Check out the jam packed online store of shirts, hoodies, jackets, and headwear just in time for the chilly air. The store has a range of items and prices for everyone’s budget. The store will be open for orders until November 5th. The items will be made and shipped to the BHS leadership office before winter break with no delays, fingers crossed. You will be notified once the items are here for pickup.
Click below for the full catalog of over 50 items…
Get your jacket gear today!Each purchase supports BHS Leadership & Activities. Store closes on November 5th.
Girls lacrosse is hosting conditioning and preseason training on Wednesdays 3:45-4:30 before Strength and Conditioning in the weight room at the cement/blacktop between the locker rooms and M building.
We are an environmentalist club focused on keeping California beaches clean and getting students community service hours. We hope to travel to many locations to clean beaches and help restore aquatic environments. We meet at C213 every Thursday at lunch, Snacks provided!
Clearance paperwork takes about 20 minutes to complete. Have your Student ID number and health insurance information ready, including policy number, and a copy of your license and auto insurance (if you intend to help carpool), and take a picture of and scan your physical in order to upload it into Home Campus (please make sure the physician signs, dates, and stamps it)
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: I’ve done the Home Campus clearance but it still says pending
A: We’re working on it!!! Grades were just submitted. We’ll be clearing right up to noon on the day of tryouts!
Q: My physical expires during the season
A: Please get a new before Nov 4
Q: My physical expires during the season but my insurance won’t let me get a new one until it’s been a year since the last one
A: Your doctor’s office may complete the form without requiring a physical exam, send it to them and ask. Otherwise, we recommend going to a local clinic, click here for some options. Some charge as little as $25. You can go to your family physician through your insurance over the summer to reset the 1 year clock to a more convenient time in the year. Here is a downloadable copy of our physical form.
A: No. Any “pre-participation physical” form will suffice. Whatever form/format you use, PLEASE make sure the physician DATES, SIGNS, and STAMPS the form and clearly notes that your student athlete is “cleared to participate with no restrictions” (or some similar line).
Q: What happens if I’m not cleared by the first day? A: You cannot practice/participate. Many teams have competitive tryouts and this can impact your chances of making the team. Contact coaches ASAP if you have extenuating circumstances
Q: I play a fall sport that still has practices and games during the week of 11/4. What should I do?
A: Contact the coach of the winter team you wish to play for to arrange a make-up tryout. It is not safe (or fair) for you to do two rigorous practices in one day. You are entitled to a make-up tryout but you must communicate with the coach ahead of time.
Q: What should I do if I have an unavoidable scheduling conflict with a tryout day(s)? (other than being a fall athlete)
A: Please contact coaches immediately to discuss make-up options if you have scheduling conflicts. There is no guarantee that coaches can accommodate you.
Q: I don’t remember seeing an email about my clearance status. How can I check if I’m ‘In Progress’ (incomplete), ‘Pending’ (everything done and waiting for ADs to check grades), ‘Denied’ (something is wrong with my physical), ‘Practice Only’ (uncleared transfer or grades issue), or ‘Cleared’? A: Go to https://www.homecampus.com/login
1) Log in using the email and password you set 2) This will take you to the “My Student/Athlete Clearances” page. 3) You should see existing registrations under “My Student/Athlete Clearances” – if not, change the year to 2024-2025 and hit search.
Note: check your spam folder if you’ve never received an email from HOME CAMPUS
Note: the steps described above will also help you identify if you have duplicate registrations that can be deleted.
Q: I registered before I had my physical ready. I now have it. How do I upload it? A: To upload your physical, take a picture or scan of it and then,
1) Go to https://www.homecampus.com/login 2) Log in using the email and password you set 3) This will take you to the “My Student/Athlete Clearances” page. 4) Click on the “Files” Icon of your 2024-2025 clearance 5) Upload your physical here and then hit “save and continue”
A: You should also be selecting those sports when you submit your clearance on HOME CAMPUS. We will clear athletes for those sports after semester 1 grades post in January. Spring sports begin on February 10th
Q: How can I support BHS Athletics? A: Amazing question! There are several ways:
1) Volunteer for team jobs – coaches will have preseason meetings and be soliciting help for tasks ranging from team parent, to drivers, to snack coordinators, to uniform coordinators, to scoreboard operators, etc. 2) Donate to the Berkeley Athletic Fund! You will have an opportunity to donate during the clearance process. BAF helps support coaching stipends and funds capital projects, team travel, uniforms and equipment. 3) Come to a BAF meeting or, even better, become a BAF team rep. BAF meets once a month. CONTACT BAF for more info 4) Be exemplary student-athlete parents/guardians/fans that cheer respectfully for both sides, model respect for the rules, officials, and coaches, and help our student-athletes be the best they can be.
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
BHS Soccer Without Borders is hosting an equipment drive!!
Donate balls, shin guards, cleats, athletic clothing or any other athletic equipment the week of 10/21-10/25. There will be a box for donations in the Leadership Office!
Come hear this year’s five BHS Jazz big bands! You’ll be amazed at what our performers have learned in just a couple of months since school started. Repertoire includes jazz standards and unusual arrangements directed by BHS Jazz CoDirectors Sarah Cline and Robert Figueroa. Student-led combos also perform at each show.
Tues., Oct. 22: Ten O’clock* Band and Three O’clock Band and combos
Wed., Oct. 23: Eleven O’clock Band and Two O’clock Band and combos
Thur., Oct. 24: Jazz Ensemble and combos
All shows start at 7:00 p.m. at Berkeley High’s Little Theatre. Admission: Free under 18 and BUSD staff. Adults $10, tix at the door. Bring family and friends! We will have food and merch for sale. *Fun fact: BHS Jazz big bands are named by the time their class meets.
Hey Jackets! Are you interested in creating cards/kid kits (care packages) to uplift hospitalized children? Join Create for Kids! We provide materials and volunteer hours, 30 minutes for each card while a care package is 1 hour. Friendly reminder that halloween cards are due by October 22nd, at the end of our lunch meeting! Follow our instagram for more updates:)
MENTAL HEALTH PEER EDUCATOR PROGRAM & TOBACCO USE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM
Hello from the Wellness Center and Ms. Kitzya, the Wellness Counselor.
The Mental Health Peer Educator Program has began meeting and will begin being present across campus and school media. We are excited to open up our Mental Health Peer Educator (MHPE) Program application and Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Program application. If you are interested in gaining new skills and knowledge please review the two flyers for each program with a QR Code and link to apply. We will also have flyers posted around school and applications in the Wellness Center that you can access every Wednesday during lunch time.
If you are selected for the MHPE Program, you will be selected for an interview with one of our current Peer Educators. If you are selected for TUPE Program, you will meet with Ms. Kitzya the Wellness Counselor and TUPE Coordinator, for a brief interview.
These programs are available to 10th and 11th graders.
We can’t wait to meet you all who are interested and to continue spreading awareness of mental health and substance use support.
Are you interested in studying in a different country this summer?
In the last two summers, over 70 Berkeley High students studied abroad in countries such as Spain, Italy, South Africa, Costa Rica, South Korea, France, and many more.
There will be information about the programs offered, scholarships, and the application process. An information session on summer study abroad will happen in the CCC at LUNCHTIME and AFTER SCHOOL on Wednesday October 23th
Come see Berkeley High’s production of Macbeth! Tickets are sold out online, however, there is still walkup tickets available! If you show up at least 30 minutes before any show you are very likely to get in!
The show dates and times are:
Wed. Oct 30th 2024, 5:00 pm
Fri. Nov 1st 2024, 7:00 pm
Sat. Nov 2nd 2024, 7:00 pm
Wed. Nov 6th 2024, 6:00 pm
Thu. Nov 7th 2024, 6:00 pm
Fri. Nov 8th 2024, 7:00 pm
All shows are in the Hall of Fame.
(Outside the Berkeley High Community Theater)
Tickets are sold out: https://onthestage.tickets/berkeley-high-theater
The BHS Counselors will host a Trick Or Treating event for all students on Thursday October 31st! Make sure to wear your favorite outfit to celebrate a day of fun with counselors. The Trick or Treating Event will be held during lunch on the campus green. See you there!
