AnnuAlRaising funds to support excellence

RepoRt 2012–2013

Berkeley high school development group

Your unrestricted gift will go where it is

most needed

eVerY contriBution mAKes A difference!the Berkeley High School Development Group deeply appreciates

your continuing support and generosity. Berkeley High is one of the

largest high schools in northern California and, as principal Scuderi

reminds us in his opening letter to the community, is “one of the

most dynamic, creative and diverse high schools in the country.”

It is also a school with special challenges. Although we are fortunate

to live in an area with extraordinary educational resources, those

riches are not equally accessible to all

members of our student body. over

the years, the Development Group has

funded a variety of innovative programs

to address these inequities and secure

quality educational opportunities for all

our students. those programs include

a comprehensive after-school tutoring

program, Ap exam fee reductions, and grants for first year college

expenses, as well as grants available to all BHS teachers for classroom

supplies. these programs, and others like them, are all the more

important this year as principal Scuderi leads school-wide efforts to

adapt to the new Common Core State Standards.

our school community thrives despite, and not because of, current

levels of state funding. Some of us grew up in California public

schools that were the envy of the nation, when the state ranked in

the top ten for per-pupil spending. California now ranks at 49th in

the country when adjusted for cost of living factors. We all need to

do what we can to ensure our students get the support they need.

Your help is critical. You can help us by signing up for eScrip,

buying paper scrip, or joining the Board of the Development

Group. And, of course, you can donate generously. In the past,

contributions have typically come from only about 10% of our BHS

families. If you are a member of that 10%, thank you and we hope

you will renew your contribution. If you are among the 90% who

haven’t yet given, it’s not too late! please consider giving to help us

nurture our amazing educational community.

Please make your donation today!

Betsy Bigelow-Teller and Carole Ungvarsky, Co-Presidents

“One of the most dynamic, creative and diverse high schools in the country.”

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STUDENT ACTIVITIES• SpeechandDebateClub

• WorldAIDSDay

• Women’sbasketballuniforms

• VisittoUCBMockCourt

PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS• Dancelicensingfees

• Photographicsupplies

• Band/OrchestraSectioncoachesandmusiclessons

BHS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY• ParentEducationondrugsandalcohol

• Anti-Bullyingtraining

• ParentResourceCenter

• Familyliteracycourse

• Parentingworkshops

• VolunteerCoordinator

ACADEMIC SUPPORT• Discretionaryclassroomgrantforallteachers

• Afterschooltutoring

• AMPSWriterCoachProgram

• EnvironmentalSciencefieldtrips

• SummerBridgeprogramdevelopment

TECHNOLOGY• iPadforvisualartsprogram

• B-Techcamcorder

• Classprojector

• Laptops

STUDENT SUPPORT• 1STStepcollegescholarships

• MockAdmissionsandCollegeFair

• Collegevisits

• HealthCenterSubstanceAbusePreventionProgram

• StudentOrganizer

• Emergencypreparednesssupplies

• Collegetestingfees

• StudentCourtfunds

• Frontoffice,RegistrarandCounselingofficesupplies

• VeraCaseyCentermealssupport

• BookofCollegeEssays

• CollegeHandbook

• ELLNewcomersupport

Projects funded BY Your suPPort in 2012–2013

2012–2013 AnnuAl rePort finAnces summArYIn the 2012–2013 school year, the Berkeley High School Development Group received and processed

over $500,000 of donations and other revenues. of that $500,000 BHSDG received over $298,000 in

donations not designated for specific purposes. From these unrestricted revenues BHSDG provided

funding for academic, athletic, artistic and club programs at Berkeley High School. After School

tutoring, a BHSDG-funded program, received $45,000, and individual $225 Classroom needs grants

were made available which cost $28,000 for the year. the BHSDG’s fundraising and administrative

expenses were $40,500 for the school year. We carried forward $25,000 as a reserve for future needs,

and are committing $30,000 to pay for the After School tutoring program for fall 2013–2014, as well

as $30,000 for Classroom needs grants in individual amounts up to $250 per teacher.

We also began the 2013–2014 school year by granting discretionary funds in excess of $4,000 to

various departments and support staff for supplies such as tissues, folders, markers, and other needs.

BHSDG received approximately $202,000 in donations and other revenue earmarked for

specific programs and departments, the spending of which is determined by these programs

and departments. BHSDG administers these funds at no cost as a service to BHS. Berkeley High

departments and programs spent approximately $168,000 of their earmarked funds on a wide

range of equipment and educational enrichment opportunities.

The mission of the Berkeley High

School Development Group is

to support and strengthen the

educational experience of all

students at Berkeley High School.

