Please RSVP at http://new.evite.com/ if you can make it (I can’t seem to figure out how to create a generic link to the event, so be sure to click “not Lee” when you “change” your RSVP–thanks).

You and your families are cordially invited to Oxford Elementary School’s 100 Year Anniversary Weekend celebration.

There are two events, the Harvest Faire (Oxford’s annual carnival and book sale with a food booth, games and prizes). This event demonstrates that the ‘Oxford Spirit’ is still alive and kicking and is really geared towards families with kids or for Oxford Alum who would like the opportunity to come see the school and will be held at Oxford School at 1130 Oxford Street (between Eunice & Los Angeles Streets) on Saturday, October 16th from 11 AM to 3 PM.

The second event is the main event and will be a no-host Potluck Picnic on Sunday, October 17th to celebrate Oxford School’s 100 Year Anniversary held at Cordonices Park located just a few blocks from Oxford School at 1201 Euclid Avenue in Berkeley (Euclid @ Eunice Streets). This event will be held on Sunday, October 17th from 10am to 2pm and is for people who love Oxford school (adults/kids).

Please bring your families, a picnic basket  with food and drinks and then a dish to share with others, a picnic blanket or fold up chairs to sit on and any frisbees/balls/etc. for the kids. We have a picnic area (area #2) reserved for the event but there are limited tables so many of you will want to sit on the grass. You may also want to bring any Oxford photos/memorabilia that you would like to share with the others.

When you RSVP feel free to share a positive memory or school tradition from your days at Oxford.

Also, please sure to spread the word to other Oxford Families and faculty/staff who attended Oxford over the past 100 years by forwarding them this invitation or printing it out and hand-delivering it to them if they don’t have an email address. We are spreading the word for this event by word-of-mouth.

Please wear casual/comfortable clothing as these events are informal.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Mike Mayeri (Oxford Alum ’76) & The Oxford Anniversary Team

P.S. If you would like to volunteer to help with this event, please email Mike Mayeri @ ilovenetworking@gmail.com

“This school was opened in 1910, with Mrs. Clara Partidge in charge. . . .”

“At the close of the first day of school in the Oxford building, August 4th, 1910, there were 99 children enrolled in nine grades under the charge of three teachers:  Mrs. Partridge, Miss Porter, and Miss Newton.  Three rooms in the shell had already been completed, two in the east wing, and one in the north wing.  Now, in November, 1917, there are nine regular class rooms occupied, and classes are conducted in the principal’s office, the teachers kitchen and dining room, and a kindergarten in the small tower room over the furnace room. . . . “

“The Oxford School was opened when the Intermediate School system had been established for five months. . . .”

“During our first term there were 107 families represented in our enrollment.. . . .”

Extract from:

Waterman, S. D. ; HISTORY OF THE BERKELEY SCHOOLS; The Professional Press, Berkeley, California: 1918

Ken Cardwell, Archivist

Berkeley Historical Society

Fundraiser for the Berkeley High Development Group

Sunday, March 14, 2010, 5:00–8:30 pm
Berkeley Honda Showroom, 2600 Shattuck Ave.

• Live and Silent Auction
• Food and Drinks
• BHS Jazz Combo

More details here: www.bhsdg.org/bhslive/live_2010

Berkeley High Live! 2010 “Through the Decades…Into the Future” requires the effort of many volunteers. For more information contact:

Tickets: Shawna Hartman Brotsky or Jenny Burroughs

Live Auction: Mary Jacobs

Silent Auction: Jennifer Armor

Food: Judith Maguire

Publicity: Sarah Herman

Decorations: Jill McCoy

Berkeley High Alumni Coordinator: Donna Collins

Corporate and Business Sponsorships: Jane Wise or Susan Helmrich

We’re creating an album on Picsaweb.google.com where classes can post photos. More details soon, but here’s a preview from the Class of 1978:

You can find the album here: http://picasaweb.google.com/BHS.Alumni.Berkeley.CA

Below is a list of the top twenty search terms people used to find this web site (results from the month of June 2009):

Just a bit of trivia you may find interesting.

Search engines people used

OK, I’ll stop. But just two more:

Computers people are using:

Icon	Computer type	# of hits	Percent
	Windows	16,883	79.6 %
	Macintosh	3,368	15.8 %
	Unknown	738	3.4 %
	Linux	205	0.9 %

Web Browsers used

Icon	Browser	# of hits	Percent
	MS Internet Explorer	12,342	58.2 %
	Firefox	4,552	21.4 %
	Safari	2,901	13.6 %
	Mozilla	619	2.9 %
	Opera	432	2 %
	Netscape	187	0.8 %
	Unknown	155	0.7 %

If you’re wondering where all this information comes from, there’s a whole “invisible” side of web browsing. When you click on a link, your web browser not only asks the hosting computer for the web page, but also tells it what computer and web browser you are using; this information is often used to adjust the content of the web page to make it display best on your machine. Also, when you click on a link from a search engine, that search engine tells the web site computer which term you used to find them.

