 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BULLETIN 2020-2021 ASB Leadership One big, red & gold family! Felix Mousigian, Chief of Publicity Aaron Rumph, Chief of Publicity Mr. V, Director of Student Activities Week of March 15 Berkeley High Events Calendar Consider following & adding the Berkeley High Events Calendar We plan to add club events, performances, large school events, and other important deadlines. Striving for Racial Equity with BHS Anti-Racism (BHSAR) Hello all! We are BHS Anti-Racism, BHSAR, a group devoted to achieving racial equity here at BHS. We are trying to open up an office that would help bridge the gap between students and admin to hopefully come up with solutions to the large achievement gap present at Berkeley high. We want to come up with innovative ways for students of color to get access to the resources available, and communicate with the administration about racial issues that need to be addressed. If you identify as a student of color, please help us out by completing this google form. Submitted by ameliawileymoreira@students.berkeley.net  Join Redwood Literary Magazine Interested in writing fiction or poetry? Join Redwood Literary Magazine! Our next meeting for new writers is this Friday, March 19th, at lunch. Please email redwoodberkeleyhigh@gmail.com for more information. Our website: redwoodberkeleyhigh.com  Join Rugby Berkeley Rhino Rugby Club is recruiting for JV & Varsity Who Can Join the Team? Any enrolled high school student is eligible No previous experience necessary Players of all sizes and ages are welcome Especially seeking freshmen and sophomores Practices start Saturday, March 6th Practices are Tuesday & Thursday 5 – 7 pm Practice or Games Saturday 9 am – 12 pm At the Tom Bates Sports Complex at Gilman Rain or Shine More Information at www.berkeleyrhinos.org Or Contact Coach Nate Muhler 510.295.7092  Cultural Club Mixer & Speaker Event to Support Asian AmericanThe United Cultural Coalition (leaders of prominent BIPOC lead organizations at BHS) are hosting the FIRST EVER all cultural club mixer this Wednesday 2-3pm! It is going to be a really fun event as we will be playing many games and having many opportunities to get to know people from other clubs. The goal of this event is to unite BIPOC students, and allies so that in the future all our organizations can work together to fight injustices! Clubs included in this event: Black Student Union,Asian Pacific Islanders Club(APIC), Latinx Unidos, Multi-Cultural Student Association( MCSA), Muslim Student Association, QueerPOC( QPOC) and more!! Here is the zoom info:https://zoom.us/j/97171167345?pwd=bFVqSk82NzNOMzJNTGtTdFFvSEN2Zz09 Meeting ID: 971 7116 7345Passcode: BIPOC Friday, March at lunchThe Multi-Cultural Student Association which is a mixed race & cultural appreciation organization is facilitating a discussion about the rise of Anti-Asian discrimination. We invite students who would like to share their experiences or just listen as allies to join us for this meeting. It will be this Friday lunch. Here is the zoom info:https://zoom.us/j/92052368077?pwd=ZEJYTHFGSXdYd0JGK24rTlhDM2RZdz09Meeting ID: 920 5236 8077Passcode: 7q6dRt@bhs_mcsa  Request a Library Book and Join a Book Club The Berkeley High Library is super excited to be partnering with our friends at BPL who are hosting Stories for Change: a YA Author Series this Spring! Our library team is organizing a series of lunchtime book clubs that students and staff can join to engage with these incredible books together and prepare for each author’s visit. Our first meeting to chat about Cemetery Boys will be on Wednesday, March 24th from 11:30 – 12:15pm. BPL has also graciously gifted us a set of books for the first 30 students who register to take home! We are hoping to get students to register for the book club by the end of this week (March 12th) to coordinate book distribution to students at the Supply Center next week. Click here to register for a copy of Cemetery Boys @berkeleyhighlibrary   TAKING ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION SPEAKER SERIES begins on March 17Students will gain insight into how Bay Area professionals are promoting resilience in our communities and integrating their passion for sustainability into their career paths. Business leaders, energy conservation experts, food entrepreneurs, and systems thinkers will visit with the BUSD’s Sustainability