2013–2014 Bhsdg Board of directors Jessica Abbe, Grants Coordinator

Betsy Bigelow-teller, Co-President

Randi Boorstein, Academic Choice Liaison

Jennifer Burroughs, Vice-President Emeritus

Chris Byrne, Recording Secretary

Cathe Collins, Fundraising

lisa Craypo, Fundraising

laura Gold, Scrip Co-Coordinator

Alison Hardy, CAS Liaison, Annual Report

Annetta Harris, AMPS Liaison

Mary Reed Johnson, AHA Liaison

Chris Killian, Scrip Coordinator

Susan Rieger, CFO, Treasurer

Carole ungvarsky, Co-President

Jennifer Villeneuve, Virtual Office Manager

nancy Werthan, Fundraising

Andrew Westphal, BIHS Liaison

Bhsdg Annual report staff

Editorial: Betsy Bigelow-teller, Alison Hardy

Photography: Mark Coplan, lisa Sibony

Graphic Design: Susan Wight

BHS Development Group p.o. Box 519 Berkeley, CA 94701-0519 510.464.1181 • www.BHSDG.org

BHS Development Group is an independent, nonprofit, IRS recognized 501 (c) (3) corporation.

nonprofit tax ID # 94-3173406

2013–2014 Bhsdg Board of directors

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After school tutoring ProgrAmBHS offers its students many challenging and rigorous classes,

and some students may find they need additional academic

support to master their coursework. For the sixth consecutive

year, BHSDG was proud to sponsor and help administer an

extraordinary onsite drop-in tutoring program for BHS students

in multiple subjects, using BHS teachers.

the free program, open to any BHS student seeking extra

assistance, provided 60 weekly sessions in math, science, world

languages, english and art. together, the 41 participating

teachers provided close to two thousand tutoring sessions,

with each serving an average of seven students. the program

has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from teachers,

parents and students.

the tutoring program has already started this year with 40

teachers participating. Your donation is critical to ensure that

we can continue to fund this important program.

“1st steP” AwArds Assist needY college-Bound scholArsBHDGS is proud to be a major supporter of the 1st Step

Scholarship Fund. For ten years, this program has helped

students with the greatest financial need as they take their first

steps toward college. Many low income students with good

financial aid packages face initial fees, deposits, transportation

costs and other miscellaneous expenses before they arrive at

college to pick up their first financial aid payment. last year, the

1st Step Scholarship Fund awarded 51 students scholarships of

up to $700 specifically to fill this financial gap. the recipients,

most of whom are the first in their family to go to college, are

now studying at private and public institutions all over the

country, including uClA, uC Berkeley, San Francisco State,

Boston university, Vassar, and Carnegie Mellon university.

please help us support this unique and important fund.

BHSDG extends a special thanks to those who contributed to the

1st Step Scholarship Fund in memory of alumnus Conrad Chevez.

BHSDG funded Band/orchestra section coaches and music lessons.

Thank You !

to our dedicated departing Board members who gave generously of their time to the Bhsdg:

We will miss them greatly, and we wish them all the very best!

Mimi Chin

Julie Holcomb

Mary Jacobs

Lisa Lee

Rosa Luevano

Barbara Nelson

Judi Newell

Julie Wakelee

Pamela Woodbridge

clAssroom needs grAntsover 75% of BHS and Berkeley technical Academy teachers

participated in the 2012-2013 Classroom needs Grants program.

this BHSDG program provided up to $225 to each teacher who

applied to purchase classroom supplies of any type that he

or she deemed necessary. last year, teachers used the grants

to enrich their classrooms with digital recorders, test tubes,

historical texts and calculators, subscriptions to the new York

times and other publications, as well as basic pens, binders and

paper clips, and many, many books. Several teachers who did

not need to spend their full allotted amount chose instead to

donate their allocation to other teachers.

With your generous support, BHSDG has been able to increase

the amount provided to $250 for the 2013-2014 school year.

BHSDG funded the 1st step Bhs counselors’ scholarship Fund. this program helps many Bhs students take their first steps toward college. pictured above are just a few of the 51 students who received scholarships this past year.

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Barbara Henderson and Eric CarlsonKatrina HeronMary and Marc JacobsPatricia KatesMichael and Elinore KatzJoan King-Angell and Jeffrey AngellEmily KlionDenise LapidusKaren Laws and Dan CallawayWeiwei Li and Sheng LuanDibsy Machta and Edward LammerWilliam MackHelen Marcus and David WilliamsonMark and Jane McCallJill McCoyGreg McCrea and Linda CurrieMargaret Miller and Laura HornLianne Morrison and Michael MascuchAndrew Pollack and Deborah JordanMary and Michael ReiterAmy Resner and William LeeCarla and David RiemerAmy RothHal Ruddick and Nina SchulmanLucy RudolphTatjana SchoenwaelderHannelore SchuetteMargaret and Contee SeelyCaroline and Steve ShiboskiBrad Soe and Chi TranGay Rose SoqueMolly Sullivan and Philip MonradSusan TobesJohn TobiasDiane TokugawaBill and Micki TurnerIan WaldmanRolf Williams and Teal MajorSally WoodbridgeHans and Edith WyssPatricia ZemanekKim Zvik

