Berkeley Public Schools

Boys, Girls Basketball Teams Start Tournament Play

jnitschke — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:00:20 +0000

The road to the State Basketball Championship has begun. The girls will play Heritage in the Donahue Gym this Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 7:00 pm, after beating Foothill 67-41 in [...] Continue Reading »

Schools and District Offices closed Friday and Monday in honor of President’s Weekend

Lea — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:27:33 +0000

Our schools and District administration offices will be closed 2/17 to 2/20. All schools and offices will reopen on 2/21. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that [...] Continue Reading »

Berkeley High School Freshman Joins Students at White House Science Fair

Mark Coplan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:16:36 +0000

Berkeley High freshman Motayo “Tayo” Ogunmayin just returned from Washington D.C. where President Barack Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair on February 7th and 8th. The fair celebrated the [...] Continue Reading »

BUSD Board Updates are Back

Mark Coplan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:31:56 +0000

BUSD Board Updates are back, in a lighter version that simply takes you to the video links of individual Board items. This gives the community the opportunity to go back [...] Continue Reading »

Budget Update – You can help

Lea — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:23:55 +0000

The Governor’s preliminary January budget significantly reduces the amount of money for public school districts in California. And if the governor’s package of taxes don’t pass in November, there would [...] Continue Reading »

February is African American History Month

Lea — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:26:13 +0000

Our schools celebrate African American History Month in February with classroom and school-wide events. This year, the School Board’s African American History Month Resolution included a special recognition to [...] Continue Reading »

2012-13 BUSD School Calendar is Now Available

Mark Coplan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:14:57 +0000

The BUSD school calendar for the 2012-13 school year has been finalized, and is now available for distribution. Click here to open the BUSD 2012-13 School Calendar PDF. Continue Reading »

Superintendent Search Update

jnitschke — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:19:00 +0000

The Berkeley School Board has the critically important responsibility of choosing the next School Superintendent to replace Bill Huyett who will retire on June 30, 2012. To help facilitate the [...] Continue Reading »

California Healthy Kids Surveys being taken this month

Lea — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:09:30 +0000

Parents/Guardians of students in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11 should have received notice regarding the California Healthy Kids Surveys (CHKS) being filled out by students in these grades in [...] Continue Reading »

BUSD collecting input on Parent Liaison Program

Lea — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:01:22 +0000

Parent Liaisons help schools and families connect to support student success. Only a few of our schools currently have parent liaisons working at the school site. Through the community work [...] Continue Reading »