Amelia Reed

Position

Writer

Graduation

Class of 2025

Amelia Reed is writer on the Berkeley High Jacket, along with a frisbee player, students, baker, and someone who loves to try new things. She is a student in Academic Choice, and plans to graduate in 2025.

A sillouette of a graduate surrounded (from left) by a road sign, a plane flying around a globe, and a piggy bank.

Students broaden their horizons with gap years

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“I really want to figure out who I am outside of being a student at school for the past 13 years,” said junior Gabriela Almeida-Gere. The prospect of going to college right after high school is limiting to Almeida-Gere, which is why she has decided to take a gap year after she graduates Berkeley High

Student teacher Emma Zhao checks in with students.

Student teachers pursue BHS careers

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“I could not imagine being in an office just sitting in a corner job,” said Elliot Robles, a student teacher at Berkeley High School. He described the best aspect of his work being students’ energy.

Word on the Street: Is there a mid-year slump?

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“I think it’s a perceived burnout because at the same time the classes actually do get harder in the second semester, and I think that’s really the reason for the burnout,” said junior Theo Lemkin.