$100 to $249Anonymous (2)Jessica Abbe and Christopher McLeodEdward and Myrna AbinsayMiriam Abrams and Rosemary RobinsonHarrison AlterEric AngressMonica and Eric AplynSarah Bade and Georg BuechiAdonay Bahta and Ogbazion Beidu

Anne SchonfieldLucinda Sikes and Bob ShiremanGail Simpson and David RobertsAlan SnitowMary Stapleton and Morry LangerHelga TarverMichel and Masako VacheronJed WaldmanAndrew Westphal and Kimberly TaylorWilma Wyss and Matt TaeckerBin Yu and Ken ShenYumi and Robert YuanDana Zed

$250 to $499Anonymous (4)Cindy Alwan and Terrence MacClureLeia AmbraJane AngelesMarice Ashe and Larry OrmanJohn Battles and Janis ChingKimberly BeesonXanthe Berry and Douglas WilliamsonCatherine BettsSophie Hahn and Eric BjerkholtMargaret and Charles BoglePhilip BroaddusPatty Brunn and Fred WomackJeff and Cathryn BrunoDaniele Rossdeutscher and David BuxbaumGraham ChisholmLaura and James ClaraClaudia CohanDavid ConeJoan ConnollyLeslie Crary and Andrew StoloffMichael Darby and Toni MartinPeter David and Kerstin LeutherAndi and Andre FargeixLainey Feingold and Randy ShawTheresa FleuryMolly and Harrison FrakerRonny Gaal and Penny PeakChantal and Marco GarciaLisa and Jory GessowLaura and Mark GoldDeb GoldbergIris Greenberg-SmithMichael GreenwaldCindy HaagLynn HaugDavid HayesSusan Helmrich and Richard Levine

Christina SpauldingJohn and Barbara SteuartJennifer and Joe VilleneuveAnn Williams and Doug Volkmer

$500 to $999Anonymous (3) Barbara Anscher and Steven BinderCaryn Augst and Michael GillJohn Baylor and Suzanne MarrKatherine BaylorRolf Bell and Laura CohenMona Bernstein and Mark LempertKeith Bigelow and Gabriela GiacchinoKatherine and Charlie BondKaren Bowen and Beth GersteinKatherine BrownJohn CanerEric and Anne CarlsonRachel Chodorow-ReichClem DonahueJohn Farnkopf and Madeline ChunJane FischbergCharlotte Fishman and Alan SparerLaurel Fletcher and Jeffrey SelbinShoshana Gizzi and Joseph PanicaliTeri GoodmanEmily Gottreich and Albert BenichouMargaret Gutowski and Michael MarlettaAlison Hardy and Kat KozikSharan IkedaMaureen Katz and Fred GlassDacher Keltner and Mollie McNeilHannah and Allen KingLaura Klein and Henry MarkmanSteve LautzeTheodore LevinLesley Levine and Na’ama FirestoneRoss Levy and Daphne MillerLeslie LippardAnna Mantell and Robert GoldsteinOlivier Marie and Lynn Van HousenKim and Barbara MarienthalChris and Sarah MartiniakJohn Maynard and Martha BoerschWinter MeadHelen MeyerRobin Miller and Daniel RossiMarlene and Richard MillikanNick and Sloane MorganJohn and Debbie MurphyMonica NinoSusan O’NeillAllyson Page and Chip HarleyElizabeth and Eric PriceDavid Quady and Nancy BoasDona Savitsky and Thomas SchnetzDove Scherr and Nathaniel HuntSusanna Schevill and Robert Sinai

Carol BucklesGustave Carlson and Caroline SeckingerCharles Casey and Laurie ReidOren and Catherine CheyetteHeather ClagueEdward Cohen and Kaht DorwardReynaldo CorderoKathryn and William DumasRebecca FalikChuck and Melinda FanningJoseph and Leslie FlorenKaren Friedman and David MarcusRafael FriedmanSean Gallagher and Betsy FosterMartin Gates and Elizabeth O’Connell-GatesLawrence and Elizabeth GordonDebra Green and Paul CeramiPanda and John HersheyHilary and Tom HoynesAnne and Mark JacksonKenneth JonesHolly KaneSherry Katz and John BalmesSusilpa LakireddyRosa Luevano and Charles MarstonLaura MarlinDick McDougald and Jean SanchiricoGeorges NatsoulisMichael and Cheryl O’BrienEileen ParkerKathy and James PaxsonMichael Peltz and Maggie Heredia-PeltzCynthia Phillips-RomickMalcolm and Ann PlantElizabeth RosenbergHolly Scheider and Daniel FeinbergMadeleine ScottLori and David Simpson

