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Berkeley High School (california)




  Type Public secondary
  Grades 9–12
  City Berkeley
  State California
  Country USA
  District Berkeley Unified School District
  Principal Jim Slemp
  Enrollment 3,200
  Mascot Yellowjacket s
  Newspaper '' The Jacket ''
  Website wwwbhsberkeleyk12caus


Berkeley High School is the only public high school in .


SMALL SCHOOLS

In order to better serve the large student body, Berkeley High School comprises a number of smaller schools, as well as a program within the large school Academic Choice (AC):



DEPARTMENTS



PRINCIPAL

The current principal is Jim Slemp, who is in his third year at the head. In the years preceding Slemp, Berkeley High was plagued by the lack of a consistent principal, and arson fires, which have forced the remodeling of several buildings (C,A), the demolition of one (B), and the building of a new administrative center and food court.


ARCHITECTURE

In the late 1930s, Berkeley High was remodeled and old buildings were replaced with newer ones. The Florence Schwimley Little Theater, The Berkeley Community Theatre , and the science buildings are prime examples of the Art Deco designs of architects Henry Gutterson and William Corlett. The rebuilding was financed largely in part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program the WPA .


EXTRACURRICULARS



NOTABLE STUDENTS



NOTABLE FACULTY



NOTABLE ALUMNI

''By Last Name''

''By Class''


GENERAL ALUMNI



FICTIONAL ALUMNI

  • In Caucasia (a novel by Danzy Senna ), the character Cole Lee reveals in the final section ( ''Wonders of the Invisible World'' ) that she attended Berkeley High in the early 1980 s.



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