About Us

Faculty & Staff

St. Bernard’s has long prided itself on the quality of all its teachers and staff and on the relations among them.  The school succeeds because the faculty works hard and supports each other cheerfully.  Our founders spoke of “the contact of mind upon mind,” the charged connection between diligent, loving teachers and their pupils.  As a community we work hard and well, look after one another, and have some fun.

We expect St. Bernard’s teachers to teach carefully and responsibly, to form a class with its own personality while recognizing the value of each boy within it.  They understand that character, integrity, and kindness are as important as intellectual accomplishment.  St. Bernard’s wants its boys to pursue learning before grades, to take pleasure in helping others, and to do their very best with what they have.

Faculty and staff regularly attend conferences and workshops offered domestically and internationally on a range of topics.  Events typically include the International Boys School Coalition’s annual conference, the NAIS annual conference, the NAIS People of Color Conference, the Learning and the Brain conference, and many NYSAIS workshops.

List of 3 items.

  • 4:1

    student to 
    teacher ratio
  • 70%

    of teachers have earned
    advanced 
    degrees
  • 11

    average years of
    faculty tenure 
    at St. Bernard’s
The school benefits from the dedication and loyalty of faculty and staff who have spent the majority of their careers here. Click on the link below to read about the experience of working at St. Bernard's from some of its longest-serving teachers and coaches.

FACULTY & STAFF DIRECTORY

  • Douglas Davis
    Dept: Middle School
    Title: Grade IV
    Education: Gettysburg - B.A.
    Westminster Choir College - B.Mus.
    Bank Street - M.S. Ed.
  • Géraldine de Haugoubart
    Dept: Art
    Title: Visual Arts Teacher
  • Virginie de Haugoubart
    Dept: French, Geography, Upper School
    Title: Head of Modern Languages
    Education: Columbia - M.A.
    La Sorbonne - M.A., Ph.D.
  • John Demeny
    Dept: Administration, Middle School
    Title: Head of Middle School
    Education: Skidmore - B.A.
    Harvard - M.Ed.
  • Carlo di Fazio
    Dept: Middle School, Physical Education, Upper School
    Title: Director of Athletics and Physical Education
    Education: State University of New York, Stony Brook - B.S.
  • Virginia Dreux
    Dept: Middle School, Science, Upper School
    Title: Head of Science
    Education: Colorado College - B.A.
    Teachers College, Columbia University - M.A.
  • Yolanda Dublin
    Dept: Administration
    Title: Director of Human Resources