A new trend has taken Berkeley High School, as well as the rest of the world, by storm. Wordle is an online word game in which players attempt to guess the daily five-letter word within six tries.
By age five, Dylan Heinstein was already topping podiums at national snowboarding competitions within a year of starting the sport. By age ten, Heinstein was driving seven hours each way to and from Mammoth Mountain every week to train during the winter season.
Dawn Williams and Spencer Pritchard, both teachers in the African American Studies Department at Berkeley High School, had a vision for the department.
Ka’Dijah Brown attended Berkeley schools all her life. She began at Washington Elementary, moved on to Longfellow Middle School, and finally graduated from Berkeley High School in 2009.
“I have never felt fully safe on campus in all my years here,” said nonbinary special education teacher Jacob, who does not use their last name except in a legal context.
When Yasmin Navarro received an email from QuestBridge her junior year of high school, she couldn’t believe her eyes. “I thought it was a total scam,” she said.
At first glance while walking down Martin Luther King Jr. Way towards University Avenue, it’s hard to notice anything out of the ordinary. However, after Winter Break, a new store named the Curiosity Shop popped up out of the blue — and literally, the outside is blue. Although the shop is new to Berkeley, the
Winter is always a stressful time for students, with the end of the semester and final exams. However, it’s an especially hard time for graduating seniors, who also have to keep in mind their soon-to-be-due application deadlines.
December marked the release of many early action and early decision results for college admissions. Students who submitted their applications in October and November, several months ahead of the regular deadlines, anxiously awaited their decision of acceptance, deferral, or rejection. This year, with further implementation of test-optional and test-blind policies as well as an emphasis
After a semester with Infinite Campus, the grade portal that replaced Illuminate Education, teachers and students alike are finally adjusting to the change.
Berkeley High School freshman Calder Underwood has found purpose in philosophy. He has begun to develop his own personal ideology in order to find deeper meaning in his everyday existence.
At the beginning of this school year, there was no guarantee that classes would continue to be in-person. It was uncertain if masks would be required for the whole year, and many worried over the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak at school.
For a long time, student fights have been a large aspect of Berkeley High School. Fights have been witnessed on campus and spread through social media to the point where Instagram accounts have been made just for this reason.
Berkeley High School’s Arts and Humanities Academy held a craft fair during lunch on December 9 and 10. The craft fair is serving as a replacement for AHA’s annual art exhibition at Kala Art Institute, put on halt due to the pandemic.
One morning, Berkeley High School teacher and career advisor James Dopman woke up with a sniffle. In a normal year, he would have shrugged this off. After all, he felt relatively fine and had a history of allergies.
On Thursday, December 2, the Berkeley High School African Diaspora Dance Department hosted the opening night of its 53rd annual winter performance, which is titled Dancing Through Life’s Changes.
Recently, students at Berkeley High School may have noticed adults outside many of the bathrooms on campus. These adults are parent volunteers, who, after receiving repeated reports of vaping and other unwanted behaviors taking place in bathrooms, decided to take action.
How do the students of Berkeley High School celebrate Thanksgiving? Everyone has different traditions that reflect their family’s history, religion, and beliefs.
