<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:right;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#ff0000">Please do not reply to this email. Questions? Contact </font></span><a href="mailto:erikapistoni@berkeley.net" target="_blank" style="text-align:right">erikapistoni@berkeley.net</a><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div>Dear Sophomore Families, </font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks so much for attending our event on September 11th or have expressed an interest.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">We are sharing some resources and info that you might find useful:</font></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15PNQUO2jCKuXhkea1yb0mdcQzRC8x9Eg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">BHS 10th grade presentation</font></a></span></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TK-12-Calendar-24-25-Final-1-10-24.pdf" target="_blank">2024-25 Academic Calendar</a></span></font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BHS_CourseCatalog_2024-25_Final-Web-Revised.pdf" target="_blank">24-25 Course Catalog</a></span></font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/16PLNYp7zjjwk2MbkGDvx5vdzzWjWwW-J/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">RIASEC.pdf</a> (Career Assessment)</font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We send CCC communications via the E-Tree. </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">To subscribe, send an e-mail message to </span><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">bhs-request@lmi.net</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> with "subscribe" as the first and only word in the subject line.</span></p></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Follow us on Instagram! </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">@berkeleyhs_collegecareercenter</span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><img width="131" height="132" src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/slidesz/AGV_vUe9trBiVF7lu7cfWxS0iS28VVJdV-WunTu1IAvBHvmILaGowaYsJRnbtU5dgaLT6S7evz9ET_kuj275jV5bEpp3mROX-jGshiFOh9Rd-yxafYpmoayAr4JY5kU-pnnfvRrG8k3tPgHNJCDkuz9HoRyXlIGA8905=s2048?key=rnI5LGQbLSFycYVXob7iiw" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-right: 0px;"><br></p></li></ul><br><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">IB Diploma info from Ms Navarro: </p></li></ul>T<span style="font-family:georgia,serif">he presentation focused on the American college system and when asked a question about the IB diploma, I think my answer was not as nuanced as the situation called for. </span><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">- For American schools, the IB diploma is a distinction. It shows the student has challenged themselves but the scores that a school sees are only predictions until July when the grading is done. Based on differing school policies, IB diploma recipients can sometimes graduate early or jump ahead in their courses. Credit is often only given for HL exams. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">- For Canadian and European schools the IB diploma carries a lot of weight as it demonstrates the student has achieved a high benchmark when in the same pool as international applicants. So, if your student and family is considering international schools, the IB diploma can make the application process <a href="https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/before/accepted-qualifications" target="_blank">easier</a> but the diploma is often a requirement.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img src="cid:ii_m10w2onu0" alt="IMG_20240913_083441.jpg" width="874" height="571" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabind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