Five seniors share their experiences of a year like no other.
Berkeley High School
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Attendance is up in Berkeley schools. Does it mean more learning?
Though attendance is up and there are fewer chronically absent students, some students have missed nearly a year of school.
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Community grieves two Berkeley High grads killed in fatal crash
Friends and family remember Ross Schultz and Dixie Lewis, daughter of author Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren, who died in a crash Tuesday.
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Two recent Berkeley High graduates killed in fatal crash near Truckee
Ross Schultz and Dixie Lewis were driving toward Truckee on Tuesday.
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What’s changed — and hasn’t — for Berkeley schools a year after George Floyd’s murder
Students and teachers reflect on progress in local schools on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
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More As, more Fs for Berkeley students
During the fall semester, middle and high school student grades improved overall, but there were also more Ds and Fs.
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Berkeley High students make video asking Kamala Harris to speak at graduation
Desiree Solis and Suhera Nuru, both seniors at Berkeley High, made a video asking the vice president to speak at their graduation next month.
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Mental health crisis will outlast pandemic in Berkeley schools
Health professionals and Berkeley Unified counselors are bracing for a new wave of students needing mental health care when full-time, in-person school returns in the fall.
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Teens built secret mountain bike course. Now they’re rallying to save ‘The Jumps.’
The city said the unauthorized course would be removed, but demolition has been postponed at Councilmember Susan Wengraf’s request.
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Berkeley Unified seniors will graduate in person this June
The graduation will be split into several ceremonies held at Berkeley High’s stadium June 4-6.
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James Manuel, Berkeley High girls volleyball coach, dies at 37
Manuel, who revitalized the school’s volleyball program and turned its players into a family, died April 22.
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Middle and high school students will return to school for a few hours a week
Berkeley Unified and the teachers’ union reached an agreement Tuesday on a hybrid learning schedule.
