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If you have any questions, </span><span style="color:rgb(251,2,7);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">p</span><span style="color:rgb(251,2,7);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">lease contact </span><a href="mailto:ptsaberkeleyhigh@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">ptsaberkeleyhigh@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(251,2,7);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px">.</span><span style="color:rgb(251,2,7);font-family:Arial;font-size:12px"> </span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#1a1a1a"><br></font><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Helvetica Neue"><br></font><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-align:center">PTSA January - June 2022 Bulletin</b><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Graduating Seniors</b><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">The PTSA extends congratulations to all BHS 2022 seniors. Within our ranks we’re saying farewell to two of our student execs. VP Marco Levine will be going to UC Santa Cruz next year. Secretary Hanim Nuru will be going to the University of Chicago. </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">A-G College Readiness Data Analysis</b><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Looking through the lens of graduating high school students who meet the A-G requirements of California’s 4-year public universities and breaking the data down into different ethnicities has yielded surprising results. Former BHS math teacher Peter Bloomsburg, currently getting a PHD in Data Science from the University of Michigan, shared his research with the PTSA. </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><i style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">About 25 years ago, I analyzed standardized test scores for White, Asian, African American and Hispanic students from several school districts in the county, including Berkeley and Oakland. I found that Berkeley had some of the best scores for every ethnic group. That was not true this time, twenty-five years later.</i><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Peter’s unprecedented use of A-G data to assess BHS’s ability to prepare its students has yielded eye-opening findings which are in his paper </span><i style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">"College Readiness of California High School Graduates"</i><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"> now on the PTSA website. </span><a href="https://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/infonew" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">https://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/infonew</span></a><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Notes on 2022 Meetings</b><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">January - Emotional Health Follow-up</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Mental health resources on the PTSA website’s new Wellness tab were discussed. They include those provided by the City of Berkeley. BHS alumni Eli Marx-Kahn presented on the neuroscience that supports the benefit of mindfulness underlying his Holistic Learning website, which he made available to BHS students this year. </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">February - Black History Month Celebration</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">The tone of the meeting was one of celebration and engagement with guests Spenser Pritchard, Dawn Williams, and Laura Babitt, a presentation from the Black Student Union. The meeting culminated in a fun-filled Kahoot that brought light to the traditions and culture of Kwansa and African American history. Check out the student winners of the PTSA’s Black History Month Art Contest </span><a href="https://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/2022-winners" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">https://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/2022-winners</span></a><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">March: The PTSA Reorganizes into Working Group Model</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">BHS needs clear avenues for parents, students, and teachers to collaborate and participate in the school’s well being. For this reason the PTSA has restructured its parent and student leadership into a working group model. This meeting introduced participants to the three working groups being launched by PTSA leaders: </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
<span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Community, Culture, and Hospitality - Sandra Loving & Bridgett Bernhard</span><br><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Emotional Health - Monique Buffler</span><br><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">504 and Admin Policy Reform - Mimi Pulich & Tatiana Guerriero Ramos</span><br><ul>
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</div></blockquote><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">April - the scheduled meeting was canceled/postponed </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">May - Block/Bell Schedule Redesign </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Vice Principal Harrison Blatt delivered a presentation to parents at our May meeting on what is now referred to as the Bell Schedule Redesign. The intent of this proposal is to create more on-campus time during the school day to better serve BHS students. At the PTSA’s November meeting on emotional health, several teachers and counselors shared their perspectives on how having a Block Schedule would afford Berkeley High students more opportunities to get teacher and emotional health support while on campus during the school day. At the PTSA’s May meeting, parents expressed concerns about how the proposed change might disrupt academic rigor at BHS and they questioned the value of the BHS Redesign Survey findings because there were so few responses to it. Like the U9, the bell schedule redesign is a teacher initiated proposal. If it goes forward, it will be implemented in the 2023-24 school year. </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">More information, including the presentation given at the PTSA meeting can be found on the BHS website: </span><a href="https://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/bell-schedule-redesign/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">https://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/bell-schedule-redesign/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"> </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Working Group Updates</b><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">The focus of the working groups launched this year has been to identify goals for next year. All groups will be updating the PTSA website this summer to communicate their plans and provide information for incoming and existing BHS families.</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">Emotional Health</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">The 2021-22 school year has highlighted the need for more services for BHS students. Already group leader Monique Buffler has gotten the ball rolling on a parent lecture series and reviving the MEET program in her pursuits as she gathers knowledge of resources, networks with BHS staff and students. If you have or know of any resources that will support our students, families, and staff, this is the group you want to connect with.</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">Community, Culture, and Hospitality</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Be it coffee one morning for the Safety Officers or getting the food trucks back to Back to School night, any opportunity to build community, celebrate our cultural diversity, and further acts of appreciation is within this working group’s domain. It has attracted a lot of parent interest that has yet to be tapped into, but “2022-23 is the year we will make things happen,” says Sandra Loving, group leader.</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;text-indent:48px">504 and Administrative Policy Reform</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">The 504 working group’s identified goals for the upcoming school year are to: illuminate the 504 process and identify the holes, provide missing resources for families, students, and staff, and identify and reform BHS administrative policies that don’t put students’ needs first.</span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Join Our Efforts</b><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">If you’re interested in joining one of the PTSA’s working groups or you have ideas about creating another please contact us. </span><a href="mailto:ptsaberkeleyhigh@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">ptsaberkeleyhigh@gmail.com</span></a><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">The PTSA’s student president, Anaya Loving, will be a senior next year and at present is our only student exec. Students with a vision to make Berkeley High better either through leadership or as part of a working group should contact Anaya at </span><a href="mailto:bhsptsa.students@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">bhsptsa.students@gmail.com</span></a><br><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"> </span><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">About the PTSA</b><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Meetings take place via Zoom; meeting information is on the PTSA website.</span><a href="https://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/meeting-resources" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">https://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/meeting-resources</span></a><br><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Watch this short video to learn more about the PTSA</span><br><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYqHncSaqqbthEGu0fFu46DDF2mEHtaK/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HYqHncSaqqbthEGu0fFu46DDF2mEHtaK/view?usp=sharing</a><br><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">The PTSA does not actively fundraise, instead we ask for member donations. 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