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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
MAR 16 No School
Now – MAR 20 ELECTION SEASON Election Handbook & Convention Video
MAR 21 Roaring 20’s Prom Senior Info, Dates & Resources
MAR 23 – 26 ASB Voting Period
MAR 29 – APR 5 Spring Break No School
Please stop by the Berkeley Health Center at H-105 for grab-and-go items! We have band-aids, fentanyl test strips, pads, tampons, and condoms.
Congressional Art Competition for California’s 12th Congressional District
Hello BHS Students, the Office of Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (CA-12) is excited to announce that the Congressional Art Competition for California’s 12th Congressional District is now live! Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated. This year’s theme is “The Collective Us in California’s 12th Congressional District.”
To learn more, visit Congresswoman Simon’s website and check out the flyer here!
Due by April 15
Empower
Empower is a club that addresses critical issues that affect marginalized communities. It was created by a UC undergraduate, and ran through Cheyenne Paxton, a BIHS senior, and Kailey Robinson, an AC Sophomore. We meet at H201 after school, 3:33-5pm on Wednesdays. Food is provided! Emails: cheyennepaxton@berkeley.students.net and kaileyrobinson@berkeley.students.net
Are you an IB looking to get Service for your CAS Portfolio?
If so, come to Sather Gate, up by Telegraph, this Monday at 10:30 am for a quick garbage cleanup. We will be there for about an hour, and we will provide snacks and drinks. With any questions, please email wyattreno@students.berkeley.net, and if you would like to attend, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/97cQBUbaUCrbhoHH7
Submitted by wyattreno@students.berkeley.net
Danza azteca
Danza azteca group for people with indigenous heritage to learn more about their culture, we dance, drum and preform certain events. People should join if they want to explore THEIR indigenous heritage
Contact Adrianabetti@berkeley.net
Kelseymarical@students.berkeley.net
@cuauhtli_mitotiani_mexica
Join BHS Chorus!
If you are interested in singing and are a freshman, sophomore, or junior, consider signing up for the BHS Chorus class. There is a 0 period and 1st period option, and no experience is required. If you’ve already chosen classes, you can still go back and add chorus. We are especially looking for tenors and basses (low voices) if you think you might be one.
cONTACT Ms. Hansen johninehansen@berkeley.net
Are you dealing with some drama you need advice on, but cant find anyone to ask?
Well try submitting something to The Gap, BHS’s newest advice column. We will post our response on our website coming soon, all names will be changed for the sake of anonymity and all submissions will also be anonymous. If you want to submit your story use the link here.
If you have any questions email zoewhitman@students.berkeley.net or mossvorobyeva@students.berkeley.net
Seal of Biliteracy
All Graduating students who speak more than one language should apply!
Due April 15 – Seal of Biliteracy Application, CDE Website, Classroom Contact Susi Lopez & Daniel Nube World Languages Dept. Application process will open February 28. CA CDE website.
2026 Prom – Roaring 20’s
Saturday, March 21@ SF Design Center aka Galeria
Prom is an exclusive event for Class of 2026 and 2027 students only. No 9th/10th grade students allowed.
Beginning February 16, tickets will be online BHS Student Store
Guest Pass form for any non-BHS/BIS/BTA student – DUE MARCH 12 no exceptions
Contact Leah G., Corinna B., or Mr. V with any questions.
BHS ATHLETICS
JOIN BHS CHEER
Calling All BHS Students!!! Are you high spirited, have lots of energy or love pumping up others? Are you 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 that cheers at sporting events and other outside events, then we want to see you at Berkeley High Cheerleading Tryouts April 13th – 17th.
If you want assistance preparing for tryouts or want to keep your motions, jumps, dance and/or stunting skills sharp, come to open gym March 10th – 12 and March 17th – 19th from 5pm-7pm. All are welcome.
We are looking forward to an exciting 2026-27 school year with our cheer program and we want you to be a part!
If you have questions please email coach Tiffany at tiffanysutherland@berkeley.net
bhs_cheerteam
BHS Track and Field team
The BHS Track and Field team is looking for one to two Team Managers! We need BHS students who are able to attend our practices Monday – Friday from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
The team managers will assist our coaches with daily practice admin tasks, including signing athletes in and out of practice, and helping with equipment set up and take down.
Interested applicants please email Co-Head Coaches Brad and Danielle BradleyJohnson2@gmail.com and danielleperez@berkeley.net
Season Passes
Now that the fall season is over, the All-Year Student Sports Pass has been reduced to $11. Join the other 500 students that already have a pass so you can get entry to all BHS Athletics home contests (excluding NCS playoffs).
CLICK HERE and follow the directions to access the pass.
Email athleticdirector@berkeley.net if you have technical difficulties or want to pay cash.
Go Jackets!
Register for 2025-26 Sports
Athletes must be cleared to participate – Deadline to be cleared for first day is:
to be cleared for first day is:
2/9 at 9AM! (those that register after that will miss day 1)
Uncleared athletes can stay and watch but can’t participate
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.
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!