indiViduAls

$5,000 and aboveAnonymousScott Barshay and Rachel PennJudy Bliss and Gerald HuffDouglas Booth and Margaret SimpsonDiane ColbornJanet and Ralph FullwoodFrances Hellman and Warren BreslauSandra and Jeff HuntStephanie McKown and John BrennanSue Reinhold and Deborah NewbrunCarole Ungvarsky and Christopher KillianJanet White and Michael ClarkMike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan

$2,500 to $4,999Byron Ackerman and Kathleen DervinHelen AragonCindy Chang and Christopher HudsonJohn Godin and Maria KiernikKristin Leimkuhler and Jeffrey WilkCarol Mimura and Jeremy ThornerTeresa and Michael OlsonBob and MaryJane Pauley

$1,000 to $2,499AnonymousMichael and Lisa Alvarez-CohenKimberlin AnnoBerit AshlaAndrew Ball and Corinne WinterPeter Beaudry and Mary JohnsonBetsy Bigelow-Teller and Chuck TellerRandi Boorstein and Robert StonerWendy Brown and Judith ButlerCarol Brownstein and David Lieberman

BHSDG funded new Womens’ Basketball uniforms.

BHSDG funded World Aids day.

Fiscal year 2012– 2013

Thank You …To those who have given generously to BHSDG during this past fiscal year. We could not accomplish our goals without your support.

We appreciate every donation and respect our donors. If we’ve misspelled your name or left you off the list, please let us know. Our mistake was inadvertent and we humbly apologize.

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Thomas EhnleJoseph Elson and Rebecca Ets-HokinDave and Denise FaneCarol FeldmanJohn and Linda FinkJulian FoleyJonathan and Sally FrancisSam FrankelFrancis FrederickEdith Friedman and Marcel HawigerJean FriedrickDaniel and Kate FunkChristopher GadwaySigal GafniMark Geliebter and Robin KellerTrevor and Jessica GetzJames GouldthorpeDeborah GrayDeoborah GrayJudith GreenblattJudy GreenspanBrian GreenwoodGeorge GreenwoodLisa GrodinMiriam and Philip GrossSusan and Charles HalpernJoan and Bruce HamiltonSylvia HawleyMaxine HeiligerSarah Herman and Joel BashevkinSonia HernandezRichard and Valerie HerrEve HershcopfBob HeywoodPaul and Mary HillJohanna and Simo HoiteLynn HolzmanR Hussong and T McBrideCharles and Locke JaegerBettina JohnsonHans and Bettina JohnsonLouie JosephLaurie JuengertDonald and Marilyn KisnerKathy KramerLina and Jean-Luc LamirandeMerle LangJohn Lavine and Sharon SiskinLisa B. LeeYolanda Leon-WillardElizabeth LesterJoseph LevinsonWendy LichtmanAlan LiptonLaura Lowe

James and Kathleen Alnas-BensonLisa and David AlterAdam Ambrose and Ivana Pierce-AmbroseSusan and John AnsonSusan AriasLori and Lou AthertonMarilee BaileySusie and Schuyler BaileyAshawant BajwaEugene and Amy BakerShelly Ball and Jeffrey BurackBarbara BanksMaylou BartlettCharles BatesJessica BatresJulia BatselUlrike BauerMark BellTed Bell IIBeverly Bense and Alan DimenJerry BerkmanEvelyn BermanDiane and Ed BernbaumLyn Berry and Les MillettTerry and Peter BloomsburghGary BolandPeter BosshardClaudia BowmanLillian and Robert BrewerCarl BridgersRosalie CampbellGina L. CannonLisa CaplanJuan CarranzaBrenda CarterDevaki ChandraJohn and Veronica ChaterChao-Chih ChenJane ChoulettKristin and Michael CollinsErin and Tom CollomMelanie Curry and Alfonso AlvarezLarry and Judy DaleAnn DallmanBarbara DanielsBrent DanielsSally De BeckerJulie De Lilly-DumasVictor DelgadoLaine DemetriaSara DieliElizabeth DitmarsThomas and Fawn DownsRachna Dube and Malcolm WaughLandi Ehnle

Perl Perlmutter and Meghan StarkeyGayle PirieLon Poole and Karin BlimanTom PortanteMary Prout and Montgomery SlatkinNancy Rader and Richard NorgaardMichele F. RamosKit Ratcliff and Janet TamJames and Sharon RoddaLaurie RodneyAndres RodriguezYunhe Rodriguez-Choi and Niles EastMiriam Rokeach and John DenvirNick RosenlichtDiane Ross-LeechDavid Rothenberg and Lorraine SandovalMarja RustaMojgan SaberiSarah San Martin

