FREMONT ZONE OF CHOICE SCHOOLS
The Fremont Zone of Choice Schools Website is now available to provide information about each of the seven schools you may attend. Check it out!
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California Standards Tests
Students at Bethune will demonstrate their mastery of the California State Standards during the week of May 14th. All mustangs are encouraged to attend school daily and on time. Our goal is to meet or exceed our API goal of 720 points. GREAT LUCK MUSTANGS!
Please feel free to contact Ms. Worship for additional information.
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CFY (Formerly Computers for Youth) Giving ALL 7th Graders a FREE Home Learning Center!
For the second year in a row, CFY will be providing all 7th grade students at Bethune with a FREE Home Learning Center (a desktop computer loaded with educational software) after completion of a Family Learning Workshop. Don't miss the final session on Saturday, January 21, 2012!
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Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum Visits Bethune
The week of November 7, 2011, the Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum set up a multicultural exhibition in Bethune Middle School's library. All students at Bethune received the opportunity to visit the exhibition and learn more about different world cultures during their Social Studies classes.
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Two Important Adjustments to the Bethune MS Dress Code
This school year, we have made two adjustments to our dress code. Students are still required to wear a white collared shirt, but they may now wear a white, gray or black solid colored undershirt. In addition, students are no longer allowed to bring sweatshirts with hoods to school.
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Dea America Murrillo is Bethune's First 2011-2012 Mustang Millionaire!
Congratulations to Dea America Murrillo! In just one month of school, she has read over a million words, meeting the 8th grade ELA standard and setting a great example to her fellow students. We look forward to crowning more Mustang Millionaires as students continue to read more books during Advisory and at home. Keep up the great work!
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Bethune Middle School Increases 47 Points on the API!
Congratulations! Bethune increased an impressive 47 points on the Academic Performance Index (API) on last year's California Standards Tests. Our new API is 667, keeping us the highest scoring middle school in Local District 7. We look forward to continuing our progress. Thank you to all students, parents, teachers, staff members and Bethune community members for your hard work!
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Bethune Middle School Removed from Public School Choice 3.0
Bethune Middle School has been removed from the Public School Choice 3.0 process. Let's continue to work hard to meet our goal of 650+ on this year's API!
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Congratulations to our Mustang Millionaires!
As of January 2011, we are proud to announce that we have 9 Mustang Millionaires who have read a million or more words during this school year!
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Seventh Grade Bethune Students to Receive a Computer for Home Use through Computers for Youth!
Upon completion of training from Computers for Youth, all eligible 7th grade families will receive a desktop computer to use at home.
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Bethune Middle School Exceeds API on the 2010 California Standards Test!!
Bethune students grew 13 points schoolwide on the 2010 Academic Performance Index (API), raising our new API to 619. Go Bethune Mustangs!
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Bethune Receives School Improvement Grant
Bethune Middle School received $500,000 under the School Improvement Grant in order to increase student achievement. Funds will be used for summer intervention for students and professional development for teachers to improve core instruction, integrate technology into the curriculum and enhance the implementation of RTI2 in Personalized Learning Environments.
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