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

  • Dominic Salerno
    Dept: Technology, Art
    Title: Information Technology Specialist
    Education: CUNY Lehman College - BA Studio Art
    Mercy College - MS Cyber Security
  • Nina Sapers
    Dept: Junior School
    Title: Junior School Associate
    Education: Harvard University - B.A.
  • William Schneidmuller
    Dept: Junior School, Middle School, Physical Education, Upper School
    Title: Physical Education
    Education: Dowling College - B.A.
  • Eleanor Sednaoui
    Dept: Junior School
    Title: Grade II
    Education: Trinity School - BA
    Millbrook School
    Rippowam Cisqua School
  • Alexandra Shalvoy
    Dept: Junior School, Art
    Title: Director of the Good Heart Program, Crafts
    Education: Denison University - B.A.
    Bank Street - M.Ed.
  • Taylor Sheps
    Dept: Junior School
    Title: Associate Teacher - Grade I
  • Marc Sholinsky
    Dept: Middle School
    Title: Grade V
    Education: Colgate University - BA
    New York University - MA
  • Lily Siegfried
    Dept: Junior School
    Title: Grade III Teacher
  • Daniel Silver
    Dept: Junior School, Middle School, Physical Education, Upper School
    Title: Physical Education, After-School Director
    Education: Queens College - MSEd
    University of Richmond - B.A.
    Virginia Commonwealth University - M.S.
  • Elliott Smith
    Dept: Middle School, Student Support Services, Upper School
    Title: Head of Middle and Upper School Learning Support
    Education: Georgetown - B.A.
    Deerfield
    Columbia Teachers College - M.A.
    Columbia Teachers College - Ed.M.
  • Malcolm St. Clair
    Dept: History, Upper School
    Title: Grade VIII, Head of History
    Education: New York University - B.A.
  • Marquis Standard
    Dept: Physical Education
    Title: P.E. Teacher and Coach