Elisabeth and Mark SandbergBrad Sasser and Heather LoucksJean-Paul SchreterPatricia SchreterSusan SchwartzMeg and David SedlakJennifer Shaw and John ArnoldRuth ShorerAntonio and Teresa SilvaHiram SimonBarry and Meryl SmithKaryn and Neil SmithLaurie SomanGloria SotoSally and Skip SowkoJonathan SquireAlan SteinheimerJennifer Stewart and Thierry RouleAndreas StolckeTristen Taylor and Frank KennamerCatharine TrowbridgeCynthia TrowbridgeStephen Wahlstrom and Monika MannHelen and Rick WalkerWendy Walker and David MoffatAndrew WallachJohn Watkins and Barbara MaricleClaudia Wedell and Piet BessKaren Weil and Mark MorrisEric and Mardawn WendtLisa WhalenDavid and Susan WightJohn Williams and Doris MoskowitzJennifer WinchPamela ZelnikEric Zirbel

less than $100Anonymous (11)Lucy AghadjianAileen Alfandary and Stephen RosenbaumRobert and Lynne Allan

Louise Francis and Dennis CusackSusan Frankel and Moshe MalerKaren A. FriedmanSeth Frohman and Raphael HochKathleen GadwayEli GiladJohn GillilandMary and Andy GlaeserYuliya GolubovskayaEd and Anne GordonBill GreifMartha and David GrubbRikki and Norton GrubbSara GrunsteinJulie Guthman and Michael McCormickElliot and Linda HalpernHamilton Lecky HouseholdKaren Harber and Maxim SchroginAngela Harris and Christopher YoungEllen Hauptli and Eric HayashiGeoffrey and Marin-Shawn HaynesRebecca HermanCarol Hirth and Jim JacobsLoan HoangAlan HobeshJulie HolcombThomas and Frederika HortonMiaofang HuangElizabeth JosephLeah Kaizer and David SalkOkumu Kaluoch and Benter ArigiTjendrawati Karwita and Siew Wah CheeSusan Kegeles and Jeffery LazarusJohn KennedyRosina KerenStephen KleinMarilynn KrauseBob and Judy KridleAndrew and Lynne LairdCarol LairdCatherine LedbetterEleanore Lee and Ronald ElsonKatherine Lee and Jeffrey FriedmanKatherine Lee and Victor NgLeo LevensonSherry LiXiaoye LiXu Rong LiuDebbie and Bill LloydMadeleine Lucero-SimmonsTed and Jo Anne LymanMargaret LynchDesmid LyonAlastair MacDowellGreg and Sarah MartinDeanna MasonRobert and Darlene MatanoIsaac MenasheKatherine MeyerAmy and Philip MezeyJane MicallefMartie MogensenElena and David MooreCatharine MoranDana and James MoranDawn MorrisMary Murtagh and Fredric JacobsonKaren MusaloBill Newton and Carol LashofWilliam NgLori Ann OnderwyzerGary Orkin and Martha RameyCarmen OrtizHenry OyekanmiAaron and Frances PaxsonJohn Peel

Felice BalarinLee Bearson and Beatrice FreibergEllin and Joachim BeerDan and Bhavna BellaireJanice BersonLaureen BethardsDerek BianchiMeredith BinsaccaRichard BockDianna Bolt and Michael ArnoldPatty Bonsall and Mark ShawTami Boulet and Nick RizzaJoanne BowsmanRichard Boyden and Carol ReitanJoan Bradus and Dale FriedmanArdath and James BrandleyMaria and Randal BrandtRobert BreuerClaire BroomeCynthia BrownIvor Brown and Alison KeeneSarah BrownAnthony BruzzoneStephen Bryzman and Jennifer FloodWendy BuffettKaren Burks and Marc TomaJennifer Burroughs and Michael RoweLynda CaesaraCora CampbellBetsy CazdenRoman and Margita CernyLourdes and Jeffrey ChangClarisse and Bill ChoyGeorge W. ClarkMargaret ClarkeLeila and Bob Clark-RiddellMarguerite Conrad and Kurt Regas

Henry Corrigan-GibbsWilliam and Ruth CrawfordSarah Cunniff and Richard FernauCarol DeltonWendy Diamond and Michael KellyAnia DilmaghaniEmma Duran-Forbes and Gary ForbesIngrid EldridgeJoan Emery and Eddy RubinLaura EnriquezSamuela Evans and Peter GarabedianFarhad Farzaneh and Katherine WhitneyMarla FaszholzNancy Feinstein and Glen ShorDoug FelderCraig and Vivian FendelDavid FentonMariane FermeBarry Fike and Annie Alcott

BHSDG funded the leadership retreat.

