of life issues like relationships, college, coping skills, jobs, money, and school.</p>
<p class="gmail-p6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>Creating AAPI History Curriculum ($2,500).</b> Global History and Theory of Knowledge teacher Le Tran will research and design the curriculum for an Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) History course. This project was undertaken in response to student requests for a more thorough study of AAPI origins, cultures, experiences, and impacts on US history. The goal is to deepen knowledge of AAPI history and related content and to support and foster the growth of our AAPI students and community at BHS.</p>
<p class="gmail-p9" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>Berkeley High Robotics Team ($5,703).</b>  The BHS Robotics team will purchase a new CNC machine for the Robotics lab. This will give the Robotics team and students in Robotics and other classes access to two CNC machines. These machines cut metal more easily than standard tools and create more efficiency in the build process. Most importantly, BHS students will have access to advanced machining tools and can acquire valuable skills and experience. </p>
<p class="gmail-p9" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>Skateboard Workshop ($2,870).</b>  The CTE Engineering and Carpentry programs will offer two semester-long after-school or weekend workshops in which students will design and build their own skateboard under the guidance of CTE teacher Dirk Wright and using equipment and materials from the Engineering and Carpentry classes. This workshop is designed for students who are underrepresented in engineering/trades and might not otherwise sign up for a full-year course in one of these departments.</p>
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<p class="gmail-p13" 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(70,103,157)">Nicole Chee, Jenny Fosket, Chaghig Walker, and Charlotte Le Liboux are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the E-tree; please direct any questions about the E-tree to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s5" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>.</p>
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<p class="gmail-p15" 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(12,97,171)"><span class="gmail-s4" style="text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/">BHS website<span class="gmail-s6" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(12,97,171)"></span></a></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p13" 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(70,103,157)">To <span class="gmail-s7" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(251,0,7)">unsubscribe</span> from the E-tree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s5" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> 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:  <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/"><span class="gmail-s5" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/</span></a>, or contact the E-tree moderators at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s5" style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-owner@lmi.net.</span></a></p>
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