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#BerkeleyPROUD! To  Kick Off The 2025 – 26 School Year! / #BerkeleyPROUD! ¡Inicio del Ciclo Escolar 2025-26!

August 12, 2025

A head-on, medium shot of Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent, Enikia Ford Morthel, smiling and looking directly at the camera. She has long, dark hair and is wearing a dark blue blazer over a navy top with a gold-colored belt. She is standing outdoors in front of a wooden fence with plants on both sides. A white tent-like structure is visible in the background. A play button icon is overlaid on the center of the image. The hashtag #BerkeleyPROUD! is written in large, bold letters at the bottom of the image, with "Berkeley" in a reddish-brown color and "PROUD!" in orange.

Click here or above to watch BUSD’s #BerkeleyPROUD video. 

 

August 12, 2025

 

Hello Berkeley Unified Family,

Welcome to the 2025-26 school year! 

We hope that you had an amazing summer. As August 13th approaches, our BUSD educators and staff have been busy preparing our schools to welcome students back.  We continue to be motivated by our collective mission – to enable and inspire our diverse student body to achieve academic excellence and make positive contributions to our world. 

We have so much to be proud of towards that end, so much that we’ve accomplished together as a community to date, and all that I know we will accomplish in the year ahead. 

This is a red and orange graphic image of a hashtag that says #BerkeleyProud!

Please take a moment to watch our Back to School video.  We’ll see you on Wednesday!

 

In Community,

Enikia Ford Morthel
Superintendent

Agosto 11, 2025

 A head-on, medium shot of Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent, Enikia Ford Morthel, smiling and looking directly at the camera. She has long, dark hair and is wearing a dark blue blazer over a navy top with a gold-colored belt. She is standing outdoors in front of a wooden fence with plants on both sides. A white tent-like structure is visible in the background. A play button icon is overlaid on the center of the image. The hashtag #BerkeleyORGULLOSO! is written in large, bold letters at the bottom of the image, with "Berkeley" in a reddish-brown color and "ORGULLOSO!" in orange.

Haga clic aquí o en la parte superior para ver el video de BUSD #BerkeleyPROUD.

 

Hola Familia en Berkeley Unified:

¡Bienvenidos al ciclo escolar 2025-26!

Esperamos que hayan tenido un verano increíble. A medida que se acerca el 13 de agosto, los educadores y el personal de BUSD han estado ocupados preparando nuestras escuelas para dar la bienvenida a los estudiantes. Continuamos sintiéndonos motivados por nuestra misión colectiva – el capacitar e inspirar a nuestro diverso cuerpo estudiantil para alcanzar la excelencia académica y hacer contribuciones positivas a nuestro mundo.

Tenemos mucho de que estar orgullosos en este sentido, mucho de lo que hemos logrado juntos como comunidad hasta la fecha y todo lo que sé que lograremos en el año que viene. 

This is a red and orange graphic image of the words Berkeley Orgulloso. The word "Berkeley" is in red and the word "Orgulloso" is in orange. There is a hashtag in front of the word "Berkeley" and a Spanish language exclamation mark before the hashtag and after the word "Orgulloso."

Por favor, dedique unos minutos a ver nuestro Video de Regreso a Clases.  ¡Nos vemos el miércoles!

 

En Comunidad,

Enikia Ford Morthel
Superintendente

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