BHSDG funded the student organizer.

BHSDG funded a school garden project.

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how You cAn helP Bhs!

BHSDG funded teacher grants for field trips.

Sue SheftelClaire Sherman and Edward AnismanGlenn ShorRobert SinaiDonna SonodaLee SteadmanCliff StevensJunko StickneyIrene StoneKyra Subbotin and Henry SiegelDonald and Melissa SuvaTracey TaylorXia TengEllen TerryMary and Joseph TimarDeanne TorresKent and Ruth UchiyamaJackie and Joan Wade

Dan WakeleeWilliam WalzerLorna and Bruce WendtCarrie WilsonDiane and Joshua WirtschafterSarah WitherspoonErika Wodinsky and John DresslarNick WorthingtonSarojini Anna YeduruEl Ray YoungKent YoungSharon and Kenny YuCindy ZhengValerie Zylla

orgAniZAtions

$5,000 and aboveBrown Paper Tickets and The Cheese Board

CollectiveKazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez,

Lyons, Greenwood, Oberman, Satterley & Bosl Foundation

McKesson FoundationPacific Gas and Electric Company

$2,500 to $4,999PG&E Corporation FoundationWells Fargo Foundation Educational Matching

Gift Program

$1,000 to $2,499Ackerman’s Servicing Volvos IncChevron Humankind Matching Gift ProgramClassroom MattersCynthia Blumgart State Farm InsuranceKate Campbell and Sue Reinhold,

North Berkeley Investment Partners, LLCKaufman Construction IncPerforce Foundation

Dorothea LymanRita and Alfred MabeyMary MachSara MackusickGeorge W. MadeiraGeorge and Lorraine MahleyMinako Matsui and Robert BretthauerKristi Mc KenneyEdwin McKetney and Mary MorganJeannette McNeilStella MeagleyAndrew and Lucy MeigsM Cantey MeigsRobert Menzimer and Meg GriffithJoan MikkelsenTeddy MilderElizabeth MillerGuy Miller

Amratlal and Ramaben MistryBetsy Mitchell and Wayne SousaPriscilla MorganKimberlie MoriwakiMary MorrisMartha and William MosesMiriam Moussaioff and Andrew GreenbergCaroline NakashimaSlater NewmanCaan K. NguyenHoaithi NguyenThuydung Nguyen & Phu Tan LeWendy NilesJennifer Nutt and Herbert DiamantPilly O’DonnellPaul OrtegaPhyllis OyamaNestor and Melinda PagaduanKatherine Palmer-CollinsStuart and Glenda PawseyLene Pedersen and James JonesKaren PeperSabrina PinellJan PusinaMegan RambobHeather RiceRosario RicheShari RifasFreda RoquemoreSusan RosenstreichFern Royce and Jay JonesTally Rutenberg and Joel Ben IzzyCarole SargentElisabeth SchlessingerMargo Schueler and Paul CoxKaren SchultzMarilyn SearingBurton and Arlene SedlakAlexei SerdiukTerry ShamesShapur Sharoki

Princeton Area Community FoundationStudio Bergtraun Architects, IncTIAA-CREF Employee Giving CampaignTokens & Icons Inc

$500 to $999Albert Nahman Plumbing and HeatingAndronico’s Community MarketsBerkeley Public Schools FundBernardo Lopez Garden DesignBTW Informing ChangeCalifornia Education PartnersCommunity Health CharitiesDreyer’sDuval Construction, Inc.Freight & Salvage CoffehouseGarden ArchitectureHM Properties IncJetton ConstructionKahn Design AssociatesKevin Donahue Structural EngineersMayer Laboratories, IncMechanics BankMoran Engineering IncPeterson Sheet Metal IncSalesforce.Com FoundationSogno Design GroupTrachtenberg ArchitectsWalgreens Co Berkeley StoresWeaver, Austin, Villeneuve, Sampson LLPWhole Foods Market

$250 to $499Altamont Education Advisory BoardApple Matching Gifts ProgramCity Of LivermoreFitch Ratings IncGene Dominique PhotographyKaiser Permanente Community Giving

Matching Gift ProgramMrs. Dalloway’s, LLCWells Fargo & CompanyZachary’s Chicago Pizza Inc

$100 to $249Arthur J. Gallagher & CoBank Of America Matching GiftsBarbara LanierBlackRockBurks Toma ArchitectsCafe Clem CateringJohn L Staton CoMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramRon Bogley ArchitectSarah Herman Landscape DesignSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs IncSt Albans Episcopal ChurchSt John’s Presbyterian ChurchStern Hall AssociationSusan Caliri, DDS

less than $100Alvin’s Automotive Recycling IncConestoga-Rovers & AssociatesDavid Revocable TrustEdison InternationalFocus3Freecause IncGoodsearchRobert Lezman DDSUnited Way California Capital Region

R shoPShop at Berkeley Bowl,The Natural Grocery

Company, Peets or on Solano Avenue? these

stores and 30 merchants on Solano give a percentage

of your expenditures to Berkeley High. It costs you

nothing, and we will deliver scrip to your door.