I just created a couple of YouTube “Groups” to hold videos from the 70s and 80′s. If you have videos on YouTube, you can add them to the group. The addresses for the groups are:

• http://www.youtube.com/channel/bhs80s
• http://www.youtube.com/channel/bhs70s

(pretty easy addresses, yes?)

Feel free to add videos to your class decade.

I created groups for these two decades because I knew of videos for them. If you know of videos from other decades, please start a group for them and I’ll post a link here.

Mark your calendars! The remnants of the Class of 78 30 year reunion committee and friends from nearby classes have organized a summer picnic for classes of ’74 through ’79, plus any other folks who may know people from those classes.

Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009

Time: Noonish until we tire out.

Food: Potluck. But we’ll have a hot coals and a few “starter” items.

Exact details: To be arranged and posted within the next month or so.

We’ll be working out the details soon, but our general idea is that we’ll provide coals and a miscellanous set of starters. We’ll be asking $10 to help cover the reservations, coals, and other starter items (as well as a bit of food so out-of-town folks won’t have to bring anything.

And classes of “74 and ’79, don’t miss your own reunions this summer! Click your class link in the menu on the right. –>

Berkeley High School Alumni Jazz All-Stars featuring musical director Peter Apfelbaum, and Rodney Franklin, Steven Bernstein,  Jessica Jones, Kito Gamble, Dave Ellis, Hitomi Oba, Dayna Stephens, and others

Sunday, March 15, 2009

at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Auditorium, 1781 Rose Street honoring band director and teacher Charles Hamilton and his 27 years of service proceeds to benefit Berkeley Schools Jazz Program.

Door 2:00 P.M., Music 3:00 P.M.

Purchase advance tickets: $24.50

Tickets can be purchased through the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse:
Box office, mail order or on-line. No service charge will be added if
you call to have tickets sent to you.
Box office : 1111 Addison St
phone: 510-548-1761
www.thefreight.org

A truly amazing lineup of Berkeley High’s swingin-est alumni take the stage at Martin  Luther King Jr. Middle School for an afternoon concert that has to be heard to be believed! Convened by Peter Apfelbaum to honor the rich musical legacy of Charles Hamilton, who has taught and led the award-winning Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble for 27 years, the show features a knockout selection of BHS alumni in never-before-seen combos. With local jazz radio personality Greg Bridges as MC, three decades of jazz ensemble graduates take the stage, with proceeds going to benefit the Berkeley Schools Jazz Program.

Featured in the program are: Mike Aaberg, Ravi Abcarian, Ambrose Akinmusire, Peter Apfelbaum, Mariel Austin, Will Bernard, Steven Bernstein, Cale Brandley, Billy Buss, Dave Ellis, Rodney Franklin, Kito Gamble, Peter Hargreaves, Toby Hargreaves, Colin Hogan, Erik Jekabson, Jessica Jones, Josh Jones, Yanos Lustig, Marian Martinez, Hitomi Oba, and Dayna Stephens . . . and who knows who else may show up?

Director of the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble since 1981, Charles Hamilton has dedicated himself to leading youthful artists to new musical heights. Under his leadership, the innovative Berkeley High School program has gained widespread recognition and produced dozens of world-renowned musicians.

Peter Apfelbaum (The New York Hieroglyphics), this show’s musical director, is a pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer, and composer known for his unique fusion of world music influences and the aesthetic of the jazz avant-garde.

• Visit the Berkeley High School Jazz website
• Visit Peter’s website
• Visit Dave’s website
• Visit Dayna’s website
• Visit Steven’s website
• Click here for a Google map of MLK Middle School
• Visit Will’s website

BHS LIVE! Benefit for Berkeley High School Kids

Josh Kornbluth and BHS Jazz Combo

BHS Live! 2009

Funding Our Future
Yes We Can!

Sunday, March 8th
Berkeley Honda Showroom, 2600 Shattuck Ave.

Live & Silent Auction, Food, Drinks

BHS Jazz Combo &
Josh Kornbluth, Monologist

Sponsored by BHS Development Group and BAF

Live Auction Includes

• 5 nights in Puerto Vallarta
• One Week Stay in House in St. Thomas
• Four (4) Worldwide Disney Theme Park Passes
• Tour of Pixar Studios in Emeryville
• Wine Country Tour

Tickets: $25 – $75

Available at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/50250

Mon. Apr. 13, 2009
Yoshi’s Jazz Club
Time TBA
Yoshi’s Jazz Club, Oakland

http://www.berkeleyhighjazz.org/calendar.html

Fri. Dec 19, 2008
Fall Concert – Lab Bands I & II
7:00pm
BHS Schwimley Little Theater

http://www.berkeleyhighjazz.org/calendar.html