<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-985175f1-7fff-fc66-d205-897f341505a3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:42pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please do not reply to this email. </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;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 questions, contact </span><a href="mailto:sallymclaughlin@berkeley.net" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sallymclaughlin@berkeley.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;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><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please Support Berkeley School Families this Holiday Season! </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(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you all who have donated to the Office of Family Engagement & Equity Holiday Gift Card Fund!  We encourage others to join us to meet our goal!</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(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Berkeley Public Schools Fund and the Office of Family Engagement & Equity (OFEE) are working together to raise money for the annual Holiday Gift Card program, providing extra support to families in need at Berkeley High and every other school in BUSD. Our goal is to raise $35,000 to provide $50 gift cards to 700 BUSD families.</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(68,68,68);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The holiday time is challenging for our families who are already economically stressed. The holiday gift cards help ease this stress and show these families that the District and our community cares about their wellbeing.” </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Carol Perez, Office of Family Engagement & Equity  </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(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We ask for your generous support of this year's Holiday Gift Card fund.  Donations can be made</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://www.berkeleypublicschoolsfund.org/holiday-gift-cards/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;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;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </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(68,68,68);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If your family is needing extra support during the holiday season, please contact your school’s Office of Family Engagement & Equity counselor.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,118,29);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">------------------------------------</span></p><div style="color:rgb(70,103,157);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11px">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" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>.</span></div><p style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span style="font-size:11px"> </span></p><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(12,97,171)"><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="1">BHS E-tree archives<span style="color:rgb(12,97,171)"></span></font></a></div><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(12,97,171)"><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="1">BHS website<span style="color:rgb(12,97,171)"></span></font></a></div><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(12,97,171)"><font size="1"><a href="https://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BUSD-Calendar-K12-22-23.pdf" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">BUSD 2022-2023 Calendar</a><br></font></div><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(12,97,171)"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XoKaZIol254f7rDheAHhgr1FEJWfEOS2e4nU7_4LcqM/edit" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="1">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación</font><span style="color:rgb(12,97,171);font-size:11px"></span></a></div><p style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span style="font-size:11px"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(70,103,157);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11px">To post a message, send to: <a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs@lmi.net</span></a>.</span></div><p style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span style="font-size:11px"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(70,103,157);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11px">To <span style="color:rgb(251,0,7)">unsubscribe</span> from the E-tree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span 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/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span 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" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-owner@lmi.net.</span></a></span></div><p style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px;color:rgb(62,0,63)"><span style="font-size:11px"> </span></p><div style="color:rgb(70,103,157);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11px">To <span>subscribe</span> to the E-tree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(12,97,171)">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> with one word only in the subject line: subscribe. </span></div><div style="color:rgb(70,103,157);font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11px"><br></span></div><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><div style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><font color="#46679d" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11px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