Secondary School Advising

St. Bernard’s boys earn admission to a wide range of excellent secondary schools, both day and boarding.  The school takes seriously its responsibility to help families with secondary school admissions.  Our goal is for boys to gain admission to schools well matched to their academic ability, temperament, and extracurricular interests.
 
The secondary school advising team works closely with the head of school, assistant head of school, and the head of the Upper School to help parents choose schools that will best suit each boy’s aptitude and talents and to offer counsel throughout.  Our ninth grade also offers a demanding yet intimate experience for those wishing to remain one more year at St. Bernard’s to prepare themselves for secondary school.

Our graduates are known for their kindness, depth of knowledge, work-ethic, enthusiasm for a wide-range of passions, and the ability to communicate confidently and with poise, among other qualities. Boys attend a wide range of boarding and day schools.  Approximately 85% of our graduates are admitted to their top preference.  Roughly one-half of the boys choose to go to boarding school and one-half attend a city school.  In the past five years boys have attended the following schools with greatest frequency (in alphabetical order):

Boarding Schools
Andover
Berkshire
Choate
Deerfield
Exeter
Groton
Hotchkiss
Lawrenceville
Middlesex
St. Andrew’s
St. Paul’s
Taft
Westminster

Day Schools
Bronx Science
Collegiate
Dalton
Fieldston
Grace Church
Horace Mann
Packer
Regis
Riverdale
Trinity