Good morning Bearcats,
Each year we get to recognize members of our staff and faculty who are doing amazing things on campus. Every year we get nominations for very deserving individuals who go above and beyond to help students be as successful as they can be. Each of the nominees this year are deserving of this award and we thank them for everything they do here at BHS. Unfortunately, each year we are only able to recognize 1 certificated and 1 classified employee of the year and this year the employees of the year are…
Kelly McGarvey – Certificated Employee of the year
Kevin Stanley – Classified Employee of the year
Congratulations to Kelly and Kevin on being voted as our employees of the year! Attached are the BHS recipients with our bearcats.
Have a great day!
Kenny
Happy Monday everyone! I am pleased to pass on this week’s Pawsitivity Award to my long time colleague and friend, Madhu Sekhri. I admire Madhu for her professionalism, expectations for student excellence in her classroom, and her service to the community, which have been ongoing for many years. As you can imagine, this time of the year, she and her students are quite busy. Madhu’s students are IRS certified as VITA Volunteer Preparers and are helping many people in our local community complete their taxes for free! Additionally, her students are able to complete college units at Mt Sac toward the completion of the Bookkeeping/Accounting program. Her organization and commitment to the community are outstanding and she is very deserving of the Pawsitivity Award. Thank you Madhu – for all you do to make Bonita High School a better place!
Mrs. Kelly McGarvey
I joined Mr. Dukowsky for a morning AP Environmental Science field trip to Antonovich Trail and Bonelli Park. Students completed water testing along with water organism sampling. From 3/11/24
A cool afternoon of biking after a staff development Friday. From 3/1/2024
Hey All,
I wanted to thank Mrs. Raleigh for her nomination and kinds words. Mrs. Raleigh is one of many who has made me feel welcomed as a part of this amazing community we have at Bonita. I would like to pass on the award to Mrs. McGarvey. I have had the pleasure of conferring with Mrs. McGarvey numerous times over the past two school years to talk about students and discuss trends I see in the classroom. She always welcomes me with a smile and makes time to accommodate my inquiries. Mrs. McGarvey shows a depth of knowledge about our students (and teenagers in general) that I have found invaluable as a new teacher, and her empathy and desire to help each and every student embodies the ethos of what it means to be part of the bearcat staff. I hope that Mrs. McGarvey realizes just how important she is to students and teachers alike, and I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to get to know her. Cheers to you Mrs. McGarvey!
Sincerely,
Kellen
English
I have the pleasure of having Serenity in Pre-Calculus and AP Statistics! From 2/28/2024
I have completed in the past 11 races (plus likely one or two more before medals were given out. Now I'm just short the snake medal for the full collection of the 12 animals. I didn't run particularly fast, but I felt pretty good throughout the whole distance. (From 2/25/2024)
Happy Friday Everyone!
I am honored to be the next in line to receive the Pawsitivity Award from Mr. Yip. The past two school years working as a teacher at Bonita have been quite satisfying and has brought me so much joy in my life. I am proud to be a bearcat! I would like to pass the award on to Mr. Kellen Salluce. I chose Mr. Salluce because we started at Bonita as teachers together and have sat in some pretty tough IEPs together where Kellen has been so supportive of me and willing to go the distance with the IEP team even when it has taken hours and days. I appreciate his willingness to go above and beyond in knowing his students and where they stand academically when asked for feedback or to attend a meeting that he was not necessarily scheduled to attend. He is a true team player and I thank him for being flexible and knowledgeable. Cheers to you Mr. Salluce, you deserve to be recognized.
Sincerely,
Whitney
