May 1, 2024   Dear Berkeley Unified community, In May, we embrace the significance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month – a time to celebrate the rich cultural tapestry and invaluable contributions of these diverse communities. Amidst our celebrations, it is crucial to recognize that within the broader AAPI umbrella, there exists […]

  May 1, 2024   Dear Berkeley Unified community, May is a rich month of heritage celebrations which includes BUSD’s third year celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month. Since 2006, May has been proclaimed as Jewish American Heritage Month so that we can center and honor the many lived and historical experiences of Jewish Americans. As […]

April 17, 2024   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, Yet again, this morning BUSD staff and staff at other East Bay school districts received spam emails suggesting that explosives may be planted inside of our schools. This is similar to hoax emails received by school districts in December of 2023 and February 2024.  Upon becoming aware […]

April 16, 2024  Dear BUSD Community, On November 3, 2021, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education unanimously passed the Climate Literacy Resolution, which commits to graduating students who are well versed in climate change science, issues, solutions, and environmental justice as a civil rights issue.  In response to this important resolution, BUSD staff […]

April 8, 2024 انقر هنا لقراءة هذه الرسالة باللغة العربية. Dear Berkeley Unified Community: As we return to BUSD from Spring Break, we do so in anticipation of the district’s celebration of Arab American & South Asian, Southwest Asian, and North African (SSWANA) Heritage Month throughout April. Two years ago BUSD joined several local and […]

  March 29, 2024   Dear Berkeley Unified Community: Spring is all about new beginnings and transformation; it’s a season that symbolizes starting fresh and starting over.  Please enjoy my Spring Break message to the BUSD community at this link. We cannot begin this Spring Break and period of renewal without first acknowledging recent challenges […]

  March 18, 2024 Dear Berkeley Unified Community: In January, BUSD’s Reparations Task Force launched a survey to engage and solicit input from the Berkeley community. More than 2,200 individuals completed the survey, including students, parents/caregivers, district staff, and Berkeley community members.  With the survey now complete, the Reparations Task Force is pleased to invite […]

    March 14, 2024 Dear BUSD Community, I am writing to extend an invitation to all members of the BUSD community to join me at this year’s Black History Oratorical Fest competition on Thursday, March 21 at 5:30 pm at the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School auditorium, 1781 Rose St., Berkeley.  Finalists from […]

March 12, 2024 Dear Berkeley Unified Community, BUSD observes March 21 to April 10 as the César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong Commemorative Period–one of the many ways we celebrate and affirm the rich histories of the Chicano, Chicana, Chicanx, Filipina, Filipino, Filipinx, and the Latina, Latino, Latinx communities in our schools. Read BUSD […]

March 4, 2024   Dear BUSD Parents and Caregivers, We have been made aware that the Berkeley Police Department (BPD) is investigating an attempted kidnapping incident involving an unknown suspect that approached a Ruth Acty Elementary School student after school today, March 4, 2024.  The student involved in this incident is safe and unharmed. The […]