St. Bernard’s offers able young boys of diverse backgrounds an exceptionally thorough, rigorous, and enjoyable introduction to learning and community life. We wish to inspire boys to value hard work and fair play, to develop confidence, consideration for others, and a sense of citizenship, and to have fun while doing these things.
Boys
A good heart is as valuable as a well-stocked, well-trained head.
Signature Programs
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Leadership Opportunities
St. Bernard’s boys are given many opportunities to lead. As early as Middle School, boys may be voted captains of their intramural teams or representatives to Student Council, which meets with the headmaster every other week. -
Community Service
Service learning projects range from delivering food with City Meals on Wheels to painting public schools with Publicolor and raising money for the Audubon Society through the annual third grade bird-a-thon. -
Assembly
Every Friday morning, just after 8:30, all students and members of the faculty and staff meet for assembly in the small gymnasium on the first floor. We hear announcements, usually from the boys. -
Public Speaking
Every boy from first grade upward will set foot on the stage at least once a year and perform for his fellow students. Boys have many opportunities to speak at St. Bernard’s: class play assemblies, presentations in class, recitations, and athletics reports for assembly. -
Shakespeare Play
The eighth grade has performed a play by William Shakespeare since 1910. The Shakespeare play is one of the most cherished of St. Bernard’s traditions. It is a group effort, with each boy contributing to its success. -
Class Trips
A St. Bernard’s education also offers boys in all grades many opportunities to learn about the world beyond 98th Street. Our teachers plan trips to places here in New York and much farther afield. -
Guest Speakers
Speakers can enrich learning, and boys in all grades have the opportunity to hear speakers on a wide range of topics in the classroom or assembly. Each year an author speaks to the boys thanks to the Kronengold Authors Fund, founded by a group of Old Boys in 2016. -
Class Plays
Class plays are big part of school life at St. Bernard’s. Beginning in first grade, each class performs a class play before parents and before the entire school at a Friday morning assembly.
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Community
The glory of this school will always be the people inside it.
Recent News
List of 8 news stories.
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Commencement - June 13, 2017
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Eighth Grade Trip to Ecuador
by Madame de Haugoubart
On May 30, 2017, thirty-nine eighth graders, Madame de Haugoubart, Mrs. Reitzas, Mr. Rodiño, Mr. St. Clair, and Ms. Williams took off for Ecuador. -
Faculty Farewell
On June 8, 2017, the St. Bernard’s community gathered to say farewell to four incredible faculty members who are retiring this year, Michael Falcone, Rochelle Cohen-Levine, Mary FitzGerald, and Robert Miness. -
Fourth Graders Learn About Ramadan
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It may have been a rainout, but it still was a milestone!
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Examining Our Atmosphere
For the third year in a row, Mr. Parsons invited fifth graders to join him on a Sunday in May to launch a weather balloon into the stratosphere. -
Model Congress
by Mr. Clements
A team of seventeen Upper School boys argued, rebutted, and thoroughly enjoyed their day at Packer Model Congress last Saturday, May 20. -
A Day at the American Museum of Natural History
Athletes
The game’s the game for all.
Alumni
Sing we a song of our first Alma Mater...
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Peter Magowan
Recognized a one of Major League Baseball's most progressive leaders, Peter Magowan ’55 retired in September 2008 after serving sixteen seasons as the San Francisco Giants’ managing general partner. -
Michael Aduboffour
After St. Bernard's I began attending Groton School in the Fall of 2013. I played football from 9th through 11th grade, starting on Varsity my junior year, and I've spent all my time here as a sprinter for Groton's Track & Field team, of which I am now a captain. -
Noah Leavitt
Noah Leavitt ’00 serves as the Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Orach Chaim in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in history and completed an M.A. in Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University. -
Michael Ivkov
Michael Ivkov ’12 is enrolled in Harvard College and recently completed his freshman year. Along with economics, he studies German and Ancient Greek language and literatures. Prior to enrolling, he championed the Harvard debate tournament as a junior at the Trinity School. -
Ijah Mondesire-Crump, M.D.
Ijah Mondesire-Crump, M.D. ’98 is a Bronx native. After attending kindergarten at a public school in the South Bronx, he was chosen to participate in Early Steps, a program that promotes diversity in NYC independent schools.
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