Global Glimpse is an organization that provides scholarships for juniors going into their senior year to visit a Latin American country for two weeks over summer. It’s an education trip so you visit local businesses, work alongside the people, learn about the culture, and contribute to a project that helps the community in some way. The info session is taking place on 10/16 after school from 6-8pm in the library. Please attend if interested or email Mr. Nathan for more info.
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
Come hear this year’s five BHS Jazz big bands! You’ll be amazed at what our performers have learned in just a couple of months since school started. Repertoire includes jazz standards and unusual arrangements directed by BHS Jazz CoDirectors Sarah Cline and Robert Figueroa. Student-led combos also perform at each show.
Tues., Oct. 22: Ten O’clock* Band and Three O’clock Band and combos
Wed., Oct. 23: Eleven O’clock Band and Two O’clock Band and combos
Thur., Oct. 24: Jazz Ensemble and combos
All shows start at 7:00 p.m. at Berkeley High’s Little Theatre. Admission: Free under 18 and BUSD staff. Adults $10, tix at the door. Bring family and friends! We will have food and merch for sale. *Fun fact: BHS Jazz big bands are named by the time their class meets.
MENTAL HEALTH PEER EDUCATOR PROGRAM & TOBACCO USE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM
Hello from the Wellness Center and Ms. Kitzya, the Wellness Counselor.
The Mental Health Peer Educator Program has began meeting and will begin being present across campus and school media. We are excited to open up our Mental Health Peer Educator (MHPE) Program application and Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Program application. If you are interested in gaining new skills and knowledge please review the two flyers for each program with a QR Code and link to apply. We will also have flyers posted around school and applications in the Wellness Center that you can access every Wednesday during lunch time.
If you are selected for the MHPE Program, you will be selected for an interview with one of our current Peer Educators. If you are selected for TUPE Program, you will meet with Ms. Kitzya the Wellness Counselor and TUPE Coordinator, for a brief interview.
These programs are available to 10th and 11th graders.
We can’t wait to meet you all who are interested and to continue spreading awareness of mental health and substance use support.
Are you interested in studying in a different country this summer?
In the last two summers, over 70 Berkeley High students studied abroad in countries such as Spain, Italy, South Africa, Costa Rica, South Korea, France, and many more.
There will be information about the programs offered, scholarships, and the application process. An information session on summer study abroad will happen in the CCC at LUNCHTIME and AFTER SCHOOL on Wednesday October 23th
Come see Berkeley High’s production of Macbeth! Tickets are sold out online, however, there is still walkup tickets available! If you show up at least 30 minutes before any show you are very likely to get in!
The show dates and times are:
Wed. Oct 30th 2024, 5:00 pm
Fri. Nov 1st 2024, 7:00 pm
Sat. Nov 2nd 2024, 7:00 pm
Wed. Nov 6th 2024, 6:00 pm
Thu. Nov 7th 2024, 6:00 pm
Fri. Nov 8th 2024, 7:00 pm
All shows are in the Hall of Fame.
(Outside the Berkeley High Community Theater)
Tickets are sold out: https://onthestage.tickets/berkeley-high-theater
The BHS Counselors will host a Trick Or Treating event for all students on Thursday October 31st! Make sure to wear your favorite outfit to celebrate a day of fun with counselors. The Trick or Treating Event will be held during lunch on the campus green. See you there!
BHS Soccer Without Borders is hosting an equipment drive!!
Donate balls, shin guards, cleats, athletic clothing or any other athletic equipment the week of 10/21-10/25. There will be a box for donations in the Leadership Office!
General $20 credit online, Paypal, Venmo & Zelle in person
Free & Reduced $10 <in person only
In person sales on Wednesdays & Fridays in Leadership Office
Rally day is historically an event in which harassment and assault are prominent.
Women’s Student Union and BHS Stop Harassing are collaborating next Tuesday at lunch in a meeting to educate about and prevent the perpetual harm on rally day.
Global Glimpse is an organization that provides scholarships for juniors going into their senior year to visit a Latin American country for two weeks over summer. It’s an education trip so you visit local businesses, work alongside the people, learn about the culture, and contribute to a project that helps the community in some way. The info session is taking place on 10/16 after school from 6-8pm in the library. Please attend if interested or email Mr. Nathan for more info.
Asian Pacific Islander Club will be hosting API graduation
Asian Pacific Islander Club will be hosting API graduation at the end of the year! To interested seniors, please fill out this interest form as soon as possible.
Sunrise is a club working for climate justice for all.
We are excited to announce that we have a phone banking event, next week on Thursday, October 17th in room G103, at lunch. In this event, we will call people around the country to encourage them to vote in this upcoming election. If you want to be a part of making change in this country, be there!
GSA is the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, where we talk about queer topics. We are hoping to have enough participants to have a Queer Prom this Spring, but we need lots of interested people! We meet in C127 (Ms. Boylan’s room) on FRIDAY LUNCHES. We’re looking for students able to join and be on leadership throughout the year.
All girls interested in playing soccer for Berkeley High this winter please plan to attend our annual preseason meeting – it will be held after school on Friday, October 11th from 3:45 to 4:30pm – meet at the senior steps. Soccer tryouts begin November 4th – be sure to go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and register for clearance today! (get your annual physical scheduled asap, so you can upload your signed physical)
You’ll meet our new (& familiar) coaching staff, we’ll respond to questions raised in recent player (& parent) surveys, and get ready to kickoff the high school season… #gojackets!
Friday, October 11th @ 3:45pm
meet at senior steps @ BHS
Girls Softball
Attention Softball Players –
Students interested in playing BHS softball this spring are invited to attend an information meeting to learn more about the program on Wednesday, October 16 at 4:30 in the right field bleachers of the softball field.
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
Please fill out this name change form for yearbook if you go by another name than listed in Infinite Campus. Please do not fill out this form if you just go by a nickname.
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
We will teach students to become the future leaders of tomorrow by learning about, public speaking, debating political topics, writing in all forms, organizing events, networking, and historical events that have affected how leaders organize and inflict social change. Our first official meeting will take place this Thursday from 4 – 5 , usually we will go till 5:30 but this is the first official meeting of the year! We plan to focus on public speaking for the first lesson.If you are passionate about advocating within your writing, then please do drop by! We meet at H102a Thursdays 4-5:30 weekly.This week will only be 4-5!
Attention students – this Saturday we will be hosting Saturday School in the M building from 9 to 12pm. It’s a great way to earn make up hours for attendance and get some work done! Anyone can attend and we hope to see you there.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP with the google link so we can plan to know how much food to buy since lunch and snacks will be provided.
Meet Ms. Michelle Chen, Career Guide from the Alameda County of Education (ACOE). ACOE is working with Berkeley High to ensure that all students get guidance about post-secondary options, including those not attending four-year college. As a part of that initiative, Ms. Michelle, will be on campus weekly to provide expert guidance into the trades.
She will be at the College & Career Center on Tuesdays between 8:30-4:30pm to support our students and recent grads gain access to the skilled trades and green alternatives. To learn more about the initiative, please visit: www.acoe.org/gcgi.
Would you like to be a changemaker in your community? Join The Changemaker Club where you’ll learn about social and climate justice issues, work to develop an innovative solution, and pitch your project for funding at the Changemaker Foundation. Check out @we_make_change_ and visit their website thechangemakerproject.org to learn more about how you can be the change in your community you wish to see!
Please note that you have to be nominated by your teacher, in order to be part of the Club, as we only have a limited number of nominee slots available! All the teachers need to do is to send a list of student names + emails to our faculty sponsor (melissajimenez@berkeley.net) who can collect them and let them know that their nominee has been selected to be a part of the changemaker club.
The first Library Advisory Board meeting will be at lunch on Tuesday, Oct. 8 in the BHS Library. We’ll have yummy snacks to share, talk about the club activities for the year, and get your ideas for how to make the BHS Library extra awesome!
Are you a piano player or have knowledge regarding music theory? If so, join our new club Keys for Kids! We have partnered with Washington elementary school to create an after school class where BHS students will work in small groups teaching the basics of piano and music theory. The club will run after school every Tuesday from 4-5!