Coordinator to present their visions, research, and experiences. Come and be inspired by these forward-thinking speakers addressing complex problems in sustainability-related fields! Webinar #1: An Introduction to Sustainability with Gil Friend:When: Mar 17, 2021, 04:00 PM Please click the link in the bulletin to join the webinar:Passcode: 127410 Webinar #2: Leticia Landa on Incubating Local Immigrant Owned Food EnterprisesWhen: Mar 19, 2021 03:00 PM Please click the link below to join the webinar:Passcode: 630966 Webinar #3: Food Insecurity and Policy Approaches in the Bay Area with Katie Ettman When: Mar 23, 2021 03:00 PM Please click the link below to join the webinar: Submitted by @bhsgreenteam  Q&A Panel on String Theory, Dark Matter, and More! w/ Christian Bauer, Jacob Leedom, and Nicholas Rodd This Friday, the Physics Club will hold another event. What: A Q&A panel with three particle physicists. Topics will include the Standard Model, String Theory, and dark matter, but there will also be plenty of time for questions. Who: Christian Bauer, Nicholas Rodd, and Jacob Leedom. When: Friday, March 19th at 3:30 pm. Fill out this form if you are interested in attending. Here is the link to the last lecture about the Standard Model! Here is the link to our most recent lecture, which was about space travel, the Perseverance Rover, and the Europa Clipper mission. Hope to see you there,Alessandra Ionescu-Zanetti Physics Club Additionally, the Physics Club is still accepting submissions for the Science Fair!The Science Fair will have an award ceremony at which a Nobel Prize winner, Jennifer Doudna, will come speak to us. There will also be a cash prize! Here is more information about the event: tinyurl.com/bhs-science-fair Parents, please feel free to donate to the Physics Club using the Eventbrite link. Proceeds will go towards making physics more fun and accessible for all! AC Leadership Women’s History Month Video Project Academic Choice Leadership is planning a video project to celebrate and empower the women of Berkeley. We are reaching out to all students of all grades (you don’t have to be in AC to join) to participate in this project. Essentially, you will submit a video answering a couple of questions to be featured in the project. However, if you are not comfortable showing your face, you can still participate by answering the prompts as we will have a quotes section in the video! If you are interested, you can sign up here.The ACLC Team will reach out to you and email you the prompts as soon as you sign up!Submitted by desireesolis@students.berkeley.net@ac.leadership  BHS Sports Update! High School Sports have returned! Your most important resource is our WEBSITE…BOOKMARK IT!…and follow us on Twitter and Instagram Athletes must be REGISTERED and CLEARED to participate To register, go HERE. Confirmed Tryout Date of April 19!! Register and contact the coaches. Girls Soccer (Alé Mendoza: amen510gs@gmail.com)Boys Soccer (Andre Hebert: ianesco@comcast.net)Boys lacrosse (Andrew Peritore: coachpbhslax@gmail.com)Boys Water Polo (Brodie Jasper: brodinj@gmail.com)Girls Water Polo (Bill Gaebler: williamfgaebler@gmail.com and Amanda Palmquist: amanda.palmquist@gmail.com) Other sports are waiting to get clearance from the state Volleyball, Badminton, Basketball, and Wrestling Register for these sports ASAP even if you haven’t got your physical yet! Registering puts you on contact lists used by coaches and administrators. You must add your physical to be cleared. Find coach contact information for these sports here. Basketball conditioning: Boys and girls basketball is doing outdoor conditioning once a week. There may be some space. You must Register and contact the coaches:Girls basketball (Shawn Hipol: coachshawnhipol@gmail.com)Boys basketball (Mike Hudson: yellowjacketshoops@gmail.com)  Buy the 2020-2021 yearbookApply to be on the 2021-2022 Yearbook Staff Please go to this link to purchase the yearbook Time is running out. If there is anything related to the yearbook that you need or want please visit this linktree: https://linktr.ee/BerkeleyYearBook Apply to be on the 2021-2022 Yearbook Staff Yearbook is a 7th period for all grade levels. It’s an UC (f) arts credit and we need editor positions (which gets honors credit). We’re accepting apps until the end of the month. The Sign up URL is here: https://tinyurl.com/yb2122 Submitted by @berkeleyearbook  Our Monologues 