About Us
Welcome to Bernardo Heights Middle School
Phone 858-485-4850; Fax 858-485-4865; Attendance Hotline: 858-485-4888
Principal: Marie Galaz
About our School…
BHMS has been recognized as a California Distinguished School and is a National Blue Ribbon winner. Our Bobcat PRIDE helps to set the tone for a school climate which fosters mutual respect and acceptance. We teach our Bobcats to be Positive, to be Responsible, to have Integrity, to be Determined and to be Engaged.
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 7th and 8th graders build their organizational and content area skills to prepare them to be world class learners. With our Block Schedule, students attend (3) 94-minute classes each day and our rotating schedule allows teachers and students to optimize learning by not always having a difficult class last period.
Our Before and After School Program, ASES, 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.