This is Luis and Molly the SHIFT Program Coordinators located at the Health Center and we are excited to introduce the SHIFT Program. SHIFT is a paid peer to peer program where you the students will learn about sexual health, then present it to your fellow classmates. We are looking for open minded community driven individuals who are welcome to learning new skills. No experience is necessary. We will be teaching and learning together!
Art Submissions for Chicanx/Latinx history month issue!
The Jacket is excited to announce that we are opening up our art submissions for Chicanx/Latinx history month issue! We encourage you to submit your work, which could be an art piece, photo, poem, or anything else you desire. Submissions are due on Friday, October 4th.
All girls interested in playing soccer for Berkeley High this winter, please plan to attend our annual preseason meeting. It will be held after school on Friday, October 11th from 3:45 to 4:30pm – meet at entrance to softball field.
Soccer tryouts begin November 4th – be sure to go to www.homecampus.com and register today!
You’ll meet our new (& familiar) coaching staff, we’ll respond to questions raised in recent player (& parent) surveys, and get ready to kickoff the high school season… #gojackets!
Hello Returning Student-Athletes,
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
Vote for school board candidates, US President, and state props. The BHS results will be combined with hundreds of thousands of other CA students participating in their own mock election.
Location: San Francisco Main Library @ SFPL’s Children’s Center
Saturday, October 12th, 10 AM-5 PM
AND Sunday, October 13th, 10 AM – 3 PM
LEARN MORE and REGISTER HERE — SPACE IS LIMITED to 100 spots!
2 days, 11 hours, 100 teens generating thousands of ideas for tech solutions to community problems!
Like all our events, the TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon is free, beginner-friendly, and open to all Bay Area teens. New hackers are encouraged to participate. We’ll have a special award category for first-time hackers and $1000 worth of PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS throughout the two-day long event! Workshops will be available on how to design your own website, mobile apps, and video games.
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
We encourage all dancers, singers, performers, or people who just want to try something new to sign-up to audition! Auditions will take place during the first week of October but you will not be able to audition if you don’t sign up, so sign up ASAP!
Details will come out to those who sign-up very soon, and as always please reach out to us at ourmonologuesbhs@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.
Keys For Kids
Are you a piano player or have knowledge regarding music theory? If so, join our new club Keys for Kids! We have partnered with Washington elementary school to create an after school class where BHS students will work in small groups teaching the basics of piano and music theory. The club will run after school every Tuesday from 4-5!
Hi, this is Simon Scurlock president of the BHS movie club. Are you interested in watching and maybe making movies. If so, head to MR. Smith’s class this Monday, September 30th for more details.
This is Luis and Molly the SHIFT Program Coordinators located at the Health Center and we are excited to introduce the SHIFT Program. SHIFT is a paid peer to peer program where you the students will learn about sexual health, then present it to your fellow classmates. We are looking for open minded community driven individuals who are welcome to learning new skills. No experience is necessary. We will be teaching and learning together!
Art Submissions for Chicanx/Latinx history month issue!
The Jacket is excited to announce that we are opening up our art submissions for Chicanx/Latinx history month issue! We encourage you to submit your work, which could be an art piece, photo, poem, or anything else you desire. Submissions are due on Friday, October 4th.
The BHS Cheer team is having a Pancake Fundraiser on Sept 28th from 8am-10am at Applebee’s located in Alameda, CA. The tickets are $20. You can purchase from any cheerleader or email coach Tiffany at tiffanysutherland@berkeley.net .
Thanks for your support!! GO JACKETS!!!!!
@bhs_cheerteam
Join us for BUSD’s first Fix-it Fest!
Learn to repair your broken items and help reduce waste in our community.
We will provide a workspace, tools, and guidance from a volunteer “”Repair Coach”” to help YOU disassemble, troubleshoot, and hopefully fix your item.
To register your item in advance (not required, but helps us plan) or for more information, visit our website: https://bit.ly/fixitfests
This is the first of three repair clinics being held during the 2024-25 school year to provide an opportunity for school & community members to learn how to repair household items.
WHAT’S UP BERKELEY HIGH! Girls Varsity Tennis would love to invite you all to come watch and cheer for us at an upcoming Home match. We currently hold an 8-1 record and just beat Alameda in an epic nail biter (slayyy). We play Bishop O’Dowd next Thursday at Merritt College and will soon be posting our entire match calendar all around the school. Please be sure to check it out for upcoming home matches! Go Jackets!
@bhswomenstennis
GIRLS SOCCER
All girls interested in playing soccer for Berkeley High this winter, please plan to attend our annual preseason meeting. It will be held after school on Friday, October 11th from 3:45 to 4:30pm – meet at entrance to softball field.
Soccer tryouts begin November 4th – be sure to go to www.homecampus.com and register today!
You’ll meet our new (& familiar) coaching staff, we’ll respond to questions raised in recent player (& parent) surveys, and get ready to kickoff the high school season… #gojackets!
BHS BOYS SOCCER
All boys interested in playing soccer for Berkeley High this winter please make plans to attend our annual preseason meeting on Tuesday, October 1st from 5:15 to 6:30pm at the Berkeley Sports Basement – 2727 Milvia Street. Soccer tryouts begin November 4th – go to www.homecampus.com and register today!
Todos los ninos interesados en jugar fútbol para Berkeley High este invierno hagan planes para asistir a nuestra reunion annual de pretemporade el martes 1 de octubre de 5:15 a 6:30pm en Berkeley Sports Basement – 2727 Milvia Street. Las pruebas de fútbol comienzan el 4 de noveimbre. ¡Visite www.homecampus.com y regístrese hoy!
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
Join BHS Henna Club! It’s every Monday at lunch in room C308 (Ms. Panebianco’s) and snacks are provided!! You get to learn about the roots/origin of henna and also how to use it. We will teach you guys designs and at one point, you will do them on others!!
Vote for school board candidates, US President, and state props. The BHS results will be combined with hundreds of thousands of other CA students participating in their own mock election.
47th Annual College Information Day – a FREE college and career event for middle and high school students and their families. More than 50 public and private colleges and universities will be represented, including those within the UC system, California State University, in-state and out-of-state Private Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Community Colleges.
Workshops on admission requirements, financial aid and scholarships for documented and undocumented students, and requirements to be a transfer student, will be offered in English and Spanish.
College Information Day will take place on Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 8:30am to 1:00pm on UC Berkeley’s campus at Dwinelle Hall.
Location: San Francisco Main Library @ SFPL’s Children’s Center
Saturday, October 12th, 10 AM-5 PM
AND Sunday, October 13th, 10 AM – 3 PM
LEARN MORE and REGISTER HERE — SPACE IS LIMITED to 100 spots!
2 days, 11 hours, 100 teens generating thousands of ideas for tech solutions to community problems!
Like all our events, the TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon is free, beginner-friendly, and open to all Bay Area teens. New hackers are encouraged to participate. We’ll have a special award category for first-time hackers and $1000 worth of PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS throughout the two-day long event! Workshops will be available on how to design your own website, mobile apps, and video games.
Berkeley High Community Club aims to support and foster a better community within Berkeley. We try to find different ways to innovate and better Berkeley as a whole. It’s a community service oriented club. We meet at G-211 every other Monday with pizza provided.
Do you want to be more creative? Do you need volunteer hours? Join create for kids! We are a new club here at BHS, a branch of a larger organization called Create For Kids. Essentially, our main purpose is to make cards and kits/gifts for hospitalized children! We meet every OTHER Tuesday in C320 starting 09/24. (WE PROVIDE SNACKS!!!)
To learn more, find out additional details and have questions answered follow our instagram! @createforkidsberkeley or email us at createforkidsbhs@gmail.com.
Register & Vote
All Oakland & Berkeley 16- and 17-year-olds are eligible to vote for their School Board in the upcoming election. You must register first before October 21st. To register online, you will need a driver’s license number, a state ID number, or the last 4 digits of your social security number.
Quick Links
Need a Replacement Student ID? September 30 is the next on-campus photo day.
Need a Locker? Visit C-210 during lunch or after school.
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
If you have a schoolwide event to promote, contact Mr. V
Suicide Prevention Parent Workshop
Wednesday, September 25
6:00 – 7:30 pm
BHS LIBRARY
BHS Wellness will be partnering with the Health Center to present a Suicide Prevention Lesson for BHS Families.
