Principal’s Message
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Welcome to the Bernardo Heights Middle School website!
I hope you will find the website informative and it will
help you have a better understanding of our academic and
extra-curricular programming. BHMS has been recognized
as a California Distinguished School and is a National Blue
Ribbon winner. Our CHARACTER COUNTS! program helps to
set the tone for a school climate which fosters mutual
respect and acceptance.
Bernardo
Heights Middle School began as a trailer campus of 6th
graders in 1988 while the school was located on the
Meadowbrook Middle School campus during construction of our
Paseo Lucido facility. Since 1990 our modern and
well-maintained campus has shared a central driveway to the
neighboring campus of Rancho Bernardo High School.
Our dynamic and talented staff works and plans together to
provide students with outstanding standards-based
educational experiences and academic growth opportunities in
all content areas. Sixth grade serves as a transition
year in which students begin changing teachers, adjust to
locker rooms in PE, select electives, go to camp, and learn
organizational skills. Our village format for 7th
and 8th graders has students within a village
assigned to the same Humanities, Science, and Math teachers
so four teachers are working closely with the same group of
students. With our Block Schedule, students attend (3)
98-minute classes each day and our rotating schedule allows
teachers and students to optimize learning by not always
having a difficult class last period.
The Before and After School Program, offered through Quality
Children’s Services, provides a safe haven for students to
work on homework in the Library or the computer lab, play in
the gym or the Bobcat Center, and participate in athletic or
small group activities after school.
From our unique architecture to the exciting learning
environment within our classrooms, Bernardo Heights is a
vigorous, active educational center filled with the promise
of tomorrow. Our mission statement below is our
collective commitment to you and our students that Bernardo
Heights will continue to be a place where students reach new
heights of excellence.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Elaine Johnson, PhD
Principal
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