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BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT BULLETIN
Ki’Donyae B., Melody C., Amaya H., Chiefs of Publicity
Mr. V, Director of Student Activities
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April 12, 2024
Here is today’s video bulletin:
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
This Friday, April 12th, is national Day of Silence!
Day of Silence is a day of protest held nationwide annually by GLESEN in which people refrain from speaking for a day. Whether unable to come out, unable to be with the ones they loved, or physically silenced through violence like Nex Benedict, queer people everywhere have historically been unable to share their voices. Join us in a day of solidarity by staying silent this Friday, and break the silence with us after school. Also, come by and pick up a notebook Friday at 8 am on the senior steps, and let’s bring attention to queer rights everywhere!
Submitted by octoberhertenstein@students.berkeley.net
@bhs_ages
Swimming & Diving Senior Night
The swim team senior night will occur on Friday the 12th at 4:00pm at the BHS pool.
Come hear the BHS Chorus perform!
Please come to Berkeley High Chorus concert on Friday, April 12th at 7pm for a fun night of music and creativity! Our Seniors will be singing solos as a send-off so come support them! We will be accompanied by the amazing BHS Jazz program.
Berkeley High Poetry Slam is TONIGHT!
SLAM Poetry is having a showcase on Friday April 12th at 5:30! This is in the BHS library and is a FREE event. If you’re hungry there will be a fundraising bake sale.
See you there ◡̈
Submitted by juliasegre@students.berkeley.net
@slamberkeleyhigh
Spelling Bee is Tonight
Come to the BHS Spelling Bee today in the community theater!
Contestants come at 6:00pm for prep
Audience members come at 6:30pm
Tickets are free, but donations are welcome & appreciated!
Submitted by sofiabloom@students.berkeley.net
@bhs2026leadership
BHS Jacket is Hiring
The Jacket is excited to announce that we are opening up applications for copy team, layout team, and visual editors. We are a completely student run newspaper that publishes biweekly. Applications are due April 5th, reach out to josephinemorasky@students.berkeley.net or ysabelchu@students.berkeley.net with any questions regarding applications. Please consider applying and follow our instagram @bhsjacket for more information!
@bhsjacket
Cap & Gown Orders
Achievers will distribute all cap & gown orders
TUESDAY, APRIL 16 during lunch
Donahue Gym
Read below if you still need to order a cap and gown
Graduation orders can be placed at any time online, by phone or by mail. Achievers Inc. handles orders for just the cap and gown as well as rings, announcements, grad swag and even graduation packages. Cap & gowns are traditionally worn at an in-person graduation. Consider using a cap & gown for senior portraits, graduation pictures, at home celebrations as well as any of graduation activities to be confirmed in the spring.
Online: GraduationOrder.com (password bhs510)
Phone: 408.441.7200 Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (English/Spanish)
Mail: Achievers Inc., 877 Commercial Street, San Jose, CA 95112
IMPORTANT PREVIOUSLY SHARED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Manny Lane-Scott 2024 memoir
Attention all students and staff! We’re thrilled to announce Manny Lane-Scott’s latest project: his very own Memoir! Get ready for a captivating journey through Manny’s experiences in BHS theater productions, packed with humor, heart, insecurities, and invaluable insights into teenage life. Check it out in the link in the bulletin below for more details!
Submitted by manuellanescott@students.berkeley.net
Check out The Buzz, the Jacket’s podcast!
We cover stories about Berkeley High culture, events and issues.
Take a listen on Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts
Submitted by miriamreichenberg@students.berkeley.net
@bhsjacket
Holidays Around the World
Hey Jackets!
Here’s your dose of holidays!
Eid al-Fitr – April 9-10
Earth Day – April 22
Passover – April 22-30
Resources
See you all soon!
~
Jessica Hipona
Commissioner of MTC Affairs 22-24
jessicahipona@students.berkeley.net
@bhs_multicultural_affairs, @juicethejackets
Join BHS Cheer
Calling All BHS Students!!!
If you are high spirited, have lots of energy or love pumping up others? If you are a cheerleader, dancer, a gymnast or have any tumbling skills? If you don’t but you just want to be apart of an upbeat enthusiastic team,
then we want to see you at
Berkeley High Cheerleading Tryouts
We are looking forward to an exciting 2024-25 school year with our cheer program and we want you to be a part!
Tryouts will be held on:
Monday, April 22nd – Friday April 26th
M-Gym at BHS
5 -7pm
Submitted by tiffanysutherland@berkeley.net
@bhs_cheerteam
Berkeley Bakers Baking Club
Meeting in the library Friday April 12
Submitted by sebastienminnmurray@students.berkeley.net
@berkeleybakersbakingclub
Celebrate Earth Month
Looking for a way to celebrate Earth Month? Join us after school on Friday April 12, from 3:30-6pm for a BHS Garden work day. We will be working to improve the BHS garden space and plant spring/summer crops. No prior gardening experience necessary! Students and staff are invited to attend. We will meet at the garden by the H building. We hope to see you there!
Submitted by Ellen McClure, Climate Literacy Teacher on Special Assignment, ellenmcclure@berkeley.net
FASHION SHOW TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!
Fashion Show is Friday April 19th from 5:30pm – 8:30pm
$8 – Students
$20 – Adults
**Email bhsfashionzine@gmail.com or
dm @bhsfashionshow on instagram for a discounted or free ticket**
Submitted by isabelrodriguezgerstein@students.berkeley.net
@bhsfashionshow24
BHS Library Upcoming Events
April 18th
Rebecca Solnit will be in conversation with Sunrise Movement student leaders about her new collection of essays, Not Too Late, on April 18th from 6-8 pm at the BCC auditorium.
From the publisher: “As the contributors to this volume make clear, the future will be decided by whether we act in the present—and we must act to counter institutional inertia, fossil fuel interests, and political obduracy.”
You can reserve a free ticket on EventBrite here! Signed copies of Not Too Late will be available for purchase for $10 after the event.
Submitted by meredithirby@berkeley.net
JOIN BHS LEADERSHIP for 2024-2025
Anyone interested in an appointed position needs to fill out an application by April 23rd at midnight.
APPOINTED POSITION APPS DUE APRIL 23
If you have any questions, email
Meghan Malone at meghanmalone@students.berkeley.net, or Mr. V at johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net
@juicethejackets
BHS JAZZ SALSA NIGHT IS BACK AGAIN!
We had so much fun last year we decided to make Salsa Night a tradition. Come on down to BHS on Friday May 10th. FREE Dance lesson 5:30-6:30 followed by lots of dancing and amazing music until 9:00 pm. There will be food trucks and lots of yummy treats for sale. FREE Admission – bring your friends and families and have a joyous time with us. 😊🎉❤️🔥
BHS ATHLETICS
Support your Yellow Jackets!
For Upcoming Games Check out the full BHS Athletics Schedule
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ContactAthletic Director athleticdirector@berkeley.net
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Notification of Non-Discrimination Policy
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