In past years, president and vice president Associated Student Body candidates would tape flyers onto hallway walls, give speeches at assemblies, and go from class to class vouching for their ideas and platforms.
You’ll have your looks, your pretty face.And don’t underestimate the importance of body language, ha! The seas of The Little Mermaid are full of beautiful mermaids, handsome princes, and adorable fishes.
With the current climate of political and social unrest, safety has been deemed a luxury in the US. Police brutality, mass shootings, disease, and the momentum of hateful groups are just some of the many threats people are met with on a daily basis.
In February of the 2019-20 school year, thousands of Berkeley High School students walked out of class, standing in solidarity with and listening to survivors of sexual harm.
For decades, Berkeley High School has been known for its activism. In the ‘60s, Berkeley Unified School District became one of the first schools in the nation to racially integrate its campuses.
In February 2020, dozens of Berkeley High School students spoke out in school board meetings to protest the administration’s mismanagement of rape and sexual assult allegations, as well as the lack of consent education and resources for survivors.
Last spring, hundreds of Berkeley High School students walked out of class in protest of campus rape culture and the administration that enabled it. The event featured a diverse group of speakers who shared their stories of sexual assault and harm, often calling the student body and administration to action.
On October 26, Associated Student Body leadership and lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union held a workshop to educate students on their civil rights.
On October 1, 2020 candidates for the Berkeley School Board participated in a virtual forum organized by the YMCA program Youth and Government, and Berkeley High School club BHS Stop Harassing.
When did you first come to BHS? Could you walk through your time here? When I moved to the Bay Area in 2017, I knew that I wanted to work at a school where there was a very strong student voice, as well as incredible faculty.
Berkeley High School’s February 2020 walkouts against sexual assault sparked school and district-wide conversations about rape culture on campus — conversations that have continued despite the school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In mid-July, a group of self-identified upperclassmen created an Instagram account, @bhsprotectors, to “call out perpetrators and give survivors a safe
Judy Appel, Berkeley Unified School District’s school board president, is running for reelection. The BUSD school board is composed of five elected adult members, as well as two student representatives, one from Berkeley High, and one from Berkeley Technology Academy.
For years, Berkeley High School has struggled with a deeply destructive rape culture. Toxic masculinity and lack of consequences lie at the root of this reality.
On Wednesday, February 19, Berkeley High School students and staff spoke out about systemic rape culture at a Berkeley School Board meeting. Student organizers of the walkout, which took place the week before, came prepared to call the board to action with seven demands.
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own,” said Audre Lorde, a Black writer and feminist, who strongly believed in the importance of intersectionality.
At 10:50 AM on Monday, February 10, hundreds of Berkeley High School students gathered in the courtyard wearing red and holding signs with messages such as “Consent is sexy” and “Enough,” starting the first phase of a two-day walkout against rape culture and sexual assault at BHS. The week before, a list of “boys
On Tuesday, February 4, a list appeared in marker on a stall door of the G-Building women’s restroom. The door read “Stay Safe Ladies” and proceeded to list the names of six boys at Berkeley High School under the headline “Boys to Watch Out 4,” identifying them as either rapists, abusers, or “sus” (implying
Berkeley High School girls’ soccer won the West Alameda County league last year and went undefeated in their league. They fell short only in the North Coast Section championships, where they placed third.
