November 29, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community,  Our collective vision has come to fruition!  The Berkeley High School (BHS) Wellness Center is ready to open! The Wellness Center will expand resources available to students–including prevention and education services–complimenting services already provided at the school’s Health Center. It will be a place for students […]

November 7, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, United Against Hate Week, celebrated this year on November 12 – 18, is an opportunity to bring communities together to learn how to respond when hate happens and to have important conversations about how to work together to prevent hate and advance our collective agenda for peace […]

  November 6, 2023 Dear Berkeley Unified Community,  In the spirit of our mission to enable and inspire our diverse student body to achieve academic excellence and make positive contributions to our world, I am pleased to invite you to participate as a member of the district’s Gender Equity and Sexual Harassment  Advisory Committee (GESHAC). […]

    October 18, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, I am writing with an update on the student walkout at Berkeley High School (BHS) this morning. At approximately 10:30 am, about 150 BHS students left campus and crossed the street to Civic Center Park. I, along with district staff and BHS administrators, followed the […]

      October 18, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, We write first to acknowledge the difficult moment we are in and the unyielding and extreme pain some in our school community are experiencing due to the ongoing crisis in Israel and Gaza.  BUSD’s values include a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion. We […]

October 11, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, I want to acknowledge that there is heartbreaking conflict and tragedy at this moment. We are here–in community–to support our students, families, and staff as we experience the weight of recent events in Israel and Palestine. While we are all processing these events differently, we know that […]

  September 20, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, As we experience smoke from Oregon and Northern California fires in Berkeley, please be assured that BUSD is monitoring air quality and advising principals and site leaders about appropriate responses. Schools will respond to AQI levels based on the BUSD Air Quality Index (AQI) Response Plan […]

  September 15, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, I’m happy to share that BUSD begins our celebration of Latine/x Heritage Month today. During the period from September 15 to October 15, we uplift and celebrate the rich diversity and countless contributions of the Latine/x community.  During Latine/x Heritage Month, we acknowledge the contributions, culture […]

    August 30, 2023 Dear Berkeley Unified Community: BUSD’s Reparations Task Force is pleased to announce two exciting speaker and community education and engagement events in September. Participants at each of these events will have an opportunity to learn more about reparations, ask questions, meet some members of the Reparations Task Force, and give […]