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Black History Month

Black History Month Events

City of Berkeley Black History Month Celebration (February 17, 12:00-5:00pm, Henry Ramsey Senior Center)
Edutainment for Equity Webinar Series on Educating the Black Child: Dr. Bettina Love (February 12, 11:00am-1:00pm, virtual); Dr. Juanza Kunjufu (February 27, 11:00am-1:00pm, virtual)
BUSD Black History District Oratorical Fest (March 21, 5:30-8:00pm, Oxford Auditorium)

BUSD January & February Family Engagement Event Summary (English & Spanish)

PTA COUNCIL SPEAKER SERIES

The Berkeley PTA Council (BPTA) would like to invite all BUSD families and teachers to our PTA Council speaker series. The speaker series objective is to provide the BUSD community with resources and information to enhance and enrich the experiences of our BUSD students.

The first speaker is Chris Albeck, the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for BUSD. Chris will be presenting the upcoming changes to reading/writing, social studies, and math curriculum. All BUSD community members are welcome to this discussion. Q&A will follow the presentation.

LITERACY COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION

As a part of the next phase of the K-5 Language Arts adoption process, BUSD is hosting an upcoming Literacy Community Listening Session. Please see this flyer to learn more about the event on Wednesday, February 28th.

ART CORNER WITH MS. AMES

BLACK LIVES MATTER
In art class last week students learned about a few artists who use their art as a form of activism.

The older kids learned that the original BLM logo had a boy in a hoodie holding up a fist with a dandelion. The dandelion was a symbol representing the wish that the movement would grow-—that seeds were being planted and the movement would spread. In the end, the founding members decided that just using the words black lives matter would be more effective.

Students across the grade levels helped us add art to these letters. Kids drew faces, hearts, dandelions, and other symbols either around the black letters (younger kids) or inside the blank letters (older kids).

UPCOMING EVENTS AND KEY DATES

Friday, February 16: Lincoln’s Birthday Holiday (NO SCHOOL)

Monday, February 19: Presidents’ Day Holiday (NO SCHOOL)

Tuesday, Feb. 20: School Site Council, 7pm (Zoom/Meeting ID: 832 4170 3104) Draft agenda HERE

Wednesday, February 21: K-5 : I am a Performer, 8:25 - 9:25 am, parents are invited to attend in the MPR

Thursday, February 22: Equity Circle Meeting #5, 5:30-7:30pm (Emerson Library)

Thursday, Feb. 22: BUSD Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting, 6:00-8:00pm, Virtual on Zoom: (Zoom/Meeting ID: 885 3767 9562/PW:BUSDPAC)

Thursday, February 28: Info Session for BUSD Families about State Seal of Biliteracy, 5:30-7:00pm, Virtual on Zoom: (ZOOM / MTG ID: 839 8820 6468 / PW: 303938)

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VOTE TO HELP PASS MEASURE H BSEP Renewal on THE March 5 ballot!

BSEP accounts for nearly 20% of the BUSD budget paying for 1/3 of our teachers, support for struggling students, all of our libraries, much of our music program and so much more. It requires 67% of the vote to pass. PLEASE help us ensure our Berkeley schools stay strong -- none of us want to consider what would happen if this 30-year-old tax is not renewed!

Ways you can help:

VOTE YES on Measure H on March 5 or on your mail-in ballot
Volunteer a shift canvassing to raise awareness. Sign up HERE
Do you want a yard sign? Sign up HERE
Can you donate to pay for mailers, signs and other critical materials? Please do HERE
Talk with your friends, neighbors, all Berkeley voters on the critical importance of this measure for our kids and community, and encourage them to VOTE YES on March 5 or when mail-in ballots drop early Feb!

FIND EMERSON ONLINE

Website: https://emersonelementary.org/

Remind: Text @7f6hb to 81010; or go to www.remind.com/join/7f6hb

Facebook: www.facebook.com/emersonpta (or follow @emersonPTA)

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