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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
9.21-10.10 BHS Mock Election
10.8 School Board Candidate Forum Little Theater
10.10 Talent Show Talent Show Auditions
10.15-19 Unity Week
10.19 Homecoming Dance / Game (tickets on sale 9.30)
10.21 Last to Register to vote
If you have a schoolwide event to promote, contact Mr. V
Homecoming Dance
Masquerade
Saturday, October 19
7:00-10:00 pm
Berkeley High (enter at the Athletic Plaza)
Tickets always available on the BHS Student Store
General $20 credit online, Venmo & Zelle in person
Free & Reduced $10 <in person only
In person sales on Wednesdays & Fridays in Leadership Office
Homecoming Royalty Nominations
Please nominate using this form before October 4.
Contact sophiepomfret@students.berkeley.net tamarmckey@students.berkeley.net
@bhsjuniors2026
Join Activism club!
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!
Submitted by sofiasanchez@students.berkeley.net
@bhs_activismclub
Sign Up for Saturday School
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.
Submitted by cassandratesch@berkeley.net
Meet Ms. Michelle Chen, Career Guide
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.
@berkeleyhs_collegecareercenter
Poetry club
Poetry club will have their first meeting in C105 this Friday. If you have any questions, please email Solanaschwarzingerreuter@students.Berkeley.net
Join The Changemaker Club
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.
For more information please contact Amalia Kelterborn at amaliakelterborn@students.berkeley.net
First Library Advisory Board meeting
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!
Submitted by allysonbogie@berkeley.net
Join Combat Robotics
Join Combat Robotics at Berkeley High! We meet every thursday in G214, where we learn how to build and compete with combat robots.
Submitted by benjamindernburg@students.berkeley.net
Halloween club
Halloween club meeting is this Monday in c325 aka Mr Pratt’s room. We will be discussing the cafeteria.
Submitted by jinjones@students.berkeley.net
@berkeleyhalloweenclub
IMPORTANT PREVIOUSLY SHARED ANNOUNCEMENTS
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!
Submitted by josephinemorasky@students.berkeley.net
JOIN SEXUAL HEALTH INFO FOR TEENS aka S.H.I.F.T.
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!
We are always at the Health Center too if you need to talk to us.
Submitted by luisboggiano@partner.berkeley.net
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.
Please submit pieces to josephinemorasky@students.berkeley.net and ysabelchu@students.berkeley.net, and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions! More information will be provided on our instagram @bhsjacket.
Berkeley School Board Candidate Forum
The community is cordially invited to attend.
Tuesday, October 8th from 5:30 to 6:30pm
Little Theater
The Berkeley High School (BHS) Civic Leaders Club is sponsoring the first
Berkeley School Board Candidate Forum aimed at high school students.
The Forum will take place at the Berkeley High School Little Theater on Tuesday
October 8th from 5:30 to 6:30pm.
This event marks a historic moment for youth in Berkeley. Eight years after
Berkeley’s Vote 16 Measure Y1 passed in 2016 with over 70% approval, 16 and
17 year olds will have the ability to vote in this year’s school board elections for
the first time. Berkeley and Oakland are the first cities in California to enact
legislation allowing people of 16 years and older to vote in any public elections,
Add your Questions here >>> Question Form
so this school board election is a first.
All five Berkeley school board candidates Laura Babitt, Jen Corn, Norma J F
Harrison, Abdur Sikder, and Ana Vasudeo are scheduled to attend. BHS Civic
Leaders president, Eva Levenson, will open the evening and introduce the
candidates. Winta Clark, Berkeley Unified School District’s Student School Board
Rep, and Jules Droz, BHS Civic Leaders Vice president, will moderate the
Forum.
Questions for the candidates will be submitted by students and community
members.
About BHS Civic Leaders:
BHS Civic Leaders is a student-led club at Berkeley High School dedicated to
fostering civic engagement and leadership among youth. Through initiatives such
as its Voter Registration Day partnership with the League of Women Voters
(September 17th), and the School Board Forum, the club aims to empower
students to actively participate in their community and local governance.
Event Details:
Date: October 8th, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Location: Berkeley High School, Little Theater, 1980 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA
For More Information:
For additional details or media inquiries, please contact BHS Civic Leaders
Research all 5 School Board Candidates
There are two open seats.
Berkeleyside Voter Guide
Laura Babitt
Jen Corn
Naomi J F Harrison
Abdur Sikder
Ana Vasudeo
https://vasudeo4berkeley.com/
General BUSD School Board info
BHS ATHLETICS
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!
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.
Support your Yellow Jackets!
For Upcoming Games Check out the full BHS Athletics Schedule
Follow on X & Instagram @bhsjacketsports
Contact Athletic Director athleticdirector@berkeley.net
Go Jackets!
BHS Mock Election
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.
Goal is >75% participation
Contact Mr. V
Join us for the 2024 TeenTechSF Civic Hackathon!
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.
Contact michelle.hc.yeung@gmail.com
Quick Links
Need a Replacement Student ID? September 30 & October 28 are the next photo days.
Need a Locker? Visit C-210 during lunch or after school.
Welcome Back Assembly 24 & What Every Ninth Grader Should Know
OFF-CAMPUS LUNCH GUIDE Click here for some tasty Off Campus Lunch ideas.
BHS All Class Reunion Facebook page (non-BUSD)
Order a 2024-25 Yearbook Click here Contact amandamarini@berkeley.net
Make a BHS Health Center Appt. Click here
Complete a Free & Reduced Lunch Application secure.ezmealapp.com contact saraleon@berkeley.net
Click here for the daily lunch menu
Club Registration Register a BHS Student Club for 2024-25
BHS Athletics Berkeleyhighathletics.org
Class of 2025 Senior Info Senior Info, Dates & Resources
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.
Useful Links
Contact Info
Berkeley High ASB Leadership
1980 Allston Way, Berkeley CA United States 94704
johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net
510.644.8990
Go Jackets!
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