Bernardo Parent Bulletin #18

We want our students to always feel safe and secure while in our care at school. At the same time, we want them to be as prepared as possible for emergency situations. To provide instruction and training, we regularly hold fire, earthquake, and lockdown drills.

On the Friday before Thanksgiving Break, Mr. Lyche guided our school through a lockdown drill. The drill involved locking doors from the inside, moving items to try and barricade doors, closing blinds, having students move away from windows and doors, and instructing students about where they should go if they are ever outside of the classroom during a lockdown.

Our staff did a fantastic job of having age-appropriate conversations about the importance of these drills while reassuring our students that they are safe and cared for deeply at Bernardo School. We hope that you're able to have great conversations at home with your child where you can ask them what they do during our drills. Continual repetition in discussion and practice will help us be prepared for emergencies which we hope will never occur at our school.

The Read-a-Thon is one of our favorite fundraisers that generates funds for our school library and reading programs while encouraging students to read!

We are asking all parents to please activate your child's read-a-thon account today by Clicking HERE and following the simple instructions to get ready to begin collecting pledges. Beginning this Thursday, your child will be able to begin tracking the number of minutes he/she reads between December 1-15 to help support our school.

Look for more information later this week about this great event. We hope EVERYONE participates!

If you have any questions or run into any challenges with activating your child's account, please email thebernardopta@gmail.com.

We're excited to host an off-site book fair this Saturday, December 3rd at Barnes & Noble in Escondido. We'll have guest readers throughout the day along with wish lists from our teachers. A portion of all purchases will come right back to Bernardo so it's a great way to encourage reading while supporting our school as well.

Join our Bernardo community for a fun night of winter reading! See flyer for more information.

Guess Principal Lyche's favorite childhood book! He will announce the answer and read the book at Family Reading Night!

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Gus the Friendly Ghost by Jane Thayer
• The Whingdingdilly by Bill Peet
• Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
• A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

We realize that there are times when students need to be checked out for various appointments. Whenever possible, we ask parents to please try and come to check out your child either before their lunch period begins or after lunch ends. It can take some time for our noon-time supervisors to locate students when they are playing anywhere out on the blacktop or field. Also, if you notify your child's teacher, we can make sure their backpacks, lunches, etc. are ready to go beforehand.

Here are the grade level lunch times for your reference.

• 11:00-11:40 - TK
• 11:15-11:55 - 5th Grade
• 11:30-12:10 - 4th Grade
• 11:45-12:25 - 3rd Grade
• 12:00-12:40 - 2nd Grade
• 12:15-12:55 - 1st Grade
• 12:30-1:10 - Kindergarten

*Please note that on Thursdays, each lunch times starts one hour earlier.

Save your Major Market receipts! Major Market will give 1% back to our PTA every time you shop. Please drop off receipts to the front office.

AmazonSmile - You shop. Amazon Gives. 0.5% of your purchase through Amazon Smile goes to our PTA. Change your preferences on your account and choose Bernardo Elementary PTA. More info here: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-3396551

12/1-12/15 - Read-a-Thon

12/3 - Barnes & Noble Book Fair

12/9 - Family Reading Night, 6:00-7:30

12/22-1/9 - Winter Break, No School (Starts on a Thursday!)

1/10 - School Resumes (It's a Tuesday!)