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Message from the Superintendent
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Dear Berryessa community,
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and reflect on what we are grateful for, I would like to thank all of you for being invaluable partners of the Berryessa Union School District. Our vision of preparing our students to become life-long learners and successful 21st century global citizens is only made possible by the collaborative efforts of our teachers, support staff, parents, and community partners. We are deeply appreciative of the generosity and support from our Berryessa community that stands with us every day!
On behalf of the BUSD Board of Trustees and administration, we wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
With BUSD pride,
Dr. Roxane Fuentes
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Teachers Awarded Berryessa Art Festival Grants
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For the past 42 years, the Berryessa Business Association has held an Annual Art Festival to generously support our BUSD schools. This year, the festival raised over $16,000 which will directly fund teacher grants for books, yearbook resources, art and music program supplies, AVID, PBIS, transportation for field trips, and other important projects benefiting our students.
At our November 12th board meeting, eleven teachers were pleased to receive their grant awards and checks in a special ceremony. We would like to extend our most sincere thanks to Frank Cancilla, President of the Berryessa Business Association, Co-chair Mike Flaugher and Assemblymember Kansen Chu for presenting our teachers with these phenomenal awards!
This would not have been possible without the support of festival sponsors, the festival committee, the many volunteers, and our community attendees, as well! Join us in thanking all festival partners and our Berryessa community for supporting our schools!
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Every year, our BUSD schools bring their communities together for special Harvest Festival celebrations. These events provide us the opportunity to gather together, have fun, and rejoice in the beauty of the fall season. We hope you enjoy this video recap highlighting these community gatherings happening all across our district. Our thanks to all those involved in organizing these events, and to those who came out and participated!
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All of us feel a tremendous debt of gratitude to those who serve and protect our country, and to their families as well. This year, in recognition of Veterans’ Day, countless Berryessa students took the time to create beautiful and inspiring appreciation letters for veterans in our community. Over 2,000 cards were distributed through KnowAVet.com and shared with Bay Area veterans at the San Jose Veterans’ Day Parade on November 11th. We appreciate the efforts of all the teachers, students, and staff who were involved in this important initiative.
Our schools were deeply touched by the honorable work of this nonprofit organization and have already volunteered to participate in their holiday program as well! Cherrywood Elementary will be hosting a Family Holiday Card Decorating Night in December. Check in with your school to learn about new opportunities to support Know A Vet. Join us in expressing our appreciation to the brave men and women who serve and have served in our military!
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Thank you, Measure L Supporters
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In November of 2014, thanks to Santa Clara County voters, the Berryessa Union School District was granted $77 million dollars through Measure L to make critical upgrades to our schools. There are simply not enough words to express our profound gratitude!
Measure L has made possible numerous facilities upgrades, and new/improved learning spaces throughout our district. Below is a list of some of the latest improvements completed (with more to come):
- New Flexible Instructional Spaces at Cherrywood and Toyon
- Improved parking, a new driveway, and upgraded landscape and irrigation systems at Piedmont Middle School
- New traffic gates have been installed at Brooktree, Cherrywood, Northwood, Vinci Park, Morrill and Summerdale
- New lunch tables at six of our schools, including Laneveiw and Sierramont
- Improvements to water systems at Cherrywood, Piedmont and Sierramont
- New fencing at Piedmont and Toyon
- Portable restroom replace at Brooktree
- A new fertigation system at Morrill
- Portable relocation at Northwood
- Paving of our Main Central Kitchen
Once again, we thank all supporters of Measure L. We appreciate your investment in creating an environment where all of our students, teachers, staff and families can thrive!
For more information on Measure L and these projects, please visit our
website
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Upcoming Bond Measure March 2020
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In order to continue improving and renovating our schools, and providing up-to-date classrooms, labs and learning technology, on November 12th, 2019 the Berryessa Union School District Board of Trustees approved a ballot resolution to be placed on the March 3rd, 2020 ballot. The measure would generate $98 million in locally-controlled funding for our schools.
Thanks to your feedback from our recent survey titled “Looking Ahead,” this measure would be used to fund essential school safety and security improvements, update classrooms and labs for 21st-century learning, keep schools maintained, replace aging fire alarms and communication systems, and ensure playgrounds, walkways and fields meet current safety standards.
We encourage you to learn more about this proposed initiative. It is important to know that strong fiscal accountability measures would provide oversight for this measure, including an independent citizen committee. All funds would stay locally to support BUSD. Funds cannot be taken by the state nor go towards administrator salaries. For more information, please visit our
website
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- Thanksgiving Break: November 25th through November 29th
- Board Meeting: December 10, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- For translation assistance, please call one of our District hotlines below:
Chinese, 408-923-1901
Spanish, 408-923-1902
Vietnamese, 408-923-1903
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408-923-1901
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Berryessa Union School District
(408) 923-1800
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