We hope that you and your family have a wonderful, fun, but most importantly, SAFE Halloween with your kiddos. Please don't forget to check their candy before they have any, and do not send any to school with them, or they're gonna have to share them with us...booo!!!

👻🎃😉😁 🥸

7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Happy Halloween!
It's Red Ribbon Week, October 27 - 31

Make sure to check each day for the following Spirit Days!

Drug Free Looks Like Me!
Monday, 10/27 - Backward Shirt Day - Turn your Back on Drugs!
Tuesday, 10/28 - Camo Day - Drugs Can’t Find Me!
Wednesday, 10/29 - Wear Red Day - Stay Smart, Don’t Start!
Thursday, 10/30 - Crazy Sock Day - Sock It to Drugs!
Friday, 10/31 - Halloween - Say Boo to Drugs!
7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Red Ribbon Week Spirit Days October 27 - 31

Don't forget to submit pictures for our BERNARDO YEARBOOK!

Please submit photos for these past events so that your children can shine in the yearbook! The more photos we have the more kiddos that make the pages!

Back to School
Ice Cream Social
Teddy Bear Picnic
Family Lunch Day
Book Fair
Fall Festival

Upload them or send them to yearbook@bernardopta.org, and don't worry if you only have one or one hundred of them, we want to see them all!
📸​ 🖼️​ 🎃

7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Bernardo Yearbook flyer
Let's give a great big shout out to our amazing Bernardo Library Tech, Ms. Jess and her amazing helpers & volunteers like, Miss Donna, Miss Tiffany, Gabriel, Cyrah Hess, Drakeston Hess, Sam Troncoso and Jody Coe. A big Thank You to parent, Alyson Bifano, who hand made special bookmarks for the library, they are adorable and the students LOVE them! A special Thank You to families and volunteers who continuously show the library LOVE by supporting the book fairs and book drives. Our library is a special place because of you!
7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Library display of pirate books "Arrgh ye ready for a readin adventure?"
Library entrance display of spooky books surrounded by Marigold flowers
New library books on display over the counter
Home made bookmarks for students
Hey Mountaineers, did you get a chance to see the 2nd Grade Geo Town in the MPR? Well if you missed out on it, here are some great pictures of all the awesome work they did. Just check out al the neat details! Enjoy the stroll! Thank you to all the 2nd Grade teachers and students! :)
7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Geo Town with mini houses and buildings
Geo Town with mini houses and buildings
Geo Town with mini farm houses
Geo Town mini Trader Joe's Store
Geo Town with mini Walmart Store
Geo Town with mini Sprouts Market
Geo Town with a mini Church and Cinema
Geo Town with a mini post office and gas station
Geo Town with a mini water park and pet adoption center
Geo Town with a mini Chick-fil-A, Sky Zone & Denny's

Tonight (October 21st, 2025): EUSD Board of Education Study Session Meeting at the Carilyn Gilbert Education Center, 2310 Aldergrove Avenue. 6 p.m. open session (5 p.m. closed session). Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/551974247. Agenda: https://eusd.org/agenda

7 months ago, Escondido Union School District
Board of Education Meeting

Our Fall Festival is this Friday 17 at 5pm!!! Everyone is invited to this great free event of the year! Don't miss out on all the exciting activities & delicious food for the whole family & friends to enjoy. Here's a peek to the most popular activity of the night, the bidding off of some of the most amazing baskets around! We can't wait to see you there! Click link below for all the details:

We are still in need of volunteers to make this a succesful event, please sign up using this link below:

7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Basket with various beach items
Basket filled with various books
Target basket with various target goodies
Basket with a tea kettle and various tea time items
Basket with various self care items
Basket with various drinking & clothing items
Basket with various items for movie goers
Basket with various beuty items
Basket filled with various Travel items

Calling all Wildlife Explorers! October is Kids Free month at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and youths 11 years and younger receive free admission all month long (with an adult). Youths can connect with their wild side by meeting wildlife, while discovering the wonders of nature through play and exploration.

More information about the Safari Park Go Wild Kids Free month

7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
San Diego Zoo Safari Park Kids Free all October Go Wild!
San Diego Zoo Safari Park Autumn Festival
Everyday Counts at Bernardo! Thank you to all our Bernardo Students who participated in the EUSD Everyday Counts Poster Contest. Come and check them all out, they are on the wall in the hall by the Library. They are all amazing and creative posters, so for us they are all WINNERS!!!

#EUSDeverydaycountsatbernardo
7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Wall filled with colorful posters for attendance
Have you had a chance to come by and check out our awesome Garden?!!! Well this might just be the best time do so and hang out with our new scarecrows. Come and take a look at how fast our pumpkin patch is growing, and the Sunflowers too, wow!!! Thank you to our amazing garden parent volunteers & students who have done an amazing job!!!
7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Sunflowers & Pumpkins
Pumpkin patch
Students & parents gardening
Pumpkin Patch
Students & Parents building scarecrows
Parent & students putting a scarecrow together
Scarecrow one & two
Scarecrow 3
Garden & scarecrow team of parents
SOCKTOBER! Share a pair to show you care from October 1st - October 31st. Want to participate?

Did you know socks are the most needed, but least donated item in homeless shelters?
With your donation, we can help people get back on their feet!

