Over the past month, students scrambled to find the perfect prom outfit and plan the perfect night. Berkeley High School’s prom comes with endless expectations that can easily stress students out.
Undervalued, untold, unappreciated, and marginalized groups of women across Berkeley High School are saying their voices need to be heard, and intersectional feminism is the way to accomplish this.
Trends on social media are constantly cycling in and out of popularity. With that, it can be difficult to decipher which of these trends are innocent, and which of them are harmful.
Earlier this year, a middle school in Beverly Hills discovered that a group of students was creating and sharing sexually explicit photos of their peers.
Technology has an undeniable impact on learning: 96 percent of teachers nationwide agree that technology increases student engagement. While the widespread availability of Chromebooks at Berkeley High School has drastically improved, there are still times when they are hard to access.
English and history classes have long been places of discussion, debate, and disagreement. Conversations can quickly become rich, nuanced, and even heated.
Many factors contribute to which students colleges accept and which they reject. Demonstrated interest, which measures students’ interest based on how much they interact with the college, is one of these factors at certain colleges.
From uncomfortable interactions with sworn enemies to lectures from authority figures, Students are often put into situations they’d rather not be in.
“Nepo baby” is a modern term used to describe people who owe their success more to nepotism, which is family or personal connections, than to skill or merit.
In this day and age, one does not have to go to college to be successful. One of the ways that California is trying to make jobs more accessible to high school graduates is through Career Technical Education or CTE Pathways.
Free school lunch at Berkeley High School is utilized and appreciated by a wide array of its students. Its permanent free price tag plays a crucial role in terms of accessibility of meals.
“I’m sorry for everything you’ve all gone through,” said Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, to parents attending the Online Child Safety Hearing on Jan.
Getting lunch in Downtown Berkeley is expensive, occasionally costing students upwards of $15. Berkeley is getting more and more expensive by the day, which has led to the inflation of Berkeley’s food costs.
Berkeley High School prides itself on the spaces it provides for students from marginalized communities to come together. Many of these spaces have become a place for students to celebrate the cultures of different groups while talking about important issues that each community faces.
As a student in the Jan. 31 bulletin said, “I go to Berkeley High. Of course, there’s no paper towels or soap in the bathroom.” At BHS, bathrooms are infamous for being messy and missing necessary components.
When buying something, you might assume that the labeled cost of the product is the amount you’ll pay. However, it’s become more and more common for the person working the register to flip around the iPad and ask how much you’d like to tip, with tips like 15 percent, 20 percent, and even 25 percent
In today’s fast-paced academic world, it is difficult for students to incorporate what they learn into their daily lives. School can be a place of theory with little focus on practical and applied knowledge.
Yes: Sabine Rosen EDITORS NOTE: Neither Sabine Rosen nor the Jacket condone cheating. In a survey of over 70,000 students, more than 95 percent of students admitted to cheating in school in some capacity.