2021 The show must go on! Our Monologues 2021, directed by Risa Sundu and Rusma Kharel, has adapted to the restraints of the pandemic and will be free to watch live on YouTube on March 13th at 6:00pm and March 20th at 7:30pm. Find us by looking up “Our Monologues Berkeley High” on YouTube or Google. Our Monologues is dedicated to giving a platform to stories that might otherwise go unheard, with an emphasis on the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, identity, trauma, and more. We hope you tune in March 13th and 20th to hear the stories your community has to share! Our Monologues WebsiteOur Monologues YouTube channelSubmitted by @ourmonologuesbhs Guide to the 2021 BHS ElectionsWe are just over one week away from the 2021 ASB Ballot going live and students across “campus” being able to elect their preferred candidates for various student leadership positions using ranked choice voting. It is crucial that we have great representation and turnout for this student led election of student representatives. Get prepared before voting begins on March 22nd. A Guide to the 2021 BHS ElectionsSubmitted by @juicethejackets  Weekly Volunteer Opportunity Interested in uncovering historical documents and helping historians better understand our past? Check out this volunteer opportunity with the National Archives — you transcribe old documents, from hundred-year-old military reports to letters written between diplomatic leaders. Visit bit.ly/bhsArchives to sign up! For more volunteer opportunity recommendations, visit Emi’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/emichiefofservice Submitted by @emichiefofservice  Women’s History Month IssueThe Jacket Newspaper is accepting submissions for the Women’s History Month Issue!Is there a woman in your life who you want to celebrate, whether they are a family member, essential worker, teacher, or friend? The Jacket is planning a “Women of Berkeley” portrait project to celebrate the women of the Berkeley community. Nominate someone here https://forms.gle/aNYRabUtWuGKp6EF6 The Jacket is also accepting submissions from all writers, poets, illustrators, photographers, designers, and artists. Submissions may be of any form, including photos, visual art, poetry, audios, etc. Send them to adelinepraskins@students.berkeley.net by March 5th. Find out more on @bhsjacket If any BHS student/staff member is interested in submitting an announcement this year, there are some basic guidelines to follow: Here are the basic guidelines for submitting a bulletin:1. It must be relevant to roughly 100 or more students or staff members. 2. It must be a message that promotes community and builds up positive school culture. 3. Please no birthday announcements or personal requests. Please submit your morning announcement to the Google From by Monday morning: http://bit.ly/bhsstudentbulletin About 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. Contact Info Berkeley High ASB Leadership 1980 Allston Way, Berkeley CA United States 94704 johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net 510.644.8990 Go Jackets! Useful Links BHS Website Student Bulletin Archive Submit a Bulletin Follow @juicethejacket Current List of Student Clubs Notification of Non-Discrimination PolicyThe Berkeley Unified School District is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in district programs and activities. Accordingly, BUSD programs and activities shall be free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression; nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The Board shall promote programs which ensure that discriminatory practices are eliminated in all district activities. (Board Policy 0410, Board Policy 1311, Board Policy 4030, Board Policy 5145.3, Board Policy 5145.7) The Board also prohibits retaliation against any district employee or job applicant who complains, testifies or in any way participates in the district’s complaint procedures instituted pursuant to this policy. (Board Policy 4030) Complaint forms are available at school sites and on the district webpage at www.berkeleyschools.net/complaints. December 1, 2020For inquiries or concerns regarding BUSD nondiscrimination policy 5145.3 or the filing of discrimination complaints please contact:Stephen Jimenez-Robb, Title IX and Compliance2020 Bonar Street Room 116, Berkeley, CA 94702Phone: 510.486.9338 Email: nondiscrimination@berkeley.net |