During the month of October you can help our TK classes with their community project. All you have to do is drop off new socks in this box located in the school office. All socks will be donated to Interfaith for those in need.

Thank you for supporting our TK Classes and our Community Project!
7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Socktober Donations Box

5th Annual Trunk or Treat!
Join the Escondido Police Department for a spook-tacular night of family fun!

Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Time: 6 PM – 8 PM
Location: 380 N. Escondido Blvd – Woodward Lot

Dress up, bring the kiddos, and load up on treats!
Want to join the fun? We’re taking vehicle participant sign-ups – decorate your ride, get festive, and be part of the Halloween magic!

Save the date & spread the word – it’s going to be fang-tastic!

If you are interested in decorating a vehicle and handing out candy to kids. Please follow the sign up link or contact Sergeant Steve at 760-839-4482.

#TrunkOrTreat #EscondidoPolice #FamilyFun #halloween2025

Vehicle Registration

7 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Green Flyer 5th Annual Trunk or Treat Escondido Police You're Invited
Orange Flyer 5th Annual Trunk or Treat Escondido Police

Tonight (October 2nd, 2025): EUSD Board of Education Regular Meeting at the Carilyn Gilbert Education Center, 2310 Aldergrove Avenue. 7 p.m. open session (6 p.m. closed session). Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/551974247. Agenda: https://eusd.org/agenda

8 months ago, Escondido Union School District
Board of Education Meeting
Tonight (September 18th, 2025): EUSD Board of Education Regular Meeting at the Carilyn Gilbert Education Center, 2310 Aldergrove Avenue. 7 p.m. open session (6 p.m. closed session). Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/551974247. Agenda: https://eusd.org/agenda
8 months ago, Escondido Union School District
Board of Education Meeting

Hey Families, Bernardo needs you! We are beginning the process of electing members for our School Site Council (SSC) for this 2025-2026 school year. The SSC consists of parents, teachers, and support staff, who meet on-line just four times a year, to consider the needs of all students, evaluate the progress of the school's educational program, develop, review, and update the School Site Plan and School Safety Plan, on the following dates: Oct. 15, Jan. 21., Mar. 18., and June 3

If you are interested to serve on our SSC, please click on the link below. Nominations are due no later than 3:00 pm, Friday, September 19. If more than 5 parents are nominated, an electronic vote will take place.

If you have any questions about School Site Council, please contact our Family Liaison, Adriana Carpio, at acarpio@eusd.org.

School Site Council Interest form link

8 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
School Site Council
We Need You
Yay! It's Family Night Out - Fundraiser at the The Kebab Shop this Thursday , Sept. 18th, all day!
So don't make anything for lunch or dinner, just head on out right after Early Dismissal to 1282 Auto Park Way, Escondido, CA 92029.

To participate and make it count, make sure to show the flyer during checkout at the store or order online using Code: FUNDRAISER
8 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Fundraiser flyer for the Kebab Shop on Thursday Sept. 18 in English
Fundraiser flyer for the Kebab Shop on Thursday Sept. 18 in Spanish

Friendly Reminder: No Cell Phones/Apple Watches Allowed!

Parents, as noted in our Parent Handbook (linked below), during the school day, student cell phones are to be turned off and stored in backpacks. Smart watches need to be set to "School Mode" so they cannot send/receive text messages during the school day. If your student brings a cell phone or smartwatch to school, please help them understand they are here to learn. If the calls continue, students may be asked not to wear them at school. Thank you parents for all your support!

Bernardo Student Handbook

8 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
School Zone - No Cell Phone Use

Bernardo Families, come join the PTA! We are 25% away from reaching our membership goal of 325 PTA members for 2025–2026. Whether you want to get in the game or cheer from the sidelines, your membership makes a real difference for our school community.

Sign up before September 12th to be entered into a drawing for the reserved PTA Parking Spot, yours to use for the entire month of October! Anyone can sign up like grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, godparents, as well as your neighbors. They all count towards our goal and it increases your chances to win!

Scan the QR Code or click this link to join now.

Thank you so much for your energy, generosity, and commitment to our school. Together we’ll make this year amazing!

8 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Wild about PTA QR Code
PTA Together we can do so much
Tonight (September 4th, 2025): EUSD Board of Education Regular Meeting at the Carilyn Gilbert Education Center, 2310 Aldergrove Avenue. 7 p.m. open session (6 p.m. closed session). Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/551974247. Agenda: https://eusd.org/agenda
9 months ago, Escondido Union School District
Board of Education Meeting

Join the Adventure with the Cub Scouts!

We explore, build race cars, launch rockets, go on camping adventures & give back to the community!

We join because the Cub Scouts helps kids build confidence, leadership & life skills through hands-on adventures, while making new friends & having fun outdoors!

How to get started:
1. Open to Boys and Girls in grades Kindergarten to 4th

2. Contact us to find out where to meet the scouts:
Pack 659 Cubmaster-Paul Canaan
858-774-3084/pcanaan88@gmail.com

Pack 659 Asst. Cubmaster-Patty Vanzzini
760-807-2890/plvanzzino@gmail.com

3. Sign up on https://my.scouting.org to complete the application

www.facebook.com/groups/EscondidoCubScouts/

9 months ago, Bernardo Elementary
Flyer Join the Adventure with the Cub Scouts
Folleto Unete a la Aventura con los Cub Scouts