Welcome to Bonita Vista Middle School - Home of the Crusaders! Thank you for visiting our newsletter. In this edition we bring to you our school highlights and a glance at events coming up. Additionally, we are now accepting newsletter submissions. If you have any content you'd like to be featured, please submit by clicking here. Enjoy this edition of the Crusader Times. Go Crusaders!

Bonita Vista Families,

There are many things to celebrate at BVM as you will see in the pictures below. We have so many talented and passionate students and staff at BVM and I am proud to be a member of this team.

Next week is Valentine's Day and we will have a dance for students on the afternoon of the 14th. Encourage your students to join the party! It will be followed by a 4 day weekend for the Presidents' Day holiday.

BVM Sports will begin playoffs tomorrow. Best of luck to our soccer and basketball teams as they play for a spot in the finals.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 19th for our final Middle School Success 101 meeting of the year. This one is a big one! Counselors will be sharing information about the 6 year plan that has been implemented for our students so they can map out their courses from now until high school. You won't want to miss this one!

Thank you to our BVM community for your continued support and for sending us your amazing children. If there is anything we can do to support you, please contact us. Every day is a great day at BVM!

Sincerely,

Teresa Kramer

This week we celebrated our counselors for School Counselors' Week. Thank you to our amazing team for supporting students, parents, and staff. Mr. Armas, Ms. Lopez, and Mr. Taeatafa, we appreciate the work that you do!

We had a fun-filled 2 weeks with our Chinese delegates. They attended classes, had lunch, and lived in Bonita for a brief but special period of time. They shared a little bit about their traditions and culture with us and I hope they learned a little bit about ours. Today, we honored them with a Chinese New Year celebration and farewell ceremony. Our partnership doesn't end today. Many of these kids will remain friends for a lifetime!

Lots of smiles at the district science fair. Congratulations to all the students who participated and placed. Thank you Ms. Shimasaki and the 7th grade science team for giving our kids this opportunity!

Here is a list of our students who won awards. Be sure to congratulate them!

Isaiah Benitez

Behavioral & Soc. Sc.

4th

Alex Gonzalez

Behavioral & Soc. Sc.

3rd

Oryanna Jankowski

Chemistry

3rd

Colon Rooney

Engineering Energy & Transport

3rd

Mateo Millan

Engineering Materials & Bioengineering

3rd

Ruby Deckman

Environmental Sc. & Management

3rd

Mark Domingo

Physics & Astronomy

3rd

David Zambelli

Physics & Astronomy

3rd

Peter Zacharzuk

Product Testing /Consumer Sc.

3rd

Sofia Sanchez

Behavorial & Soc. Sc.

2nd

Tai Cassel Engen

Environmental Sc. & Management

2nd

Savannah Tetzlaff

Medicine & Health

2nd

Jonathan Enriquez

Medicine & Health

2nd

James Diega

Physics & Astronomy

2nd

Noah Kircher

Engineering Energy & Transport

1st

Joven Baldovino

Engineering Energy & Transport

1st

Kali Swanson

Environmental Sc. & Management

1st

Olivia Robitaille

Environmental Sc. & Management

1st

Alexis Acosta

Product Testing/ Consumer Sc.

1st

Congratulations to our Staff Members of the month! We recognize those staff members who constantly make a difference in the lives of our students. Thank you Ms. Shimasaki and Mr. Schroeder for all you do!

Check out the brand new edition of The Library Monthly. This newsletter contains library highlights, news, and other general information every Crusader should be aware of. Click the picture to access the newsletter or click here.

Everyone wants to keep their kids safe and healthy. One area that may get overlooked is the safety of our kids on the internet. Sometimes we just assume kids know the right thing to do. The best way to keep our kids safe on the internet is to talk to them about it. There are a lot of great resources available to educate yourself on the subject and make it easier to speak to your kids about. A few are listed here to help you begin to help your child develop safe internet behaviors

The Smart Talk Quick Guide

https://www.commonsensemedia.org

https://internetsafety101.org/safety

TedxYouth

Seventh grader Martha Fishburne shares her own labeling experiences in middle school, and a couple of ideas that just might change the world.

https://youtu.be/Ydww1EnQGo4

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The mission of Bonita Vista Middle School, a dynamic learning community with a tradition of academic excellence, is to empower students to succeed in middle school and beyond through a system of learning distinguished by:

• A rigorous and relevant curriculum.
• A broad range of opportunities that support student success.
• A climate that promotes strong parent, community, staff and student collaboration.
• A safe and nurturing environment that embraces diversity.
• A school culture that promotes personal integrity.
  

Email: teresa.kramer@sweetwaterschools.org
Website: bvm.sweetwaterschools.org
Location: 650 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA, USA
Phone: 619-397-2200
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