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.
An Ode to St. B's
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. -
Good Heart Program
Kindness, honesty, consideration for others, and responsibility to one’s community have been pillars of St. Bernard’s since its founding. To formalize the teaching of these qualities the school has created a comprehensive program of character development. -
Social Justice
Fifth graders take a full-year course, designed by our teachers and counselors, to learn about equity and justice. -
Community Service
Service learning projects range from serving meals to the homeless, spending time with children who have cerebral palsy at Daniel’s Music Foundation, to entertaining disabled veterans at James J. Peters VA Medical Center. -
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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Community Book
This year marks the eighth year at St. Bernard’s that we have read a book together as a community. Over the summer, faculty and all boys in grades V - IX read The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin. This year’s choice was a hit with all, receiving rave reviews from students, parents, and teachers. -
First Day of School
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Knights' Magic
Kindergarten boys have spent weeks preparing for their performance of Knights’ Magic, atradition nearly 30 years old. Between songs, each boy recites lines of poetry, proudly carrying his handmade shield. This is the boys' first chance to perform on the small gym stage in front of the entire school in Friday Assembly. -
Poetry Recitation at Friday Assembly
We all know what it is like when a line of poetry or a strain of music makes us gasp. In some magical way, the poet or composer captures a phrase that expresses exactly what we have felt or seen–but we, of course, could never have communicated it so well. -
Visit from Steven Weinberg
On February 5, the Junior School enjoyed a visit from author and illustrator Steven Weinberg. -
Kronengold Author Series
On October 30, St. Bernard’s welcomed bestselling children’s author Adam Gidwitz for an engaging and thought-provoking visit. -
The Film Guys
"An Ode to St. B’s” was commissioned to celebrate the school’s 120th birthday and made its premiere on October 4, 2024. The four-minute movie was written, directed, and filmed by The Film Guys in just two weeks. -
120 Years!
To mark our 120th birthday, the students, faculty, and staff gathered in Central Park to form the Roman numeral CXX. One of our art teachers, Ms. Geraldine de Haugoubart, took the photo from the top of a ladder -- no small feat!
Athletes
The game’s the game for all.
Alumni
Sing we a song of our first Alma Mater...
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Ambassador Anthony Gardner
Tony Gardner '77, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, has devoted more than 27 years of his distinguished career to U.S.-European affairs as a government official and lawyer. -
Justin Brown
A wooden alligator, a climbing pirate, a truck with rolling wheels and an operable hatch still adorn my shelves almost thirty years after their creation. -
AJ Houston
AJ Houston ’03 works in Global Equity Trading for the Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets. In his role, he services the liquidity/trading needs of US-based mutual fund and hedge fund clients for Canadian Equity product. -
Luke Robert Young
I spent ten years at St. Bernard’s, roughly two thirds of my life. Although it was often challenging, St. B’s helped me mature into a thoughtful, open-minded person with a love of learning, music, and the value of good friendships. -
Ijah M. Crump, M.D.
Ijah M. 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. -
Antonio Weiss
Antonio Weiss ’80 is a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. Previously, he served as Counselor to the Secretary at the United States Department of the Treasury, where he worked on issues related to financial markets, regulatory reform, financial stability, and consumer and housing finance. -
Anthony Abeson
For over thirty years, Anthony has been an acting teacher and acting coach in New York City. His work has been documented in the Emmy award-winning episode of the Bill Moyers PBS series Creativity, the Ace award-winning Manhattan Cable Television documentary Chasing Dreams, and the BBC's documentary Bus and Truck. -
John Roberts
The benefits of a St. Bernard’s education can pop up at unexpected moments. A number of years ago, I was called upon to give a toast at a friend’s wedding. -
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. -
Zack O’Malley Greenburg
Zack O’Malley Greenburg ’99 is the senior editor of media and entertainment at Forbes, where he started as a reporter shortly after graduating from Yale in 2007. He is the author of three books... -
Michael Osei
After St. Bernard's I started Groton School in the fall of 2013. I graduated summa cum laude in 2017, and in 2022, I earned my bachelor’s from Harvard University with a concentration in economics. -
Robert Miyahara
I have been working at the intersection of finance, technology, the United States, and Japan since graduating from Princeton. -
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.
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