First Day of School is August 27th

BHS Graduation 2008 Video Available for $17

Berkeley Community Media taped the Berkeley High Graduation 2008 with multiple cameras, located from the stage to the hill above, so you won't miss anything. They are offering the DVD for the low price of $17, and that includes tax and shipping! You can email BCM mailto:info@betv.org or call (848-2288) and let them know that you want to order a DVD. They are jut finishing the editing, and need an idea of how many copies they should have produced, so your orders now will be helpful. Note: They also have copies of the two previous years available for the same price.

Great news for Junior parents: Berkeley Community Media is working with local businesses to develop funding so that next year every senior could receive the DVD for free! Let's wish BCM's new Executive Director David Jolliffe luck on this. He has developed a good plan that makes sense for the businesses he is talking to.

Order next year's BHS 2008-9 Organizer!

The 2008-9 BHS Course Catalog (pdf)

August 3: Colleges that Change Lives Panel Discussion and College Fair

12 noon, South San Francisco Conference Center, 255 South Airport Blvd.,
South Francisco; OR 5:00 pm, Walnut Creek Marriott, 2355 North Main Street, Walnut Creek.

Colleges That Change Lives, a group of 40 small liberal arts colleges named by Loren Pope in his book of the same name, is holding their annual national tour in August, including two events in the Bay Area. Their goals are to help students find colleges that fit with their needs and values.

The program begins with a half-hour panel presentation on the college search and how to find the right fit for each student. Following the presentation, representatives from each of the colleges present will be available at a one and a half hour college fair. The event is free and no pre-registration is necessary.

We encourage families of rising juniors and seniors to attend this event to find out more about these excellent, but not always well-known, schools, as well as the admissions process in general. For more information, go to http://www.ctcl.com.

Berkeley High School - Fall Sports 2008-2009 Revised 4/17/08

Important: Athletic Packets, Transportation Fee, & Physical Required

Students athletes must have an annual sports physical and complete all the forms in the BHS Athletic Packet (available in the Administration office, BHS Health Center, and the BHS Athletic Office). Students can check whether their physical is still valid by checking the list posted on the Athletic Office window. Sports physicals may be obtained from your private physicians or a limited number of physicals will be offered at Oakland Children's Hospital on 8/16/08. Call the athletic department at 644-8723 to get more details. Limited physicals are
available for those without insurance at the Berkeley High Health Center - call 644-6965.

Tryouts begin for all sports on August 18. Students who do not attend tryouts and/or who do not have a valid athletic packet may not make the team.

VARSITY GIRLS GOLF Frank Haskell: off-campus coach, 2nd year. 415-740-7930. All beginners are welcome. Call coach for practice information.

VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS Contact the BHS Athletic Office for info: 644-8723. Tryouts begin Monday-Friday at 3:30 on the MLK, Jr., Tennis Courts. Bring a tennis racquet, a sweatshirt and dress in workout clothes and sneakers.

VARSITY & JV FOOTBALL Alonzo Carter: on-campus coach; 2nd year. Contact: therealcoachcarter@yahoo.com. Get a physical or participate in Oakland Children's Hopspital Physical Day ($20) on Saturday, August 16 from 9-11. Strength workouts going on now in weight room Monday -Thursday. Contact Coach Carter regarding participation in summer passing league.

VARSITY & JV GIRLS AND BOYS WATER POLO Bill Gaebler: on-campus coach;31st year. Contact: 510 644-8888; 510 525-2354. Tryouts start August 18th M-Th
in the new BHS competition pool, 3:30 - 6:00 pm. Bring your swimsuit and a towel. All skill levels welcome.

VARSITY & JV GIRLS FIELD HOCKEY Heather Zona off-campus coach 2nd year, hmzona@gmail.com, 415-307-1716. Tryouts begin on Monday, August 18th. A week of recommended conditioning will take place 6:00-8:00 August 11th-14th . Tryouts begin on August 18th - M 4:00-6:00, Tu-Thurs 6:00 -8:00 pm on the BHS Turf. No experience necessary. Dress: shorts, running shoes, t-shirt.

VARSITY, JV & FRESHMAN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Contact Gary Hodge, 1st year
off-campus coach at garyh@goldengateway.com. Tryouts Monday, August
18-Friday, August 22 at 3:00 in the Donahue Gym. Dress: shorts/spandex, t-shirt, knee pads and volleyball or other athletic shoes.

BOYS & GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Dave Goodrich: on-campus coach; 9th year.
Contact: <dgoodrich@berkeley.k12.ca.us>. Practice begins on August 18, 10:00 - 12 on the BHS track. Come ready to run.

BOYS & GIRLS CREW Chris Dadd: Head Coach Contact: 610-0408; http://www.berkeleyhighcrew.org/. Training starts in the fall and continues through the racing season in the spring. Anyone, regardless of size, can be a successful rower. We are looking for hardworking people to join our dedicated and strong group of athletes.

Prepared by the office of the BHS Athletic Director and Berkeley Athletic Fund

May PTSA Newsletter

Explanation of the proposed Advisory Program (pdf)

Sign up for EScrip!

BHS Athletics gets 25% of the funds raised by eScrip through the BHS Development Group.  The more people we get to sign up for eScrip the more money BHSDG and BHS Athletics will be able to give back to BHS groups.

We will throw a pizza party and give BHS wearable t-shirts to the students of the team that signs up most new people to eScrip. The deadline for new sign ups October 31st. Signing up is easy. All they need to do is to:

Log on to www.escrip.com       
Clink on "Welcome" and then on "sign up"
Choose group "ID" which is 137646958     
Just follow the directions from there     

Donations are made directly to the BHSDG when you used your registered cards at the participating merchants

Upcoming Events and meetings

Have an upcoming BHS event? Contact Matthew Wong for posting.