The suicide prevention education night will provide an open dialogue related to a tough topic that impacts our youth. Lizette, our health clinician, will guide families in understanding self harm and suicide through debunking myths, explaining protective factors, and more.
The Little Free Library Club is having a book drive! Drop off your used books at the A gate on Monday, September 23 before school. Donate a book, you get a free cookie!
Do you want to be more creative? Do you need volunteer hours? Join create for kids! We are a new club here at BHS, a branch of a larger organization called Create For Kids. Essentially, our main purpose is to make cards and kits/gifts for hospitalized children! We meet every OTHER Tuesday in C320 starting 09/24. (WE PROVIDE SNACKS!!!)
To learn more, find out additional details and have questions answered follow our instagram! @createforkidsberkeley or email us at createforkidsbhs@gmail.com.
This Sunday, September 22nd, join the deans and directors of Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Spelman, and Wellesley for a panel about all-women’s colleges and a short college fair. The event is at the Nueva School in San Mateo from 4:30-5:00.
47th Annual College Information Day – a FREE college and career event for middle and high school students and their families. More than 50 public and private colleges and universities will be represented, including those within the UC system, California State University, in-state and out-of-state Private Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Community Colleges.
Workshops on admission requirements, financial aid and scholarships for documented and undocumented students, and requirements to be a transfer student, will be offered in English and Spanish.
College Information Day will take place on Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 8:30am to 1:00pm on UC Berkeley’s campus at Dwinelle Hall.
The Disability Student Union is a place for students with any type of disability, visible or invisible, physical, mental, or emotional to un-mask, build community with peers, and advocate for equal disability rights at this school. We meet on Wednesdays starting today during lunch in M105.
GSA is the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, where we talk about queer topics. We are hoping to have enough participants to have a Queer Prom this Spring, but we need lots of interested people! We normally meet in C127 (Ms. Boylan’s room) on FRIDAY LUNCHES, but she is out currently, so we’re meeting on THE STUDENT GREEN on the concrete (same time). We’re looking for students able to join and be on leadership throughout the year.
All Oakland & Berkeley 16- and 17-year-olds are eligible to vote for their School Board in the upcoming election. You must register first before October 21st. To register online, you will need a driver’s license number, a state ID number, or the last 4 digits of your social security number.
SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM
BHS Civic Leaders is hosting a school board candidate forum! When? Tuesday October 8, 5:30-6:30 PM! Where? The BHS Little Theater! If you have any questions, please email bhscivicleaders@gmail.com
This is a reminder to submit and sign-up to audition for Our Monologues! If you don’t know what Our Monologues is, it is basically a collection of stories from the Berkeley High community performed by Berkeley High students through song, dance, and (of course) monologues! We cover a wide range of topics from identity to relationships to whatever teenagers care about at the time.
We encourage all dancers, singers, performers, or people who just want to try something new to sign-up to audition! Auditions will take place during the first week of October but you will not be able to audition if you don’t sign up, so sign up ASAP!
Details will come out to those who sign-up very soon, and as always please reach out to us at ourmonologuesbhs@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.
Audition for the BHS spring mystery musical!
Auditions will be held September 24th and 25th at 4pm in A101. Callbacks are October 1st and 2nd at 4pm in A-101. If you want more information come to the information sessions at lunch in A101 on September 10th and 18th.
All boys interested in playing soccer for Berkeley High this winter please make plans to attend our annual preseason meeting on Tuesday, October 1st from 5:15 to 6:30pm at the Berkeley Sports Basement – 2727 Milvia Street. Soccer tryouts begin November 4th – go to www.homecampus.com and register today!
Todos los ninos interesados en jugar fútbol para Berkeley High este invierno hagan planes para asistir a nuestra reunion annual de pretemporade el martes 1 de octubre de 5:15 a 6:30pm en Berkeley Sports Basement – 2727 Milvia Street. Las pruebas de fútbol comienzan el 4 de noveimbre. ¡Visite www.homecampus.com y regístrese hoy!
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
Please fill out the attached Google form if you go by a name different than the one that is listed in Infinite Campus. This is primarily for folks who are trans or go by their middle name, no nicknames please.
Yearbooks are available for presale!!
Right now they cost $75, but prices will rise on November 1st so make sure to order yours before then.
Code 16356
Seniors, it’s time to submit your senior quotes!
This is a special quote that can be funny, sentimental or anything in between. Submitting one ASAP ensures that yours will be featured in the book, so submit as soon as you can!
The BHS Cheer team is having a Pancake Fundraiser on Sept 28th from 8am-10am at Applebee’s located in Alameda, CA. The tickets are $20. You can purchase from any cheerleader or email coach Tiffany at tiffanysutherland@berkeley.net .
Join us for an evening of live music and conversation at the Hillside Club (2286 Cedar St). Author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton will discuss her book, “On the Rooftop” with host Lewis Watts, author of “Harlem of the West”. Featuring live jazz music by the legendary all women big band Melba’s Kitchen.
Have you ever thought about learning to play a tabletop role-playing game? Are you a grizzled Dungeons & Dragons adventurer? Does this all sound like nonsense, but you’re interested in having fun on a Friday afternoon in a relaxed and inclusive space? Come on down to Teen Room at North Branch for games at the library!
Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate Application Workshop
We are looking for our 2025 Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate! If you are interested in applying, come check out our application workshop on Tuesday, September 24th in the Teen Room at Central. We will help you with your resume and selecting/editing poems to submit.
We are now accepting registrations for all new and returning clubs. You will need two student leaders, a certificated staff sponsor and a place you meet on campus. You can register and submit all documents at the link below.
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
All boys interested in playing soccer for Berkeley High this winter please make plans to attend our annual preseason meeting on Tuesday, October 1st from 5:15 to 6:30pm at the Berkeley Sports Basement – 2727 Milvia Street. Soccer tryouts begin November 4th – go to www.homecampus.com and register today!
Todos los ninos interesados en jugar fútbol para Berkeley High este invierno hagan planes para asistir a nuestra reunion annual de pretemporade el martes 1 de octubre de 5:15 a 6:30pm en Berkeley Sports Basement – 2727 Milvia Street. Las pruebas de fútbol comienzan el 4 de noveimbre. ¡Visite www.homecampus.com y regístrese hoy!
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
On September 17th there will be a BHS Civic Leaders Voter Registration event going on all day in the BHS library and out on the Campus Green at lunch. This event is for all people who want to register or pre-register to vote. In Berkeley, it is possible for people 16 and up to vote in the School Board Election. Come for the chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card as well as grab some candy!
Join AC Speaks and help lead our large and diverse community.
Join AC Speaks! We are the leadership team of Academic Choice, and we are working to plan fun events this school year such as field trips and the sophomore brunch. In order to make them happen, we need your help! Come to Mr. Smith’s classroom, C112 on Wednesday at lunch to become involved in planning events to bring the AC community together!
If you’re interested, scan the QR code below or click THIS link.
Represent your hive! Even if you have not thought of yourself as a leader, you should consider adding your name to the 9th Grade Leadership Lottery. Instead of an election or interview, ASB Leadership will be conducting a lottery to select one representative from each Hive and an additional five students from any hive.
We are a part of the BHS Jacket, and every two weeks we create podcast episodes about the BHS community, and what’s going on around Berkeley. If you’re interested in interviewing, audio editing, writing scripts, and much more, please consider joining The Buzz! Applications are due Friday, September 13!
The Berkeley High Jacket is excited to announce that we are opening up applications for writers, photographers, illustrators, columnists and copy team. We are a completely student run newspaper that publishes biweekly. No experience is needed in order to apply, so please if you are thinking about it, apply!
The Jacket is also happy to announce that applications are also out for our podcast team. Apply to join The Buzz and get class credit! We cover stories about Berkeley High culture and events, and the Berkeley community as a whole. We are looking for applicants to join a fun team of audio storytellers who want to put together a biweekly podcast. We are also looking for a dedicated audio editor with previous experience with Soundtrap or another editing/sound engineering platform. We’re thinking someone with an affinity for mixing music would be great!