Enroll in eScrip. Register your Safeway or bank cards

at www.escrip.com and earn money for Berkeley High.

It costs you nothing, and benefits the Berkeley Athletic

Fund and the BHSDG. our school code is 137646958.

Questions? contact scrip@bhsdg.org

R donAteSend a tax-deductible donation to BHSDG

or visit our website at www.bhsdg.org to

donate online (if you send a check we save the 3.5%

processing fee.)

Does your employer have a Matching Gift

Program? If so, your gift will be doubled and your

employer will receive recognition. Check the “My

employer will match” box on the enclosed response

form.

Donate Stock. Contact stock@bhsdg.org.

R VolunteerAre you an event planner, accountant, designer,

cook, organizer, fundraiser or tech person?

BHSDG can use your help no matter what your

skill! everyone’s contribution is important. Contact

Carole ungvarsky at csuberkeley@gmail.com or Betsy

Bigelow-teller at betsybhsdev@gmail.com or come to

our next meeting.

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Patron: $1,000+Charles Schwab and Co, Inc. Cynthia Bloomgart, State Farm Ins.Walgreens Berkeley StoresMarty Kaufman, Kaufman ConstructionKate Campbell and Sue Reinhold, North Berkeley

Investment PartnersAlex & Michelle Bergtraun, Studio Bergtraun, AIA Architects

sponsor: $500+Albert Nahman Plumbing & HeatingRolf Bell, House Repair ExtraordinaireKatherine Brown, Sackhouse GardensPaul Cerami, Cerami Builders, IncCordula Didier, Marvin GardensKevin Donahue, Kevin Donahue Structural EngineersDowntown Berkeley AssociationChris Hudson, Hudson McDonaldEllen Irie, BTW Informing ChangeBill Jetton, Jetton Construction, Inc.Charles Kahn, Kahn Design

BerKeleY liVe! 2013thAnK You to the businesses and individuals who supported Berkeley live! 2013

BerKeleY liVe! 2013“Going once, going twice, sold!”that was the chant exclaimed by our live auctioneer, Bruce

Krempetz, at the Sixth Annual Berkeley live! Gala on April 13,

2013. over 200 donated goods and services were sold at the silent

and live auctions and earned about $50,000 for Berkeley High

School Development Group and Berkeley Athletic Fund. Many

thanks to the local businesses, merchants, and Berkeley High

parents who contributed gift certificates for services, restaurants,

and shops as well as wine, art, jewelry, and other handcrafted

items. this generosity will enable the Berkeley High School

Development Group to fund many school wide programs,

including after school tutoring, classroom/teacher grants,

athletics, music, and other projects. We could not have been

successful without the long list of accommodating volunteers,

generous guests, and our business partners who participated in

the fundraiser. Special thanks to key organizers Rosa luevano

and Jenny Burroughs, Sheila Duignan, Heidi Goldstein and

MaryJane pauley, Julie Wakelee-lynch and Barbara nelson,

Margaret Gutowski, Mary Jacobs, Kristi McKenney, Alfonso

Alvarez and Melanie Curry, and pam Woodbridge.

the Berkeley live! Committee gratefully acknowledges the

support of the BHSDG board members, principal pasquale

Scuderi, Master of Ceremonies John Rieger, and student

entertainers noah St. John, noah Bloomfield, nathan Bloomfield,

and the Berkeley High Jazz Combo A—Marcelo Bourque-perez,

liam Collins, Sam Klein-Markman, Michael orenstein, Max

Schwartz, and Hugo Shiboski. the entertainment combined with

savory food from Venga paella, beverages from Sarah Christensen,

Carrie Dovzak, and Susan Wittstock, and the convivial company

made for an enjoyable night at the ed Roberts Campus.

Invitation to interested fundraisers and event planners for

2013–2014: please contact treasurer@bhsdg.org or call

510-464-1181 to join BHSDG fundraising committee.