Volunteer for the 32nd Eggster at UC Berkeley
This year, our theme is Dinosaur Eggscavation, and we will be running booths about the prehistoric times! Our 32nd annual event will be on Saturday April 4th, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Campanile Esplanade at UC Berkeley. Lunch will be provided. No dinosaur knowledge is required. We can help verify volunteer hours too! To learn more about us, visit our website in eggster.org/volunteer/
BHS Spring One-Acts Festival!
On the 12th, 13th and 14th of March (those are the first two weeks of March), we will be hosting the BHS Spring One-Acts Festival in A101, come support student-directed theater! Those are the Thursday, Friday and Saturday of those weeks, and on the Saturdays there are two showings each day with a matinee and then a 7PM show. Tickets in the bulletin! Be there or be square!
Come to the One-Acts Festival!
The BHS Spring One-Acts Festival is happening this March in A101! Come support student directed and produced theater!
Submitted by kirbyduncan@students.berkeley.net
Are you an experienced, talented or even aspiring actor?
You should audition for a super ambitious super fun film I’m working on!! For more info on the plot & all that please check out this link!
Contact amelaamago@students.berkeley.net
2026 ELECTION SEASON
MEET THE CANDIDATES
Check out all of the statements from the 60+ candidates!
Hey Jackets! We are recruiting students for the 2026-27 school year to join BHS Leadership team. As a student leader, you would work on a diverse team to plan events and activities that matter to you and your class.
We are looking for student leaders from all grades and learning communities. There are over 80 positions available.
Appointed apps are due April 20
Reflections on Women’s History Month
Women’s Student Union will be writing profiles on important women from history during Women’s History Month! If you would like to participate make sure to come to Women’s student union, we meet Thursdays at lunch in C128.
Contact bhswsu.info@gmail.com
@womensstudentunion
Million Dollar Dance Team presents
MDT Dance Team presents excerpts from “For colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf-” It will be on March 13Th at 7pm at Oxford Elementary school. $5 for students $10 general admission. Be there!
Submitted by juliawarrenboyd@students.berkeley.net
@milliondollardanceteam
Community Yoga Sculpt
M-Gym March 23 8:30-9:30
Hosted by Rigzin and Sophie
Bring Your Own Yoga Mat!
Submitted by rigzingyaltsen@students.berkeley.net
@rigzhin or @ssophie.pomfret
IMPORTANT PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Jacket Newspaper is accepting art submissions for Women’s History Month!
We’re looking for photography, paintings, drawings, writing, any creative work. Submit your art to claratjen@students.berkeley.net and sydneylehrer@students.berkeley.net
The Jacket’s layout team applications are due this Friday, March 6th! Layout team members will help design and edit the newspaper’s layout. Apply here: https://berkeleyhighjacket.com/apply
@bhsjacket
BHS RED CROSS CLUB CANNED FOOD DRIVE
The Red Cross Club is hosting a canned food drive here at BHS starting this week until the end of March! All collections will be distributed to the Alameda County Community Food Bank. There is a bin in the front office (signs above it) to drop off donations. We also take money donations that we will use to buy canned food.
Donate, Donate, DONATE!!!
Submitted by sharmilashaik@students.berkeley.net
@berkeleyhigh.redcross
From Your BHS PTSA:
Announcing the ROOTS & REMEMBRANCE Art Contest & Live Music Opening
Art submissions due April 15th, Art opening at Bancroft Community Gardens May 9th
For details (art work & if you want to play live music at the opening), please go to the Student Life section of our website: https://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/student-life
Contact ptsaberkeleyhigh@gmail.com
@ptsa.bhs
BERKELEY HIGH X SPORTS BASEMENT
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Friday, February 27 – Friday, March 13
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Join Civic Leaders Club!
Student Choice Teaching Award
Due by April 14
Contact bhscivicleaders@gmail.com
@BHSCivicLeadersclub
YEARBOOK UPDATES
Submit photos for the senior collage!! yearbook needs them!
website: yearbookshare.com
code: gojackets223
Senior Ads in Yearbook
Hey seniors! Do you want to have an ad featuring you and your friends to celebrate your senior year? It’s a fun way to memorialize your friendships AND make sure you have your own special feature in the yearbook.
Follow this link to order your ad: and type in this code: 16356
Yearbook teacher: Ms. Marini, amandamarini@berkeley.net
Business and Outreach editor: Madeleine Wilson, madeleinewilson@students.berkeley.net
Yearbook email: bhsyearbook@berkeley.net
JC Penny Photoshoot
Contact ginebragabalyfernandez@students.berkeley.net
BHS LEGACY HOODIE
Purchase Here @ online BHS Student Store
Sizes S – 3XL
Don’t Leave Your Legacy Behind
Contact johnvillavicencio@berkeley.net
Quick Links
Need a Replacement Student ID?
Need a Locker? Visit C-210 during lunch or after school.
Welcome Back Assembly 25 & 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 2025-26 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 2025-26
BHS Athletics Berkeleyhighathletics.org
Class of 2026 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
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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