Preschool’s Summer of Excellence: Learning the Importance of Social and Emotional Maturity
Catherine Amburgey, Section Editor
September 25, 2018
Filed under Features, News, Showcase
When I discovered I was assigned as a counselor for preschoolers at Berkeley’s Summer of Excellence, I was curious and a bit apprehensive to assist an age group I had no experience with. Since the program is meant to mimic the classroom structure of the following school year, I wondered how to assist accom...
Making Learning Fun
Catherine Amburgey, Section Editor
September 5, 2018
Filed under Features, News, Showcase
On August 20th, Berkeley welcomed parents, students and teachers to the Seivold Center for Early Childhood Development (also known as the Seivold Center). This new building has state of the art facilities for preschoolers, kindergarteners and first graders.
Status Update: The Steinbrenner
Catelin Lipham, Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
If you’ve ever stepped foot on campus, you’ve probably noticed the construction going on in the Steinbrenner and the Cone Library, which started last year. However as October 13, 2017 passed, the student body began to wonder what was taking so long. The library was boxed up with the librarians...
Still No Denim, but Potential Dress Code Revisions
Tess Fuller, Section Editor
February 8, 2018
On Tuesday, Jan. 30 and Thursday, Feb. 1 the girls of Upper Division were invited to attend a lunch meeting in the Doster Study Hall to discuss controversial issues with the dress code with Assistant Director of the Upper Division Caroline Lindsey and Associate Director of the Upper Division an...
Gallery: Headmaster’s Challenge All-School Convo
Catherine Amburgey, Staff Writer
January 18, 2018
On Jan. 5, every student gathered for Berkeley’s annual all-school convo honoring Headmaster’s Challenge. Upper Division students prepped for the next day’s activities by performing the Fight Song, supporting the winter sports and participating in Battle of the Bucs. ...
Diversity Then and Now: Laplanche Returns to Berkeley
Isabella Schlact, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 18, 2018
On January 12, Upper Division students and faculty were greeted by a new face in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Akua “Nana” Laplanche ’97 was one of seven black Upper Division students and the only black student in her senior class. Since graduating from Berkeley, the University of Florid...
Eighth Graders Invade Upper Division
Charlotte Graham, Staff Writer
January 15, 2018
On January 9th, 2018, Berkeley’s eighth graders spent a day in the shoes of the freshmen, who were away completing a community service project at Redlands Christian Migrant Association’s (RCMA) Wimauma Academy. Excited to be out of their Middle Division uniforms, the eighth graders arrived at schoo...
Wrapped Up
Catelin Lipham, Staff Writer
January 8, 2018
For the past nine years, on the day before exams, all three divisions have come together as one to wrap gifts for children in need. On December 4th, the Upper and Lower Division students and faculty brought in gifts for the students of Redlands Christian Migrant Association (ages 2-14). Middle Division...
Havoc at Hoco
Samir Saeed, Staff Writer
November 16, 2017
Every year, as students attend the Homecoming game and dance, there are always a few student activities that conflict with the festivities. This year was no different. The Berkeley Band, Swim and Dive and Crew all had competitions that occurred on Nov. 4, the day of the Homecoming Dance. Last year,...
Upcycled: The Story Behind Berkeley’s New Recycle Bins
Jack Mouch and Isabella Schlact
October 30, 2017
Students at Berkeley have noticed a change in the campus recycling bins. Not only is the design different, but the bins are in several new locations. The Fanfare spoke with Berkeley’s Facilities Management Director, Mike Steger, to ask some questions about the update. Since Steger’s arrival in 2013, Be...
Sloane Daley and Catherine Amburgey
April 6, 2018
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