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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(246,0,11)">Please do not reply to this email. If you have questions, contact the World Languages Department at  <a href="mailto:worldlanguageplacement@berkeley.net"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">worldlanguageplacement@berkeley.net</span></a>.<span class="gmail-s2" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14.7px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span> </p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:14px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(251,0,7)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear Parents & Guardians of Students Entering BHS in 2024:</p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The World Languages placement test for incoming students of all languages <b>EXCEPT FRENCH</b> (see instructions for the French test below) will take place VIA <span class="gmail-s3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,11)"><b>ZOOM</b></span> on <b>Saturday, April 13th, 2024. </b>The test for students taking a Spanish or Mandarin placement test will start at 9:30 AM. The Latin placement tests will start at 11:00 AM. </p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>The FRENCH EXAM will be done </b><span class="gmail-s3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,11)"><b>IN PERSON</b></span><b> at Berkeley High School on Tuesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 11th, 2024 at 3:45 p.m</b><span class="gmail-s4" style="color:rgb(24,25,27)"><b>.</b></span><b>  </b> After you register, you will receive an email confirming the date and time that corresponds to you, as well as the exact location for the test at Berkeley High.</p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Who Should Take a Placement Test?</b></p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
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<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">Students with little or no previous language experience are <i>automatically</i> placed in level 1. They <b>DO NOT</b> need to take this test. </span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">Students who have completed two years of the same language in middle school will be placed in Level 2. This includes students from within BUSD, as well as from private and independent/private schools.  They <b>DO NOT</b> need to take this test.</span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">Students from Longfellow Middle School dual immersion program will automatically be placed by Ms. Patterson and we will accept her recommendation. They <b>DO NOT</b> need to take this test.</span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">Students who were in a level at BHS last year, will move on to the next logical level, provided they earned a C or better  in the previous class.  They <b>DO NOT</b> need to take this test. </span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">Are you a Spanish native speaker or have native-like proficiency and want to test into the first or second level of Spanish-for-Native-Speakers classes?  </span><span class="gmail-s3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,11)"><b>THIS TEST IS FOR YOU and you need to register below</b></span><span class="gmail-s5"><b>. </b></span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">Do you want to skip a level? Do you want to start at a level that is higher than one of the above automatic placements? </span><span class="gmail-s3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,11)"><b>THIS TEST IS FOR YOU and you need to  complete the registration below.</b></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In order for a student to participate in one of these tests, you must do the following:</p>
<ol class="gmail-ol1">
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">For all languages <b>EXCEPT FRENCH</b>, complete <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddizNpCoeeelYELmNhMQriXv3zVKKQI_ASnn0XtCr5sVGyKw/viewform?usp=sf_link"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">this</span></a> registration form</span></li>
</ol>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<ol class="gmail-ol1">
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b></b><span class="gmail-s5"><b>IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PLACEMENT EXAM FOR FRENCH, REGISTER </b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrsY4R8fqLun4VfT8qQwYnURLAAsO3zS2iPjIcU6SoPmR5Vw/viewform?usp=sf_link"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><b>here</b></span></a></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<ol class="gmail-ol1">
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,11)">ALL REGISTRATIONS FORMS must be completed by MARCH 1st, 2024. </span><span class="gmail-s5"> Register only once, please. Students who did not not pre-register will <b>NOT</b> be able to take the test. </span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">After you complete the registration, you will receive confirmation within 2 weeks. Spanish, Mandarin, and Latin test takers will receive the Zoom link by </span><span class="gmail-s3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,11)">March 28th, 2024.</span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">On the day of the test, students (EXCEPT FOR FRENCH who will take their exam in person) will enter the Zoom waiting room and will be called on one by one by the moderator to verify registration. Depending on the number of people testing, students could be in the waiting room for a long time. Be patient. Wait in the room until you are invited into the main session.</span></li>
<li class="gmail-li6" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s5">Your student should be prepared to do a one-on-one oral proficiency test with a language teacher as well as a short writing assignment.  For Spanish, Mandarin and Latin, the students will be monitored by a teacher on Zoom while they complete the written part. </span></li>
</ol>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please have your student be ready to stay on Zoom for approximately two hours. It will be best if the student uses a computer to take the placement test and <span class="gmail-s6" style="background-color:rgb(33,255,255)">not a cell phone</span>. We will use both the oral and written tests to determine the appropriate placement. Academic dishonesty of any kind including the use of electronic translators, such as Google Translate, is <b>prohibited</b> and will void results. The placement level determined by the World Language teachers is final. The placement results will be sent to parents and guardians <b>approximately</b> three weeks after the date of the test.</p>
<p class="gmail-p5" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p7" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><b>PLEASE NOTE that </b><span class="gmail-s3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,11)">students who are unable</span> to attend the Spring placement tests will be assessed by their assigned language teacher when the 2024-25 school year starts. Once we receive the results of the placement test, we will make the recommendation to the counselor. <b>No level changes can happen before then.</b></p>
<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,82,139);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p9" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(55,82,139);min-height:18px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p10" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(79,79,79);min-height:17px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p11" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(20,20,20)">_____________________________</p>
<p class="gmail-p12" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,62,120)">Nicole Chee, Chaghig Walker, Charlotte Le Liboux, and Shirley Hudacko 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-s7" style="color:rgb(15,56,137)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a>.</p>
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<p class="gmail-p14" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><span class="gmail-s8" style="text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/">BHS E-tree archives</a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p14" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><span class="gmail-s8" style="text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/">BHS website</a></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p12" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,62,120)">To post a message, send to: <a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s7" style="color:rgb(15,56,137)">bhs@lmi.net</span></a>.</p>
<p class="gmail-p13" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,0,36)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p12" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,62,120)">To <span class="gmail-s9" style="color:rgb(240,0,13)">unsubscribe</span> from the E-tree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s7" style="color:rgb(15,56,137)">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-s7" style="color:rgb(15,56,137)">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-s7" style="color:rgb(15,56,137)">bhs-owner@lmi.net.</span></a></p>
<p class="gmail-p13" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,0,36)"> </p>
<p class="gmail-p12" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,62,120)">To subscribe to the E-tree, send an email to <a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><span class="gmail-s7" style="color:rgb(15,56,137)">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a> with one word only in the subject line: subscribe. </p>
<p class="gmail-p15" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,62,120);min-height:14px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p12" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(42,62,120)">PLEASE NOTE: The system will send a confirmation email;<b> the subscription or unsubscription will not be complete until you follow the link in that email and confirm that you want to subscribe or unsubscribe</b>. Tip: Check your spam folder if you do not see the confirmation message shortly after you subscribe/unsubscribe! </p>
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