SBCUSD News
![Two Arrowview Middle School eighth-grade boys use a computer to program a mechanical arm.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743704133/sbcusdcom/fxjsjue2mgsirmc2ybsb/Arrowview-5A2A3096.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743704133/sbcusdcom/fxjsjue2mgsirmc2ybsb/Arrowview-5A2A3096.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1743704133/sbcusdcom/fxjsjue2mgsirmc2ybsb/Arrowview-5A2A3096.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1743704133/sbcusdcom/fxjsjue2mgsirmc2ybsb/Arrowview-5A2A3096.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1743704133/sbcusdcom/fxjsjue2mgsirmc2ybsb/Arrowview-5A2A3096.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1743704133/sbcusdcom/fxjsjue2mgsirmc2ybsb/Arrowview-5A2A3096.jpg","width":2200}])
Six SBCUSD middle schools have been designated as 2025 California Schools to Watch by the California Department of Education, the California League of Middle Schools, the California Middle Grades Alliance and the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform.
![Assistant Superintendent Ana Applegate receiving her CABE Award.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743701666/sbcusdcom/be9jxekpfvzvue7gyt9h/DSC_0286-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743701666/sbcusdcom/be9jxekpfvzvue7gyt9h/DSC_0286-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1743701666/sbcusdcom/be9jxekpfvzvue7gyt9h/DSC_0286-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1743701666/sbcusdcom/be9jxekpfvzvue7gyt9h/DSC_0286-2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1743701666/sbcusdcom/be9jxekpfvzvue7gyt9h/DSC_0286-2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1743701666/sbcusdcom/be9jxekpfvzvue7gyt9h/DSC_0286-2.jpg","width":2200}])
Ana Applegate Honored with Prestigious Award from the California Association for Bilingual Education
SBCUSD is proud to announce that Ana Applegate, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, has been recognized by the California Association for Bilingual Education with a prestigious award for her outstanding contributions to bilingual education and student success.
![Outstanding Paakuma' K–8 first-grader Kennedy Williams holds her framed certificate as she is surrounded by her family, the Board of Education members and Superintendent Mauricio Arellano.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743555663/sbcusdcom/wymf9sualarpvowofwu9/Kennedy-Paakuma5A2A0377.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743555663/sbcusdcom/wymf9sualarpvowofwu9/Kennedy-Paakuma5A2A0377.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1743555663/sbcusdcom/wymf9sualarpvowofwu9/Kennedy-Paakuma5A2A0377.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1743555663/sbcusdcom/wymf9sualarpvowofwu9/Kennedy-Paakuma5A2A0377.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1743555663/sbcusdcom/wymf9sualarpvowofwu9/Kennedy-Paakuma5A2A0377.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1743555663/sbcusdcom/wymf9sualarpvowofwu9/Kennedy-Paakuma5A2A0377.jpg","width":2200}])
On Feb. 18, the SBCUSD Board of Education presented the Outstanding Achievement Awards to students, parents and staff of Salinas Elementary School, Thompson Elementary School, Paakuma’ K–8 School and San Bernardino High School (SBHS).
![A large group of students, staff, administrators and local officials gather behind a red ribbon in preparation for the official ribbon cutting ceremony.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742934639/sbcusdcom/swlsyluemicepgwmggie/5A2A0890.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742934639/sbcusdcom/swlsyluemicepgwmggie/5A2A0890.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742934639/sbcusdcom/swlsyluemicepgwmggie/5A2A0890.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742934639/sbcusdcom/swlsyluemicepgwmggie/5A2A0890.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1742934639/sbcusdcom/swlsyluemicepgwmggie/5A2A0890.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1742934639/sbcusdcom/swlsyluemicepgwmggie/5A2A0890.jpg","width":2200}])
SBCUSD's Sierra High School held the ribbon cutting ceremony for its new student Wellness Center Feb. 21. The alternative high school was also awarded a grant from The Children’s Partnership (TCP) to launch a new pilot program to support youth mental health.
![SBTA President Ashley Bettas-Alcalá proudly stands next to the California flag as she holds up her official Woman of Distinction certificate.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1742929928/sbcusdcom/ynnfja9ct2u69jnqmztf/AshleyBettas-Alcala-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1742929928/sbcusdcom/ynnfja9ct2u69jnqmztf/AshleyBettas-Alcala-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1742929928/sbcusdcom/ynnfja9ct2u69jnqmztf/AshleyBettas-Alcala-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1742929928/sbcusdcom/ynnfja9ct2u69jnqmztf/AshleyBettas-Alcala-3.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1742929928/sbcusdcom/ynnfja9ct2u69jnqmztf/AshleyBettas-Alcala-3.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1742929928/sbcusdcom/ynnfja9ct2u69jnqmztf/AshleyBettas-Alcala-3.jpg","width":2200}])
SBCUSD proudly celebrates Ashley Bettas-Alcalá, the president of the San Bernardino Teachers Association (SBTA), who has been recognized as a Woman of Distinction by California State Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes.