Every Day Counts! Attend Today, Achieve for a Lifetime September is attendance awareness month. Berkeley Unified School District Student Services, Office of Family Engagement & Equity, and the City of Berkeley’s School Linked Health Services have teamed up to celebrate and encourage good school attendance. Every day of the school year counts! When children miss school for […]
Black Parents Affinity Group Retreat; Next meeting: Dinner & Movie on March 8
A Message from Ann-Marie Callegari, Supervisor of the Office of Family Engagement and Equity Re: Black Parents Affinity Group Retreat, February 27 Note: Next Black Parents Affinity Group Event: Dinner and a Movie, Tuesday, March 8, 6-8pm at Malcolm X Elementary in the Library. We will be viewing ****More Than A Day**** (Race and Equality in […]
Attend Today! Achieve for a Lifetime
BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION PROCLAMATION NO. 15-013, Board Approved on 9/10/14 Recognition of September 2014 as Attendance Awareness Month WHEREAS good attendance is essential to student achievement and graduation, and we are committed to dedicating our resources and attention to reducing chronic absenteeism rates, with a focus starting as early as kindergarten; […]
Building a Bridge: Schools, Families, Community
Research has consistently shown that when schools and families work together to support learning, everyone benefits: students do better in school and in life, parents become empowered, schools get better, communities grow stronger. To that effect, the Office of Family Engagement and Equity aims to build school, home and community partnerships to establish more inclusive […]
Office of Family Engagement and Equity Serving Families
The Office of Family Engagement and Equity provides resource referrals, trainings for teachers and staff, and parent events. This blog will keep you informed about events as well as tips on what you can do at home to help your student succeed in school. The links on the left side of this page are school […]
School Board
The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education, also called the School Board, is comprised of five elected directors (also called “members”) and two student directors, one chosen from Berkeley High, and the other Berkeley Technology Academy. The School Board represents the public’s voice in public education, providing governance over the school district. The School […]
