Cross Country

10/5 Division Meet @ Christmas Hill 4pm

10/12 Sectional Meet @ Christmas Hill 4pm (qualifiers from Division Meet only)

Girls Basketball - A Team

(start times:7th 3:30/ 8th 4:45- unless noted)

10/19 Jamboree (7th at Britton; 8th at Bernal)

10/24 @ Valley Christian

10/26 @ Bernal

Bernal's Home & School Association Upcoming Events:

- October 6th from 2pm-11pm will be our fundraising event at Pure Tea

- October 9th: Kona Ice will be coming to the school from 2:30pm-4:30pm

- October 9th-13th will be the Book Fair in the Bernal Library

- October 12th is the HSA meeting 7:00pm-8:30pm in the Bernal Library

Learn how to support your student's success in a middle school science classroom. The article attached below will help answer the questions/topics below:

• How will we prepare students for academic success?
• What is our vision for science education?
• How will students learn science in the classroom?
• How can you support your child’s success?
• What will classroom activities in a middle school science classroom look like?
• About NGSS: Reshaping Science Education for All Students
• Three Dimensions of Science Learning

By: Tracy H. Fenton, M.Ed., NBCT., School Psychologist

Good parents spend a lot of time talking with their teens. They know that both the quantity and quality of their conversations count. Set an example by the courteous, caring, attentive way you communicate with your teen and others. Keep an open mind so your children feel free to readily express themselves to you.

Do Things Together. Share activities with your teen that promote conversation, such as playing games, taking walks, riding bikes, fishing, flying kites, or watching quality TV together. Simply being together!

Choose the Best Time to Talk. It is best to talk when everyone is well-rested and without pressing tasks to get done. Make time each day to talk to your teen.

Holding Family Meetings/Dinners helps to bring the family together. Starting early will establish the meeting as a tradition. Plan meetings/dinners to discuss and write down family rules and the consequences or disobeying them. Hold meetings/dinners to discuss good things, too. Meetings/Dinners can be held to celebrate a school or family success or to decide how to reinforce and increase progress.

Become an Active Listener. Good communicators practice the art of active listening. The behavior of active listeners tells those speaking that they are being paid attention to. When you actively listen to your teen, you help them feel valued. This makes them more willing to communicate with you. Active listening is an acquired skill. These techniques can help you master it:

• Speak encouragingly: “Tell me more…” “Can you describe that…”
• Ask for clarification: “Help me understand what you meant…”
• Restate points: “Tell me if I heard you right…”
• Share reflections: “It seems like you are feeling…”
• Summarize: “If I understand you correctly, you said…”
• Validate: “You have every right to feel…”
• Show interest: “Wow, that must have been…”
• Use body language: Make good eye contact. Lean toward them
• Empathize: Try to understand their feelings and thoughts.

Use a Quiet, Courteous Voice. Choose words and concepts teens will understand.

Give your Teen a Chance to Explain. Avoid jumping to conclusions.

Eliminate Communication-Stoppers. Avoid guilt, commands, ultimatums, preaching, judging or words like “never” or “always.”

Avoid Nagging. Most teens tune it out. Be brief. Teenagers retain shorter messages longer.

Preventing Isolation. While it’s natural for teens to seek out some privacy, isolation within their own family is a problem that must be addressed. Use your active listening skills to draw out any of your children who seen isolated, and find out if something is wrong.

Parent Alert!
If your teen is not communicating, deliberate separation can be a sign of depression or other serious problems. Be gently persistent in coaxing your teen to talk. Sometimes you just have to patiently sit with silence, and wait. If your teen’s silence remains for more than a couple of days, consider contacting a counselor.

First GATE Parent/Guardian Meeting:

Monday, October 16, 2017

6:30 - 8:00pm

Herman Intermediate School - Gym

5955 Blossom Ave.

San Jose, CA 95123

It is our pleasure to announce that for the 17-18 school year we will begin using a new platform called Hero to track positive and redirected student behavior at Bernal Intermediate. The decision to bring Hero into our school was made with one goal in mind: to make Bernal a better and more positive environment to grow and to learn.

The Hero program is used by schools nationwide for recognizing stand-out student behavior. Hero will help us operate efficiently, and it will help us keep consistent policies running throughout the school. Hero will keep an accurate record of things like tardies, school event attendance, classroom participation, and positive student behavior. Hero also allows our staff to be more data driven.

To register, follow these easy steps:

1) Go to https://access.heropowered.com

2) Select the parent or student button

3) Click “Create An Account”

4) Enter name, your email address, choose a password, click “Create user”

5) Click “Add Student”

6) Enter student ID# and other identifiers, located on your student’s schedule of classes.

Download the Hero App

Once you register online, you may download the HERO app from the itunes or Google Play stores to keep track of HERO behavior history and Hero point balances.

For registration step-by-step instructions, go to: http://www.herok12.com/resources/Hero-QSG-PSE-Parents.pdf

Hero Parent + Student Engagement Tools: http://www.herok12.com/parent-student-engagement

Term 1: 8/15 - 9/22

Grade Reports mailed 9/29

Term 2: 9/25 - 11/3

Grade Reports mailed 11/13

Term 3: 11/6 - 1/12

Semester 1 Report Cards mailed 1/25

Term 4: 1/17 - 3/2

Grade Reports mailed 3/9

Term 5: 3/5 - 4/20

Grade Reports mailed 4/27

Term 6: 4/23 - 5/31

Semester 2 Report Cards mailed 6/13

We need the help of community members to ensure our students are safe during lunch and after school. Please see Mrs. Berg if you would like to learn more and to sign up!

Click here to volunteer!!!!

TERM 1: GRADES

How to figure out your Grade Point Average (GPA)?

Point values:

A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1, F - 0

Example: PER TERM/ PER SEMESTER

SUBJECT/ CLASS: GRADE = POINTS EARNED

English: A = 4

Math: B = 3

Science: C = 2

Social Studies: B = 3

P.E: A = 4

Elective: D = 1

Total Points = 17

Total Points Earned, DIVIDED by, the Total Number of Classes (6) = GPA

17/ 6 = 2.83

YOU NEED A 2.0 OR HIGHER TO GRADUATE!!

Participation in the promotion ceremony is a privilege that is earned through demonstrating positive behavior and satisfactory academic progress through grades. District requirements for participation in the graduation ceremony and activities include:

1. Achieve a Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 1.50 in one of the two semesters (January or June report card).

2. Receive no more than three (3) total semester “F” grades for the entire year of 8th grade year.

3. No more than two (2) F’s on the second semester report card for the 8th grade year.

4. All students BELOW 1.99 G.P.A. will be placed in an Academic Action Plan and will be required to attend Lunch Bunch until their G.P.A is above 2.0.