In Nov. 2020, Berkeley Unified School District revealed plans to build a three-story staff parking garage with rooftop tennis courts. The funds for the $27 million project would have come from Measure G, a $380 million bond for school construction that was passed in March of the same year.
In 18 U.S. states, including Arkansas, Texas, and Florida, various bills and legislations have been passed to restrict or ban certain high school courses, such as AP African American Studies.
“I’m just really happy to be back,” said Juan Raygoza, Berkeley High School’s principal, who returned to BHS on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, after spending July to December of 2023 on paternity leave. According to Raygoza, he had an amazing opportunity to spend time at home with his wife and two kids, a six-and-a-half-year-old and
Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, artificial intelligence has become much more easily accessible to students and a way for many to generate essays, codes, and other types of assignments artificially.
On Tuesday Jan. 16 2023, Berkeley Copwatch released a report entitled “Purging the Poor: Arrest Quotas, Racist Texts, and the Role of City Leadership in the ‘Textgate’ Scandal” outlining the results of Copwatch’s investigation into misconduct by Berkeley Police Department Bike Force officers.
On Tuesday March 5, 2024, Berkeley citizens will vote on the renewal of the Berkeley Student Excellence Program. BSEP has played a crucial role in providing resources to the Berkeley Unified School District over the past 30 years. “BSEP is a voter-approved source of locally controlled funding that BUSD can count on to keep
In 2018, Berkeley Unified School District adopted the Sustainability Program and Plan. The plan covers green buildings & materials, transportation, water, energy, waste, food, schoolyards, and eco-literacy and nature-based education.
Early on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, UC Berkeley erected a 17 foot wall of shipping containers around People’s Park to protect construction of student and low income housing on the property.
“There’s nothing worse than having a stressful morning already and then pulling up to the school parking lot when you teach a first-period class and finding that there are no spots available,” said Julie Panebianco, a Universal Ninth Grade English teacher. This is an experience shared by many teachers at BHS and in schools
In previous years, Berkeley High School teachers writing letters of recommendation for students have received no compensation for their work. After a push from teachers and parents last year to change this, the Berkeley Unified School District reached a memorandum of understanding with the Berkeley Federation of Teachers that has been officially implemented
The Berkeley High School population has been growing for many years, and this year, teachers and students alike are feeling the consequences of this reality.
In late November, six Berkeley High School affinity groups were permitted to resume meetings after a three-month postponement due to the creation of new guidelines on student groups made by the U.S.
On Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, Berkeley High School hosted the Holiday Meal. The event’s goal was to help provide a free meal to people experiencing homelessness during the holidays.
Few media properties are as legendary and successful in nerd culture as “Scott Pilgrim.” The beloved franchise began as a humble graphic novel series from 2004, became a cult classic live-action movie and inspired a successful video game in 2010.
The Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent’s Gender Equity and Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee was established in order to provide education and address students’ issues concerning sexual safety and gender identity.
On Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, John “Chip” Moore, the chair of Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board, spoke to Berkeley High School’s Law and Social Justice class.
In summer of 2024, Sylvia Mendez Elementary School will begin a two-year construction project to modernize the facility, which will render all except three classrooms unsafe for student use during the first year of construction.
On Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, the Berkeley High School Wellness Center hosted its grand opening. The event included presentations from many of the students, teachers, administrators, and parents who helped bring the Wellness Center to life.