Please remember to submit any monologues by September 27th using this link: Also we’re super excited to open our audition interest form! There will be more details about auditions, but you’ll only get notified about those if you fill out the form. All of the links and info are in our Instagram @ourmonologuesbhs, the bulletin video, and our website ourmonologuesbhs@gmail.com. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us via email or instagram DM, we love answering your questions!
Berkeley high ultimate frisbee
Berkeley high ultimate frisbee season is starting up in September! The girls team is looking for more players to join!
First practice/tryout is September 15th 9am @ Jacket Stadium. If you’re interested in joining fill out the
Please fill out the attached Google form if you go by a name different than the one that is listed in Infinite Campus. This is primarily for folks who are trans or go by their middle name, no nicknames please.
Yearbooks are available for presale!!
Right now they cost $75, but prices will rise on November 1st so make sure to order yours before then.
Code 16356
Seniors, it’s time to submit your senior quotes!
This is a special quote that can be funny, sentimental or anything in between. Submitting one ASAP ensures that yours will be featured in the book, so submit as soon as you can!
Are you interested in studying in a different country this summer?
In the last two summers, over 70 Berkeley High students studied abroad in countries such as Spain, South Africa, Costa Rica, South Korea, France, and many more.
There will be information about the programs offered, scholarships, and the application process. An information session on summer study abroad will happen in the CCC at LUNCHTIME and AFTER SCHOOL on Thursday, Sept. 12th, 2024.
The BHS Cheer team is having a Pancake Fundraiser on Sept 28th from 8am-10am at Applebee’s located in Alameda, CA. The tickets are $20. You can purchase from any cheerleader or email coach Tiffany at tiffanysutherland@berkeley.net .
Thanks for your support!! GO JACKETS!!!!!
@bhs_cheerteam
Join BIHS Leadership!
If you want to join a chill leadership team join BIHS Leadership! We plan and coordinate fun events inside and outside of BIHS. We meet every Wednesday at lunch in C221.
Auditions will be held September 24th and 25th at 4pm in A101. Callbacks are October 1st and 2nd at 4pm in A-101. If you want more information come to the information sessions at lunch in A101 on September 10th and 18th.
Join us for an evening of live music and conversation at the Hillside Club (2286 Cedar St). Author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton will discuss her book, “On the Rooftop” with host Lewis Watts, author of “Harlem of the West”. Featuring live jazz music by the legendary all women big band Melba’s Kitchen.
(moderated by members of the BHS Right Writers Club!)
10/8 at North Branch
An evening of conversation with local author Dashka Slater (The 57 Bus and Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed). This will be a teen-moderated event, with members of BHS’s Right Writers club interviewing Dashka, followed by audience Q+A and book signing.
Have you ever thought about learning to play a tabletop role-playing game? Are you a grizzled Dungeons & Dragons adventurer? Does this all sound like nonsense, but you’re interested in having fun on a Friday afternoon in a relaxed and inclusive space? Come on down to Teen Room at North Branch for games at the library!
Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate Application Workshop
We are looking for our 2025 Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate! If you are interested in applying, come check out our application workshop on Monday, September 9th and Tuesday, September 24th in the Teen Room at Central. We will help you with your resume and selecting/editing poems to submit.
We are now accepting registrations for all new and returning clubs. You will need two student leaders, a certificated staff sponsor and a place you meet on campus. You can register and submit all documents at the link below.
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
We are excited to announce that the 2024 Carnival is almost here. Food, friends, fun, come out to enjoy this end of the year school wide celebration. Splash a staff member in the dunk tank. Compete with your friends in the human orbs. Chill and relax alongside your classmates with a sno cone, cotton candy and other goodies. There will also be a video game truck, big wheel races, karaoke and other surprises.
Contact Mr. V if your student club or group would like to host an activity at the carnival.
Yearbook Distribution Tuesday after school!
If you preordered a yearbook and didn’t pick it up this week, the last time to get it this school year is TUESDAY 5/28 AFTER SCHOOL IN THE CAFETERIA. This is only if you have already bought a book, no new sales.
Sign up for the FREE Back Yard Conference in SF, June 17-21, powered by Youth Speaks
This week-long summer camp is about connecting you with the resources and peer mentors you need to help you grow your voice. We will explore topics selected by the SPOKES youth advisory board that get us thinking critically about our role in our communities and urge us to use our art in response.
Join us alongside artists, organizers, and other youth from throughout the Bay, for a week of free workshops and performances dedicated to helping you level up as writers, performers, and organizers of your own revolutionary art spaces.
This summer camp is open to teens throughout the Bay aged 13-19 with priority for San Francisco youth — SF participants can even get paid $100 for attending! Spots are LIMITED.
Friday, May 24 Spring Carnival – shortened schedule
Monday, May 27, 2024: Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday, May 28, 2024: Regular Tuesday Schedule
Wednesday-Friday, 5/29-5/31: See below for Final Exams Schedule
TIME
MINUTES
WED 5/29
THUR 5/30
FRI 5/31
8:30-10:30am
120
Period 1
Period 3
Period 5
10:40-12:40pm*
120
Period 2
Period 4
Period 6
12:40-1:20pm
40
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:20-2:25pm
65
Finals Prep / Extended Time / Make Up
Finals Prep / Extended Time / Make Up
Extended Time / Make Up
2:25-3:33pm
68
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Common Prep
* Students are allowed to leave campus at 12:40pm on final exam days and must do so unless they are actively participating in class or extracurricular activities after lunch time.
Monday, 6/3 and Tuesday, 6/4
TIME
MINUTES
MON 6/3*
TUE 6/4*
8:30-9:50am
80
Period 1
Period 2
9:56-11:16am
80
Period 3
Period 4
11:22-12:42pm
80
Period 5
Period 6
12:42-1:22
40
Lunch
Lunch
1:22-3:33pm
131
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Check Out**
* On Monday, June 3rd and Tuesday, June 4th, students are expected to go to class and teachers are required to take attendance as normal. Students must remain inside the classroom under teacher supervision.
Join BHS Girls Tennis
Are you a tennis player looking for a fun, competitive community with a bunch of awesome people? If so, come try out for the BHS Girls Tennis Team! We will be hosting summer workouts starting July 30th. Tryouts begin on August 12th. If you have any interest, please stop by Coach Tiffany’s office in D143! She would love to meet you all and answer any questions you might have!
Are you interested in space stations, rocket ships, or astronauts?
Come to a special meeting of the Berkeley High Aviation Club to hear from two brothers who are both NASA engineers. Ask them anything you ever wanted to ask a NASA engineer. They will join us live via zoom from NASA in Huntsville, Alabama. This event will take place Tuesday May 28 at lunch. We will start promptly at 11:45am in room C335 – please come on time! You don’t have to be a member of the Aviation Club to attend – everyone is always welcome. But this is also a good time to join the Aviation Club if you want to build and fly remote control planes and drones, learn about opportunities to fly real planes, and watch movies and plan events related to aviation. We officially meet every Tuesday at lunch in room C335 and we also fly remote control planes at Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley marina most Sunday mornings at 10am.
Follow us on Instagram @bhs.aviationclub where we will always post notices of our meetings and events!
The Changemaker Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit empowering youth around the world to create social change. We’ve partnered with schools in 35+ countries to offer a curriculum and platform for students to create meaningful change in their communities. The program can be implemented in any project-based learning course, or as an after-school club. We teach kids about various social justice issues and the connections between them, and then we guide students through Stanford’s Design Thinking process to help them develop an innovative solution to a problem they care about. Each February, we host a Global Pitch event in which students can win funding for their ideas, and for the next three months we pair students with mentors who support them on their projects. The program culminates in our Changemaker Showcase (happening on June 2nd this year!) where we honor and celebrate our students as they present their finished projects and the impact they’ve made.
We’ve worked with Berkeley High since our very first cohort in 2018 (check out some BHS alumni sharing their experiences in this 1-min video.) We’d love to continue the partnership but we are seeking support from a staff member who is interested in championing the program at BHS.
Apply to join The Buzz, The Jacket’s Podcast, and get class credit!
We cover stories about Berkeley High culture and events, and the Berkeley community as a whole. Some of our favorite stories this year have been about: Rally Day, relationships and dating in high school, and a community group that awards small acts of kindness.
