SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, August 11, 2012 7pm
Hotel Shattuck Plaza, downtown Berkeley
$105 per person for the Saturday night reunion, buffet style dinner, music and dancing, and a no host bar.  For more details and to register, visit our event page at

http://bhs82reunion.wordpress.com/

Family friendly picnic on Sunday, Aug. 12 at Padre Field in Tilden Park.  BHS school afternoon tour on Saturday, Aug. 11, check back for updates!

I am look for All Persons that would be interested in Planning Our Class of 1976 “40th Class Reunion” which will be in 2016 please e-mail me at: Michon.D.Johnson@irs.gov so we can start planning for it Next Year 2012 it only 6 of us now that is your Committe but I would love more members So let’s make this happen! WE did our: 10th, 20th, 30th, and the 35th at Our 1st Annual ALL BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL REUNION PICNIC this pass Summer in August which was a BLAST and folks are still taking about it. I Michon was also on that committee so let’s make this HAPPEN!

Circle this date in your 2012 calendar: Oct. 13, 2012

Our 60th reunion will be a luncheon in Walnut Creek, CA. Check on the web page early in 2012 for more details.

Contact:  janebarrett@onebox.com

Hot Fun In the Summertime!!! Calling all Yellowjacktes Berkeley High School Students 

 from: 1900 – 2011 Proudly Presents the “BHS ALL CLASS PICNIC” August 27th, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at: San Pablo Park in Berkeley Ca. 2800 Park Street ALL fellow  BHS Classmates are Welcome! Please save THIS DATE this is a once in a Lifetime Picnic you can’t MISS! for more information please call: Brinda Turner at: (510) 235-5650  $1.00 per ticket or $5.00 for 6 tickets.  Hope 2 see you there!

Watch this site for upcoming information on our 50th reunion. We are planning a fantastic reunion weekend September 21-23, 2012. Lots of fun events will be planned and we are looking forward to seeing you.  SAVE ALL THOSE DATES!

Berkeley High Red and Golden Girls Luncheon  on Wed., March 23, 11:30 at the Berkeley City Club. Red & Gold Girls are any BHS alumnae whose graduation year was 50 or more years ago. The luncheon cost is $35

For more information:

$35 check mailed to:

Norma Gray
1337 Sacramento St.; Berkeley 94702
510-524-6877

or

Lynn Laird
510-848-5858

We reserved Padre Picnic area (on South Park Drive) in Tilden for Saturday, August 20th, 2011. Padre has ten large picnic tables with seating for about 100, a huge BBQ grill, running water and bathrooms, and a huge grass field.

Details:

Everyone who attended Berkeley High in the late ’70′s is invited. Anyone who isn’t in this group but wants to attend is also welcome (perhaps you attended Berkeley schools earlier, but moved for high school, or you graduated in ’74 but have friends who are attending–we figure if you want to come we would like you to attend). Any of our teachers are especially welcome, and you don’t even need to bring any food!