Ross Levy, Levy Art and ArchitectureBarbara & Kim Marienthal, Coldwell Banker Residential

BrokerageDavid Mayer, Mayer LabsMechanics Bank, West Berkeley BranchJim Moran, Moran EngineeringNicholas Morgan, Casa RosaDarlene Peterson, Peterson Sheet Metal, Inc.Kathy Rogers, Sogno Design GroupDonna Savitsky, Tacubaya Taqueria, Dona Tomas, FloraSusie Schevill, Grubb CoRobert Trachtenberg, Garden ArchitectureDavid Trachtenberg, Trachtenberg ArchitectsWeaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson, LLP Andrew Westphal, Space Sciences Laboratory

supporter: $100+Ron Bogley ArchitectSusan Caliri, DDSArthur J. Gallagher & CoJohn L. Staton, Inc.

Bhsdg-Business PArtners local businesses showed their support for excellence in education at the second annual Business partners luncheon on october 12, 2012 at caffe venezia. With principal pasquale scuderi as the featured keynote speaker, the event netted over $20,000. supporting the development group, this annual event brings together local business owners and corporate executives who seek to optimize the academic and enrichment environment for all Berkeley high students.

Business partners committee members worked even harder than the first year and successfully reached out to more businesses. the development group is deeply grateful for the time and dedication of the committee: david mayer, rolf Bell, cynthia Blumgart, charles kahn and marty kaufman.

thAnK You Berkeley Business community:

Peet’s Coffee and TeaTrumer BrauereiWineWise/The Vienna Wine CompanyWilkins Family

for their yearlong support:John MaynardJim ClaraJudy Newell and Laura Gold Mimi ChinCheeseboard CollectivePeet’s Coffee and TeaBerkeley Bowl The Natural Grocery CompanyMrs. Dalloway’s

silver: $500+Katherine Burns and Antonio Rossman

Bronze: $250Health and Wellness MattersHeidi Goldstein and Richard ThomasonJay NitschkeKatherine BrownLaNoteMichael Rowe and Jennifer BurroughsRandi BoorsteinRichard BoydenSophie Hahn and Eric BjerkholtSarah Herman Landscape DesignSackhouse GardensVisual Jill

in-Kind donations:Dawn NakashimaKermit Lynch Wine MerchantPauley Family

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students set sights on college: Second College Fair at BHSthe Berkeley High School Development Group continued its

support for the College and Career Center with the Second

Annual College Fair for juniors on April 21, 2013. Call it

College Fair 2.0, as the event was expanded to include case

studies and a mock admissions review.

the event began with a small group session to learn

what goes on behind the closed doors of an admissions

committee meeting. Students and their parents or guardians

analyzed three college applications to discuss how

transcripts affect decisions, the importance of test scores,

how extracurricular activities are evaluated, and what

admissions committees look for in an essay. participants

discovered the process used to determine “acceptance,”

“denial,” or “waitlist” directly from a college admissions

representative.

over 300 students proceeded to the Jacket Gym to find

nearly 60 private and public colleges and universities

assembled, including uC Davis, Stanford, CSu Humboldt,

San Jose State university, peralta Community Colleges,

pitzer, Yale, Willamette, Vassar, university of Colorado,

Carleton, and Macalester. College representatives answered

questions about course offerings, campus life, and

application requirements, and provided information sheets

to take home. Many students of the Class of 2014 reported

Bridge ProgrAm roPes courseFor several years, BuSD has funded Summer Bridge, a

program to help students transition into 9th grade and thrive

as high school students. to support this program last year,

BHSDG funded a Ropes Course for a cohort of incoming 9th

graders seeking to build community at the outset of their

high school careers. organizers reported the experience

taught the students important lessons about teamwork,

problem solving and perseverance.

students expressed their enthusiastic appreciation:

“Thank you for letting us have a chance to go to the ropes

course! … I learned not to be scared anymore and take a

risk for hard things.” –San Juana

“One of the things I learned was how I can do anything

with a little push.” –RaJa

“You’ve really helped a lot and I wish I could give you

something other than a letter.” –Daniel

that the presence of so many colleges on the BHS campus

made the hunt for a college easier and more affordable.

this impressive event was organized by the BHS College

and Career Counselors, Angela price and Skyler Barton, and

60 parent volunteers. We are grateful for donations of time,

talent, and goods from the BHS community, including Kathy

Brown, Fern Royce, Heather loucks, Jean Sanchirico, Dawn

nakashima, Margaret Simpson, Chloe Chaudhry, lauren

Snider Brandt, Diana Correia, lee Steadman, Catherine

Betts, Ann Williams, Doug Volkmer & Acme Bread, Dorothée

Mitrani-Bell of Café Clem Catering, peet’s Coffee & tea, Blue

Diamond Almonds, and Clif Bar.

Plans are underway for the Class of 2015 College Fair and Case

Studies. Join the College Fair Committee by contacting College

Fair Coordinator, Lauren Snider Brandt, at sixosix@gmail.com.

BHSDG funded the second Annual college Fair for juniors.

BHSDG funded a ropes course for incoming 9th graders.