We are looking for applicants to join a fun team of audio storytellers who want to put together a bi-monthly podcast. Learn to come up with story ideas, interview, draft scripts and edit audio.
We are also looking for a dedicated audio editor with previous experience with Soundtrap or another editing platform/sound engineering. We’re thinking someone with an affinity for mixing music would be great.
Come see the FINAL BHS Jazz Concerts of the year! Hot on the heels of the amazing Salsa Party last Friday (thanks for coming!), our bands are ready to play more fabulous music for you!
All shows start at 7:00 p.m. and are at Florence Schwimley Little Theatre at BHS.
$10 general admission, tix at the door. Free for under 18, BUSD students and staff. Bring family and friends! We will have food and swag for sale.
We have added one concert on Tuesday night to allow our student-led COMBOS to play! That concert is FREE for all!
The Berkeley High Jacket is opening up applications for writers, illustrators, photographers, and layout. Come to the application writing workshop on May 15th, in the CCC during 5th period to get help with writing applications and to ask questions! Applications are due May 24th.
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
There is also an online store open all year round.
We are now accepting registrations for all new and returning clubs. You will need two student leaders, a certificated staff sponsor and a place you meet on campus. You can register and submit all documents at the link below.
We plan to host a small club fair on 9th grade orientation day on August 9th, so we hope to see a solid group there. The fall club fair will take place about 3-4 weeks into the school year.
Become a Link Leader for the Class of 2028 9th Grade Orientation
If in the 2024-25 school year you will be a SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR or SENIOR and wish to work with the incoming freshman class, consider applying to become an ORIENTATION DAY LEADER.
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
Distribution will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. If you preordered a book, come and pick it up after school in the cafeteria. If you didn’t preorder, don’t worry we still have copies left, come with $100 cash or check (if you have free and reduced lunch bring $65). We hope to see you there!!
Sign up for the FREE Back Yard Conference in SF, June 17-21, powered by Youth Speaks
This week-long summer camp is about connecting you with the resources and peer mentors you need to help you grow your voice. We will explore topics selected by the SPOKES youth advisory board that get us thinking critically about our role in our communities and urge us to use our art in response.
Join us alongside artists, organizers, and other youth from throughout the Bay, for a week of free workshops and performances dedicated to helping you level up as writers, performers, and organizers of your own revolutionary art spaces.
This summer camp is open to teens throughout the Bay aged 13-19 with priority for San Francisco youth — SF participants can even get paid $100 for attending! Spots are LIMITED.
Friday, May 24 Spring Carnival – shortened schedule
Monday, May 27, 2024: Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday, May 28, 2024: Regular Tuesday Schedule
Wednesday-Friday, 5/29-5/31: See below for Final Exams Schedule
TIME
MINUTES
WED 5/29
THUR 5/30
FRI 5/31
8:30-10:30am
120
Period 1
Period 3
Period 5
10:40-12:40pm*
120
Period 2
Period 4
Period 6
12:40-1:20pm
40
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:20-2:25pm
65
Finals Prep / Extended Time / Make Up
Finals Prep / Extended Time / Make Up
Extended Time / Make Up
2:25-3:33pm
68
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Common Prep
* Students are allowed to leave campus at 12:40pm on final exam days and must do so unless they are actively participating in class or extracurricular activities after lunch time.
Monday, 6/3 and Tuesday, 6/4
TIME
MINUTES
MON 6/3*
TUE 6/4*
8:30-9:50am
80
Period 1
Period 2
9:56-11:16am
80
Period 3
Period 4
11:22-12:42pm
80
Period 5
Period 6
12:42-1:22
40
Lunch
Lunch
1:22-3:33pm
131
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Check Out**
* On Monday, June 3rd and Tuesday, June 4th, students are expected to go to class and teachers are required to take attendance as normal. Students must remain inside the classroom under teacher supervision.
Join BHS Girls Tennis
Are you a tennis player looking for a fun, competitive community with a bunch of awesome people? If so, come try out for the BHS Girls Tennis Team! We will be hosting summer workouts starting July 30th. Tryouts begin on August 12th. If you have any interest, please stop by Coach Tiffany’s office in D143! She would love to meet you all and answer any questions you might have!
Are you interested in space stations, rocket ships, or astronauts?
Come to a special meeting of the Berkeley High Aviation Club to hear from two brothers who are both NASA engineers. Ask them anything you ever wanted to ask a NASA engineer. They will join us live via zoom from NASA in Huntsville, Alabama. This event will take place Tuesday May 28 at lunch. We will start promptly at 11:45am in room C335 – please come on time! You don’t have to be a member of the Aviation Club to attend – everyone is always welcome. But this is also a good time to join the Aviation Club if you want to build and fly remote control planes and drones, learn about opportunities to fly real planes, and watch movies and plan events related to aviation. We officially meet every Tuesday at lunch in room C335 and we also fly remote control planes at Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley marina most Sunday mornings at 10am.
Follow us on Instagram @bhs.aviationclub where we will always post notices of our meetings and events!
The Changemaker Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit empowering youth around the world to create social change. We’ve partnered with schools in 35+ countries to offer a curriculum and platform for students to create meaningful change in their communities. The program can be implemented in any project-based learning course, or as an after-school club. We teach kids about various social justice issues and the connections between them, and then we guide students through Stanford’s Design Thinking process to help them develop an innovative solution to a problem they care about. Each February, we host a Global Pitch event in which students can win funding for their ideas, and for the next three months we pair students with mentors who support them on their projects. The program culminates in our Changemaker Showcase (happening on June 2nd this year!) where we honor and celebrate our students as they present their finished projects and the impact they’ve made.
We’ve worked with Berkeley High since our very first cohort in 2018 (check out some BHS alumni sharing their experiences in this 1-min video.) We’d love to continue the partnership but we are seeking support from a staff member who is interested in championing the program at BHS.
Apply to join The Buzz, The Jacket’s Podcast, and get class credit!
We cover stories about Berkeley High culture and events, and the Berkeley community as a whole. Some of our favorite stories this year have been about: Rally Day, relationships and dating in high school, and a community group that awards small acts of kindness.
We are looking for applicants to join a fun team of audio storytellers who want to put together a bi-monthly podcast. Learn to come up with story ideas, interview, draft scripts and edit audio.
We are also looking for a dedicated audio editor with previous experience with Soundtrap or another editing platform/sound engineering. We’re thinking someone with an affinity for mixing music would be great.
Come see the FINAL BHS Jazz Concerts of the year! Hot on the heels of the amazing Salsa Party last Friday (thanks for coming!), our bands are ready to play more fabulous music for you!
All shows start at 7:00 p.m. and are at Florence Schwimley Little Theatre at BHS.
$10 general admission, tix at the door. Free for under 18, BUSD students and staff. Bring family and friends! We will have food and swag for sale.
We have added one concert on Tuesday night to allow our student-led COMBOS to play! That concert is FREE for all!
Hope to see you!
2023-24 Final Concerts
Tues., May 21: Combos! (free!)
Wed., May 22: Ten O’clock Band and Two O’clock Band
Thur., May 23: Three O’clock Band and Eleven O’clock Band
The Berkeley High Jacket is opening up applications for writers, illustrators, photographers, and layout. Come to the application writing workshop on May 15th, in the CCC during 5th period to get help with writing applications and to ask questions! Applications are due May 24th.
The Jacket is also excited to announce that we are opening up applications for the business team and web team. You don’t have to have any experience to apply. We are a completely student run newspaper that publishes biweekly. Applications are due Friday, May 10th. Please consider applying!
Any interest in joining the hottest new sport in the world?? Berkeley High Girls Flag Football Team is hosting summer workouts starting June 18th for those who are interested in seeing if this is a sport for you. If you have any intrigue, reach out to SSO/HC Israel Carrero. You see him at the A Gate almost everyday. Come introduce yourself and ask any questions you may have!
Submitted by israelcarrero@berkeley.net
2024 BHS CARNIVAL
FRIDAY, MAY 24
JACKET STADIUM
We are excited to announce that the 2024 Carnival is almost here. Food, friends, fun, come out to enjoy this end of the year school wide celebration. Splash a staff member in the dunk tank. Compete with your friends in the human orbs. Chill and relax alongside your classmates with a sno cone, cotton candy and other goodies. There will also be a video game truck, big wheel races, karaoke and other surprises.
