Berkeley High School

09/26/2024

Yellow jackets Ky-Nam Miller (aka Teddy) ‘97 and Phoebe Stanton ‘96 had a mini BHS reunion at the California Environmental Law in Yosemite earlier this month. Two yellow jackets doing good in the world!

04/13/2023

BHS class of ‘97’s Fern A Stroud BayArea BlackVines featured in The Oaklandside

The 12-year-old festival began as a one-time event. Now it's in its 12th year.

10/01/2022

Please consider supporting BHS alum Mica Lerma family, after she recently passed away while waiting for an organ donation:

Our beloved Micaela Lerma left this world on September 23 while battling a lo… Christine Lee needs your support for Mica Lerma's Funeral and Medical Expenses

03/23/2022

Check out this opportunity for Bay Area high school aged students to learn about public service, local and regional government, and public policy over the summer! https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/bay-area-high-school-students-be-part-summer-academy-transportation-housing-equity-and-more

Are you or do you know high school students interested in how the Bay Area deals with issues like environmental justice, housing and transportation equity, community health and social justice? Four regional government agencies are sponsoring an online Bay Area Summer Academy to provide insights into...

03/03/2022

Check out Ka'Dijah Brown, BUSD's historic new president!

Ka’Dijah Brown, the board’s leader since December, shared her views on racism in Berkeley schools and decisions the board could have made differently.

02/05/2022

Good news and in true Berkeley fashion Bette’s Oceanview Diner is reopening as an employee owner co-op!

The new restaurant will be called the Oceanview Diner and will serve all of Bette's' classic dishes.

01/19/2022

Sad news, big thanks to Bette’s for nearly 40 years of breakfast and brunch memories for many Berkeley High alum

Bette's opened in 1982, but closed after its owner was unable to hire staff.

01/12/2022

Check out BHS alum Tobias Riday-White who's pet alpacas made the news! https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Alpacas-run-loose-through-Oakland-16767614.php

One Oakland Hills neighborhood received quite a shock Friday when residents spotted two...

09/15/2021

Berkeley High alum Nina Neen (c/o '96) wrote a fantastic piece for the The New York Times - shedding light on the nuanced and too-long ignored history of Gold Rush towns in rural California like "Chinese Camp": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/travel/californai-asian-history.html

A writer went searching for Asian American history in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, where thousands of Chinese immigrants labored during the Gold Rush but where traces of their presence are few.

08/17/2021

Welcome Back Yellow Jackets!

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/08/16/berkeley-back-to-school-pandemic?fbclid=IwAR1OwPkBZ50CglQVK7jdMyiLvXuyC840H0FdH4vabMP5yK-OLUSj1zLBM30

After 18 months, all Berkeley schools opened for full, in-person school today. Here's what it looked like.

07/14/2021

Berkeley High rising senior Machai Humphries profiled for his work with The Hidden Genius Project! Go Machai!

from Instagram's ✨ | When (Machai Humphries) was accepted into The Hidden Genius Project program, he went in without knowing what to expect. Looking back as an alumnus, Machai said he’s gained brothers, connections and opportunities. "The Hidden Genius Project changed how I think of things — how I go into things and learn," he said. "It changed my perspective of the world."

For the Berkeley High School student, a rising senior who turns 17 this summer, design has “so many layers and subjects.” Looking ahead to college, Machai hopes to continue expressing himself through art, and further develop his interest in drawing, as well as character and logo design. His aunt has been helping him build a collection of his best work, which includes the logos and merch he’s been designing for his school and The Hidden Genius Project]. His dream school: UCLA, where he hopes to major in art and animation.

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| The Hidden Genius Project is among 3 Black-led organizations we worked with to develop a grant program, in partnership with Brooklyn Museum, focused on uplifting emerging and aspiring Black designers. Apply for a grant at the link in our bio. We’ll tell the stories of our other collaborators — Inneract Project and Chicago Mobile Makers — in the weeks to come.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRSI6uhMdgf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

05/28/2021

Our hearts go out to the families of Dixie Lewis and Ross Schultz, two Berkeley High recent grads who tragically died in a car accident on Tuesday. https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/05/27/two-recent-berkeley-high-graduates-killed-in-fatal-crash-near-tahoe

Ross Schultz and Dixie Lewis, daughter of Michael Lewis and Tabitha Soren, were driving towards Truckee on Tuesday.