Dear Parents and Guardians,

They say April showers bring May flowers, so I’m looking forward to the wonderful flowers currently in bloom and yet-to-bloom in the month of May. We have a busy and fast-paced month ahead of us at Bernal. State testing is moving full-speed ahead. Our first week of our testing window (last week of April) went fine and thank you to all teachers and support staff that partnered together to implement each testing session with high-caliber fidelity and precision; including those testing sessions for individual students with accommodations and supports specific to their learning style.

I would like to give a shout out to Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Miguel. She is this recipient of this year’s Innovative Spirit Vision Award for Bernal. Mrs. Miguel has been incorporating and developing higher levels of Rigor, Student Relevance, and learning environment that fosters more positive Relationships between and among students as well as between students and teachers. As a veteran teacher with many years of teaching experience, we congratulate and applaud Mrs. Miguel’s commitment to being a lifelong learner in a way that benefits her students, as well as makes her time teaching, a much more meaningful and enjoyable experience.

As Always, take care of yourselves, and each other.

Jamal D. Splane, Principal

Bernal Class of 2018 t-shirts are on sale for $10 cash!

You can purchase your t-shirt at lunch (by the music room or in the forum) or in the front office at break or after school

Our FINAL Saturday Session will be held on May 19th from 8:15am-12:30pm. Permission slips will be sent home the week of 4/30.

So far, Bernal has held five Super Saturday Academy Sessions this year and they have been successful and a lot of fun for the students! Attending a Super Saturday Academy Session will allow students to make up one absence from this school year.

As a reward for attending a session, student will:

• Earn 10 Bronco Bucks!

• Be entered into a raffle to earn a pizza party for them and 5 friends!

• Earn an In-n-Out certificate!

• Be entered into a raffle to win a mile pass for P.E.!

Please email Allison Crawford at acrawford@ogsd.net if you have any questions!

Hi Bernal,

I’m doing well but very busy. Got put to work right away when I got here planning medical missions throughout Central America. I will go out on missions myself very soon. I work with a lot of good Army people and very smart officers, it’s almost intimidating. Almost. But from time to time, I do get to go out and explore Honduras on weekends and enjoy the culture, the people, and the sites. I do get home sick from time to time and miss my family very much and of course all of you guys at Bernal. Didn’t realize I’d miss the students so much until I saw some of their pictures on Facebook during the DC trip. I hope everyone is doing well back home. I’m always thinking of you guys and truly miss your company. I think about what I would be teaching right now or my favorite activity I’d be doing with kids or some goofy thing I’d be doing with the staff to show the students that we are people too. Vaya con Dios.

- Mr. Guevarra

On behalf of the Mexican Consulate in San Jose California and the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, we would like to inform that through the drawing contest “Este es mi México” held all over the world and where this school participated last year, we are so glad to inform you that San José had two winners. One winner, Vanessa L., is a 7th grade Bernal Intermediate student! We are very proud of her! The winners got the right to have their drawings published in a calendar where only 12 winners were chosen.

Ps. See the links below to see all the other great ART WORK!!

http://www.ime.gob.mx/esteesmimexico2017/ganadores.html

What Parents Should Know about Social, Emotional and Mental Health for Your Child’s Wellness

Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Time: 6 to 7:15 pm

Facilitated by Momentum for Mental Health’s REACH program

Location: Davis Intermediate School 5035 Edenview Dr. San Jose, California 95111 (408) 227-0616

See attached flyer below for more information.

There are a lot of activities for the coming months and summer!

https://www.sjpl.org/

https://www.sjpl.org/blog/coding5k-challenge

There are different programs for all ages in different locations.

The Public Libraries next to our district are:

Santa Teresa. Edenvale. Seven Trees. Almaden.

If parents want resources in Spanish> Biblioteca Latinoamericana 921 South First St. San José, CA 95110 1-408-294-1237 (also part of the SJ Public library system)

The Bellarmine Summer Programs registration system is now live - click here to register today!

The Bellarmine Summer Programs team is very excited to present new offerings that will allow your sons and daughters to learn and grow throughout the summer. In an effort to accommodate your summer planning options, we have added several all-day opportunities in our K through eighth grade offerings. We have also created several one, two, and three-week options to avoid conflicts with vacation planning and other commitments.

Browse for courses: http://www.bcp.org/summer-explore-offerings/index.aspx

Register: http://www.bcp.org/summer-register/index.aspx

General Summer Programs Info: http://www.bcp.org/summer-programs/index.aspx

K-5: We now offer all-day camp options from 7-5 for our K-5 campers. Check out the site for details on our Breakfast Club with early drop-off, Lego STEAM and Robotics, Ceramics, Sports Camps and After camp activities. Find out more here: http://www.bcp.org/summer-explore-offerings/elementary-school-program/index.aspx

5th through 8th: Our middle school offerings are the best in the area, from guitar to robotics, STEM to Makerspace, Shakespeare to mythology, Basketball to Frisbee, our 5th through 8th grade offerings cover the widest range of interests for middle school girls and boys in the area.

9th through 12th: Our high school offerings include academics courses for preview, remediation and acceleration. Test preparation courses and study skills courses are also available to complement our academic offerings. Finally, our enrichment and athletics offerings can round out any high school student’s interests.

It would be our pleasure to serve your family’s needs - we hope to see you this summer!