• Start time is noon; we’ll run “officially” until 5:00 (although last year many people stayed much later).
• Group photo is at 3:00, after which we’ll break down into graduation years for people to take smaller group photos. All this should take 15-30 minutes.
• A contribution of $10 is requested, although no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you with to make a $25 or larger tax deductible donation, bring a check made out to the Berkeley High School Development Group (BHSDG). The basic contribution helps us to pay for the park reservation fee and other incidentals, but we also want to offer an opportunity for people to make donations to BHS.
• At the registration table, we’ll have name tags that includes “Class of____” to help us identify people from our class. We’ll also collect your contact information in case your class’ reunion committee wants access to this information.
• We’ll have hot coals and ice, as well as a some paper plates, utensils and drinks (please save these for people coming from a distances–if you’re local please bring your own).
• People are welcome to either pot-luck or bring their own food. The picnic area has a couple of tables without benches for spreading out food to share–last year these tables were full with plenty of wonderful foods.
• The picnic area has seating for about 100 people, and last year we had over 200 people, so bring extra seating if you can. Many people just got comfortable on the grass–although for some of us this is getting more difficult .
• Sun shades may also be helpful if you are sensitive to the sun or heat. Bring one if you have one.
• Cell phone coverage in the park is spotty. Most folks last year found they did not get coverage at the picnic site.
• If you are musically inclined, bring your instrument. Last year we had a great “jam” in the later afternoon.
• Feel free to bring sporting equipment or other toys/games. The weather can be quite hot, or foggy and cold.
• If you’d like to take public transit, the AC Transit route 67 goes to the Brazil Building, the closet to Padre Picnic area. You can catch the 67 at Downtown Berkeley BART, leaving about every 50 minutes. Find the schedule here (make sure it’s showing Sundays).
  • It’s about 3/4 of a mile hike from the Brazil Building to the picnic area (see map below). We’ll try to have someone with a car at the bus stop when it arrives (all buses between noon and 3:00), but if you know you are coming, please call Lee Trampleasure at 510-495-7035 before Sunday (remember, cell phone coverage at the picnic area is not very good).
• Driving directions (see map below):
  • Coming from Oakland or south, take Claremont Blvd up to Grizzly Peak Blvd. Turn left and drive to South Park drive (will be your second right turn). Drive about 1 mile down South Park to Padre Picnic area. (If you are already on highway 24, you may want to go through the Caldecott Tunnel, exit at the first exit, and follow the directions below.)
  • Coming from Highway 24 and the east, take the Fish Ranch Road exit, and climb Fish Ranch Road to Grizzly Peak Blvd. Turn right onto Grizzly, then drive to South Park drive (will be your second right turn). Drive about 1 mile down South Park to Padre Picnic area.
  • Coming from Berkeley or the north, you can either:
    • Drive up Centennial (behind UC Memorial Stadium) and cross Grizzly Peak Blvd at the top. Continue past the golf course, and turn right on Shasta Road. At the bottom of Shasta, veer right onto Wildcat Canyon Rd, then turn right onto South Park Dr (after the Botanical Gardens). Padre is about one-half mile up South Park.
    • Find your way to Spruce and Grizzly (at the reservoir). Take Wildcat Canyon Rd into Tilden, past the Brazil Building and the Botanical Gardens, then turn right onto South Park drive. Padre is about one-half mile up South Park.

Are you on Facebook? You can find our event listing on Facebook and see who’s RSVP’d there.

View BHS ’74-’79 Picnic in a larger map

Help get the word out

• You can download a sheet of business card invitations.
• Let your friends on Facebook now about our event listing there.

60th Class Reunion for BHS Class of 1951 is scheduled for May 21, 2011. Reunion will be held at Hs Lordships at the Berkeley Marina. We are having no-host cocktails at 12:00 p.m. and luncheon at 12:30 p.m.

We are hoping to have a GREAT 60th REUNION so contact Adrienne  Broadwell Haaland (925) 944-1270 or e-mail if you have moved since last reunion to update your information.

Thank you.
Adrienne Broadwell Haaland

It if official, our 30th reunion is set for 07/16/11 at the Hotel Shattuck from 7pm-12 midnight.  This will include, dinner, dancing, photographers and fun with friends.  Deadline for to get your info in the bio book is 06/16/11, otherwise you will not be in the publication.  The bio book is free if you pay for your ticket no later than 06/16/11, otherwise, the ticket goes up $10 and the bio book will be $20.  Don’t wait.

The evening before there will be a tour of Berkeley High, we will have more details to come.

On Sunday 07/17/11 we will be having a family day at Padre Park in Tilden.  This will be where everyone will bring their own food and drinks for their own family and if they choose to share with others that would be great.  We will be suppling the picnic spot but accessories like charcoal, lighter fluid, plates, cups, napkins.  If anyone wants to donate any of those items that would be wonderful but not necessary.  We will have further details on this as well in the future.

Please go to www.greatreunions.com to sign up your current contact information as these are the people who will be contacting you for the reunion.  If you have joined facebook, I have created a group for our class where I will also be sending out messages to the people who have signed up on that group.

We look forward to getting as many classmates as possible to come.  We want this to be the best reunion yet.

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