Bernardo Yorba Middle School

Excellent. I was sad to see my now 18 year old move on from Bernardo, and I will be sad when my current 7th grader has to leave too. If only it carried through High School here. Both my boys love it!

I recently moved to BYMS from a school where all of my teachers were great and everyone was extremely nice. Now I have moved here and am extremely disappointed. I only like 4/7 of my teachers 2 of which are the same person. I have been at BYMS for about a month and have learned nearly nothing new. I would never send my kids here and can’t wait until I leave.

great would send all my kids there

For the most part, BYMS is a pretty good school. I have a 8th grade daughter and a 7th grade son attending the school. My daughter loves her group of friends who, like her, are all high achieving, leaders, and most importantly, kind and good kids. Most of the teachers are good...some may be a little boring but still very competent with the EXCEPTION of the language arts teacher, MR. Donald Gebler. There really is some mental defect going on with that man. He mercilessly tells daily self grandiose far fetched and above-all inappropriate stories throughout the school year to his 12-13 year students who are held captive in his class! Worst, he bullies the same quiet and timid kids on a weekly basis for no reason. Most of the kids feel so badly when he does this but seem to feel helpless to speak up. I hear that many parents complain to the administration who seem to know very well of this man's behavior. My daughter received an A+ in his class but hardly learned anything from this terrible teacher. Luckily, my son has Mr. Kish who I hear is very competent and a true mentor & leader to students. Teachers union is very powerful - Gebler is lucky he's tenured.