The School Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed redesign of Berkeley High’s educational program at its May 17, 2017 meeting. The public hearing will start at approximately 8:00 p.m. Following a presentation about the proposed redesign of the 9th grade program, there will be an opportunity for public comment regarding the redesign, […]
New Policy to Protect Students, Employees from Government Registries – Also Bans Records of a Student’s Religion
The School Board has adopted a new policy forbidding District employees from providing information about individual students or employees for government registries based on religion, national origin or ethnicity. The policy — adopted unanimously by the Board on April 26 — also bans recording religion in an individual student’s cumulative file and in an employee’s […]
Family Preparedness Plans
A letter from Superintendent Evans is going out this week to all district families about the importance of family preparedness plans, with special advice for immigrant families, many of whom have concerns about keeping their families together due to the potential for immigrant enforcement actions (ICE). The Immigrant Legal Resource Center has created Family Preparedness […]
Llamas and Art – A Visit with Our Youngest Students
Superintendent Donald Evans enjoys visiting our classrooms whenever he can, and last Friday, April 28, found him reading about llamas to kids aged 3-5 at Franklin Preschool. His text was the picture book, Is Your Mama a Llama?, and his enthusiastic audience was Nelly Caloca’s class, the only bilingual preschool class in the district. (A […]
Certificates, Celebration and Cake
An air of festivity filled Longfellow’s new cafeteria the evening of Thursday, April 27th when students and family members gathered to celebrate English Language Learners who’ve attained English proficiency. The annual Reclassification Ceremony honored the 117 students who were certified as fluent this year. The event included remarks by Superintendent Evans, School Board Member Beatriz […]
Posters by Berkeley High AHA Students Welcome All
Artful messaging created by students in the Arts and Humanities Academy (AHA) at Berkeley High School is now hanging in all of our schools as a way to let all students, families, staff, and visitors know that they are welcome in our schools. When asked to help spread positive messages of community and unity that are embodied […]
Middle School Community Meetings on BHS Redesign: Week of May 8
Three Middle School Community Meetings on Berkeley High School Redesign: May 8, 9, 11 Over a period of more than 18 months Berkeley High faculty, staff and students as well as parents, the school board, and community groups have been engaged in an on-going community discussion about redesigning Berkeley High School to better serve all students. […]
Celebrate Our Proficient English Learners: Reclassification Ceremony on April 27
As a district that celebrates multilingualism and cultivates bilingualism, we recognize the additional challenge presented to our students learning English as a second language. This coming Thursday is a special occasion for our students identified as English Language Learners who have met the criteria and have demonstrated English proficiency in all academic areas. Our annual […]
4th & 5th Graders’ Creativity Celebrated at Annual “In Dulci Jubilo” Awards
Extraordinary elementary school student talent was honored Thursday night, April 20, at the annual In Dulci Jubilo Awards Ceremony. Open to all BUSD 4th and 5th graders, In Dulci Jubilo‘s (IDJ) Art, Poetry and Essay Contest featured awards in three categories for each of the two grades. Winners in each category (1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable […]
Tonight at Longfellow: Presidential Medal of Freedom Winner Sylvia Mendez
Noted civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez, who was at the center of the landmark case that led to California being the first state to desegregate its schools, will speak at Longfellow Middle School at 6 p.m. tonight, April 13. It was 70 years ago this month that the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco […]