Contact Mr. V if your student club or group would like to host an activity at the carnival.
BHS ATHLETICS
Hello Returning Student-Athletes,
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
There is also an online store open all year round.
We are now accepting registrations for all new and returning clubs. You will need two student leaders, a certificated staff sponsor and a place you meet on campus. You can register and submit all documents at the link below.
We plan to host a small club fair on 9th grade orientation day on August 9th, so we hope to see a solid group there. The fall club fair will take place about 3-4 weeks into the school year.
UPCOMING YAP EVENTS
Friday Night Splash! Pool Party:
The sun is out, the weather is getting warmer, that only means one thing, SUMMER! Come join us
on May 24th for the City of Berkeley’s Friday Night Splash! Pool Party for Teens. Bring your swimsuit,
towel, friends and come ready to party from 6pm to 9pm at West Campus Pool. There will be food
and a DJ. Must bring a Valid BUSD school ID and must be in grade 6th -8th to attend. Sign up online
or reach out to Joaquim Lee 510-981-6674 or by email: jolee@berkeleyca.gov if you have any
questions.
Teen Night:
Every Friday night from 5-9pm, YAP (Young Adult Project) offers a fun, safe space to hang out with
you and your friends. Come play basketball, video games, watch movies, eat snacks and food or just
hang out with your friends.
Teen Family Camping Trip:
The Teens Family Camping Trip is a once in a life time opportunity to see a side of the City of
Berkeley that not everyone gets an opportunity to see. Located in the mountains close to Yosemite,
we bring teens and their families up to Berkeley Family Tuolumne camp to get away from the city
life and enjoy a fun and relaxing time out in nature. We take families on fun hikes, allow the teens
to swim and fish and bring everyone together for meals and smores around the campfire.
Teen Echo Lake Camping Trip:
Time to put down the phones and tables, TV remotes and video game controllers (only for one
weekend) because in August, we also have the Teen Echo Lake Camping Trip. This is an amazing
opportunity for teens to get away from home for a weekend, see the Lovely South side of Lake
Tahoe, and get to see a different side of what the City of Berkeley has to offer.
Reach out to
Joaquim Lee 510-981-6674 or by email: jolee@berkeleyca.gov if you have any questions.
IMPORTANT PREVIOUSLY SHARED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Become a Link Leader for the Class of 2028 9th Grade Orientation
If in the 2024-25 school year you will be a SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR or SENIOR and wish to work with the incoming freshman class, consider applying to become an ORIENTATION DAY LEADER.
Are you a creative person? Do you want to be involved in creating long lasting memories at Berkeley High? JOIN YEARBOOK!!
Applications for the 2024-25 school year are now open, we are accepting writers, designers and photographers. Please submit your application by May 27.
Also, remember to preorder your book for this year online before May 11.
The time to preorder your 2024 yearbook is coming to a close… buy your book online for $85 before May 11. After May 11, books will only be sold for $100 cash or check. ONLY 300 books left!!!
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
The BHS Health Center will be closed Monday, May 20.
The 2024 yearbook is here!!
Distribution will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. If you preordered a book, come and pick it up after school in the cafeteria. If you didn’t preorder, don’t worry we still have copies left, come with $100 cash or check (if you have free and reduced lunch bring $65). We hope to see you there!!
Friday, May 24 Spring Carnival – shortened schedule
Monday, May 27, 2024: Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday, May 28, 2024: Regular Tuesday Schedule
Wednesday-Friday, 5/29-5/31: See below for Final Exams Schedule
TIME
MINUTES
WED 5/29
THUR 5/30
FRI 5/31
8:30-10:30am
120
Period 1
Period 3
Period 5
10:40-12:40pm*
120
Period 2
Period 4
Period 6
12:40-1:20pm
40
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:20-2:25pm
65
Finals Prep / Extended Time / Make Up
Finals Prep / Extended Time / Make Up
Extended Time / Make Up
2:25-3:33pm
68
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Common Prep
* Students are allowed to leave campus at 12:40pm on final exam days and must do so unless they are actively participating in class or extracurricular activities after lunch time.
Monday, 6/3 and Tuesday, 6/4
TIME
MINUTES
MON 6/3*
TUE 6/4*
8:30-9:50am
80
Period 1
Period 2
9:56-11:16am
80
Period 3
Period 4
11:22-12:42pm
80
Period 5
Period 6
12:42-1:22
40
Lunch
Lunch
1:22-3:33pm
131
Teacher Common Prep
Teacher Check Out**
* On Monday, June 3rd and Tuesday, June 4th, students are expected to go to class and teachers are required to take attendance as normal. Students must remain inside the classroom under teacher supervision.
Join BHS Girls Tennis
Are you a tennis player looking for a fun, competitive community with a bunch of awesome people? If so, come try out for the BHS Girls Tennis Team! We will be hosting summer workouts starting July 30th. Tryouts begin on August 12th. If you have any interest, please stop by Coach Tiffany’s office in D143! She would love to meet you all and answer any questions you might have!
Are you interested in space stations, rocket ships, or astronauts?
Come to a special meeting of the Berkeley High Aviation Club to hear from two brothers who are both NASA engineers. Ask them anything you ever wanted to ask a NASA engineer. They will join us live via zoom from NASA in Huntsville, Alabama. This event will take place Tuesday May 28 at lunch. We will start promptly at 11:45am in room C335 – please come on time! You don’t have to be a member of the Aviation Club to attend – everyone is always welcome. But this is also a good time to join the Aviation Club if you want to build and fly remote control planes and drones, learn about opportunities to fly real planes, and watch movies and plan events related to aviation. We officially meet every Tuesday at lunch in room C335 and we also fly remote control planes at Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley marina most Sunday mornings at 10am.
Follow us on Instagram @bhs.aviationclub where we will always post notices of our meetings and events!
The Changemaker Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit empowering youth around the world to create social change. We’ve partnered with schools in 35+ countries to offer a curriculum and platform for students to create meaningful change in their communities. The program can be implemented in any project-based learning course, or as an after-school club. We teach kids about various social justice issues and the connections between them, and then we guide students through Stanford’s Design Thinking process to help them develop an innovative solution to a problem they care about. Each February, we host a Global Pitch event in which students can win funding for their ideas, and for the next three months we pair students with mentors who support them on their projects. The program culminates in our Changemaker Showcase (happening on June 2nd this year!) where we honor and celebrate our students as they present their finished projects and the impact they’ve made.
We’ve worked with Berkeley High since our very first cohort in 2018 (check out some BHS alumni sharing their experiences in this 1-min video.) We’d love to continue the partnership but we are seeking support from a staff member who is interested in championing the program at BHS.
Apply to join The Buzz, The Jacket’s Podcast, and get class credit!
We cover stories about Berkeley High culture and events, and the Berkeley community as a whole. Some of our favorite stories this year have been about: Rally Day, relationships and dating in high school, and a community group that awards small acts of kindness.
We are looking for applicants to join a fun team of audio storytellers who want to put together a bi-monthly podcast. Learn to come up with story ideas, interview, draft scripts and edit audio.
We are also looking for a dedicated audio editor with previous experience with Soundtrap or another editing platform/sound engineering. We’re thinking someone with an affinity for mixing music would be great.
Come see the FINAL BHS Jazz Concerts of the year! Hot on the heels of the amazing Salsa Party last Friday (thanks for coming!), our bands are ready to play more fabulous music for you!
All shows start at 7:00 p.m. and are at Florence Schwimley Little Theatre at BHS.
$10 general admission, tix at the door. Free for under 18, BUSD students and staff. Bring family and friends! We will have food and swag for sale.
We have added one concert on Tuesday night to allow our student-led COMBOS to play! That concert is FREE for all!
Hope to see you!
2023-24 Final Concerts
Tues., May 21: Combos! (free!)
Wed., May 22: Ten O’clock Band and Two O’clock Band
Thur., May 23: Three O’clock Band and Eleven O’clock Band
The Berkeley High Jacket is opening up applications for writers, illustrators, photographers, and layout. Come to the application writing workshop on May 15th, in the CCC during 5th period to get help with writing applications and to ask questions! Applications are due May 24th.
