Bernard Middle School

Welcome to Bernard Middle. Home of the Patriots. Please see our updates and reminders in our newsletter. We wish our 8th-grade students well as they move on to high school and hope everyone has a safe and relaxing summer. We look forward to welcoming students back in August. Save the date for our Back to School event on August 17. Thank you for another incredible year at Bernard!

Mehlville High School English Language Arts Teacher Kelly Newton and Bernard Middle School Social Studies Teacher Robert Summers were named Outstanding Beginning Teachers by the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE). All recipients must be in their first or second year of teaching and are nominated by their college.

In a unanimous vote on Friday evening, the Mehlville Board of Education has selected Dr. Jeff Haug as the district’s new superintendent beginning July 1, 2023. Dr. Haug will replace Dr. Gaines, who has been serving as superintendent for the past 8 years and will be retiring this summer.

The 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade Course Request Forms for the 2023-2024 school year are available now. Please complete the form by March 22.

Proposition E will fund competitive salaries to attract and keep excellent teachers and support staff at Mehlville School District.

This school year, Mehlville School District will use up to five virtual learning days if our schools close due to snow or inclement weather. If another snow day is needed after we use our five virtual learning days, we will use traditional snow days.

You can now update your family’s information for the 2022-2023 school year. The Family Information Update gives you the opportunity to review and update your phone numbers, email addresses and other important information. You will also be asked to review our annual notifications, media release, medical records, technology and video conferencing policies.

Mehlville School District is pleased to announce the hiring of Brian Brennan as the principal of Oakville High School and Michael Wheeler as the assistant principal of Bernard Middle School beginning with the 2022-2023 school year.

Four district schools were recognized for student growth in mathematics and English language arts in a recent report released by the St. Louis University PRiME Center: MOSAIC Elementary, Point Elementary, Bernard Middle and Washington Middle.

We are proud to announce that Mehlville School District was selected to join the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, a coalition of forward-thinking schools across the country who are providing students with unique learning opportunities.

An overwhelming majority of Mehlville School District voters passed Prop S on April 6. Prop S will fund projects to improve student safety and accessibility and complete deferred maintenance without increasing the tax rate.