The Jacket is also excited to announce that we are opening up applications for the business team and web team. You don’t have to have any experience to apply. We are a completely student run newspaper that publishes biweekly. Applications are due Friday, May 10th. Please consider applying!
It is important to foster a greater appreciation of cultural diversity and understand the contributions of Asians in America. This month, APIC will recognize and celebrate the contributions of Asian Pacific Islanders to our history, culture, and achievements.
Follow @bhs.apic on Instagram to stay updated!
Berkeley High Girls Flag Football Team
Any interest in joining the hottest new sport in the world?? Berkeley High Girls Flag Football Team is hosting summer workouts starting June 18th for those who are interested in seeing if this is a sport for you. If you have any intrigue, reach out to SSO/HC Israel Carrero. You see him at the A Gate almost everyday. Come introduce yourself and ask any questions you may have!
Submitted by israelcarrero@berkeley.net
2024 BHS CARNIVAL
FRIDAY, MAY 24
JACKET STADIUM
We are excited to announce that the 2024 Carnival is almost here. Food, friends, fun, come out to enjoy this end of the year school wide celebration. Splash a staff member in the dunk tank. Compete with your friends in the human orbs. Chill and relax alongside your classmates with a sno cone, cotton candy and other goodies. There will also be a video game truck, big wheel races, karaoke and other surprises.
Contact Mr. V if your student club or group would like to host an activity at the carnival.
May is Mental Health Awareness month!
Are you struggling with mental health or even just need someone to talk to? Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, need a listening ear, or coping tools, Teen Talk App is here for you. Teen Talk is an app for people aged 13-19 to anonymously post about whatever they may be going through and trained advisors (who are also teens) will be available to talk to you on the app between 5 and 10pm.
And if you are interested in being a teen advisor, there are virtual trainings open to teens across the US. You will be able to 1) learn how to help real teens with real stories, 2) meet and train with like minded teens from across the US, 3) have a remote and flexible volunteer experience, 4) gain community service hours, and 5) have the ability to make an impact worldwide.
Visit the website www.teentalkapp.org for more information about both of these programs!
Next week is the start of Senior Decision Week! Decision week will run from May 8-10 and 13-15, and it will be a series of celebrations and college/career knowledge events to celebrate you and your dedication to your future. ALL SENIORS ARE INVITED and ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE! If you plan on attending the workshop(s) or panel, please come with a signed pass from your teacher. Set yourself reminders and turn on your email notifications, I will be in touch!
The clearance registration portal for 24-25 is open. Remember, it is best to get a physical anytime from now to the beginning of August to ensure that the physical is good for the whole sports year (early August to early May).
Go to berkeleyhighathletics.org and follow the links to Athlete Registration. There are helpful FAQs, tutorials, and links to forms, local clinics that perform sports physicals, optional summer workout opportunities, and much more.
There is also an online store open all year round.
We are now accepting registrations for all new and returning clubs. You will need two student leaders, a certificated staff sponsor and a place you meet on campus. You can register and submit all documents at the link below.
We plan to host a small club fair on 9th grade orientation day on August 9th, so we hope to see a solid group there. The fall club fair will take place about 3-4 weeks into the school year.
UPCOMING YAP EVENTS
Friday Night Splash! Pool Party:
The sun is out, the weather is getting warmer, that only means one thing, SUMMER! Come join us
on May 24th for the City of Berkeley’s Friday Night Splash! Pool Party for Teens. Bring your swimsuit,
towel, friends and come ready to party from 6pm to 9pm at West Campus Pool. There will be food
and a DJ. Must bring a Valid BUSD school ID and must be in grade 6th -8th to attend. Sign up online
or reach out to Joaquim Lee 510-981-6674 or by email: jolee@berkeleyca.gov if you have any
questions.
Teen Night:
Every Friday night from 5-9pm, YAP (Young Adult Project) offers a fun, safe space to hang out with
you and your friends. Come play basketball, video games, watch movies, eat snacks and food or just
hang out with your friends.
Teen Family Camping Trip:
The Teens Family Camping Trip is a once in a life time opportunity to see a side of the City of
Berkeley that not everyone gets an opportunity to see. Located in the mountains close to Yosemite,
we bring teens and their families up to Berkeley Family Tuolumne camp to get away from the city
life and enjoy a fun and relaxing time out in nature. We take families on fun hikes, allow the teens
to swim and fish and bring everyone together for meals and smores around the campfire.
Teen Echo Lake Camping Trip:
Time to put down the phones and tables, TV remotes and video game controllers (only for one
weekend) because in August, we also have the Teen Echo Lake Camping Trip. This is an amazing
opportunity for teens to get away from home for a weekend, see the Lovely South side of Lake
Tahoe, and get to see a different side of what the City of Berkeley has to offer.
Reach out to
Joaquim Lee 510-981-6674 or by email: jolee@berkeleyca.gov if you have any questions.
IMPORTANT PREVIOUSLY SHARED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Become a Link Leader for the Class of 2028 9th Grade Orientation
If in the 2024-25 school year you will be a SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR or SENIOR and wish to work with the incoming freshman class, consider applying to become an ORIENTATION DAY LEADER.
Are you a creative person? Do you want to be involved in creating long lasting memories at Berkeley High? JOIN YEARBOOK!!
Applications for the 2024-25 school year are now open, we are accepting writers, designers and photographers. Please submit your application by May 27.
Also, remember to preorder your book for this year online before May 11.
The time to preorder your 2024 yearbook is coming to a close… buy your book online for $85 before May 11. After May 11, books will only be sold for $100 cash or check. ONLY 300 books left!!!
ASB Leadership is a collective student voice composed of a diverse body of student leaders. Our mission is to create a more positive and engaging experience at Berkeley High through civic engagement, community building, sustainability, social events, and positive staff-student relations.
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net
The Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing a hostile-free working and learning environment. The District prohibits discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding/lactation status (related medical conditions), religion, color, national origin (including language restrictions and possession of a driver’s license (issued under Vehicle Code), ancestry, immigration status, physical or mental disability (including clinical depression and bipolar disorder, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, epilepsy, seizure disorder, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and heart attack), medical condition (cancer-related and genetic characteristics), military and veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 and above), genetic information, political belief or affiliation (unless union related), a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation in any program or activity it conducts or to which it provides significant assistance.
Discrimination is different treatment based on a protected characteristic in the context of an educational program, work or activity without a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason that interferes with or limits the individual’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the District or includes an adverse employment action.
Hostile environment harassment occurs when a target is subjected to unwelcome conduct based on a protected characteristic, which is both subjectively offensive to the target and would be offensive to a reasonable person of similar circumstances/characteristics and is sufficiently so severe, and so pervasive to interfere with or limit an individual’s ability to effectively work or to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by the District. Harassment may take many forms, including but not limited to, verbal remarks and name-calling, graphic and written statements, or any conduct that may be threatening or humiliating. Harassment based on any of the above protected categories is a form of unlawful discrimination and will not be tolerated by the District and can result in disciplinary action against the offending student or employee.
Upon witnessing an act of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, and retaliation, based on actual or perceived protected characteristics, school personnel are required to take immediate steps to intervene when it is safe to do so. Once a school/office has expressed notice or reason to know of such conduct, whether carried out by employees, students, or third parties, it should take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate, determine what occurred, take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the conduct, eliminate a hostile environment, if one has been created and prevent the conduct from occurring again. These steps should be taken regardless of whether an individual makes a complaint or asks the school/office to take action. Complaints are protected from retaliation. The District prohibits retaliation against any person who files a complaint or an appeal, reports instances of noncompliance, discrimination, harassment, bullying, and intimidation, or who participates in the complaint-filing or investigation process. This nondiscriminatory policy applies to all acts related to school activity or school attendance within any school/office under the jurisdiction of the Berkeley Unified School District.
For more information, or to file a complaint please contact:District Title IX Coordinator/Compliance Officer Berkeley Unified School District, 2020 Bonar Street, Room 117, Berkeley CA 94702 Phone: (510) 486-9338; Email: complaints@berkeley.net