St. Bernard's School

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St. Bernard's School

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Motto: Perge Sed Caute(Latin: "Proceed but with Caution")

Related Topics:
Motto - Latin

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Founded

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1904

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School Type

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Private, Secular, All-Male

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Headmaster

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Stuart H. Johnson, III

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Location

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4 East 98th StreetNew York, NY

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Enrollment

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372 Boys

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Average Grade Size

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40 students

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Average Class Size

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20 students

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Tuition

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Approximately $24,000(Financial Aid Available)

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School Colors

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Red & White

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Mascot

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St. Bernard

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St. Bernard's School, founded in 1904 by Francis Tabor and John Jenkins, is a private all-male elementary school on Manhattan's Upper East Side and is regarded as one of the top elementary schools in the nation. St. Bernard's offers motivated young boys of diverse backgrounds an exceptionally thorough, rigorous, and enjoyable introduction to learning and community life. The school "aims to inspire boys to appreciate hard work and fair play, to develop confidence in themselves, consideration for others and a sense of citizenship, and to have fun while doing these things." (Source: St. Bernard's official website; see link below). St. Bernard's educates boys from grades K-9, and is seen affectionately by its students, faculty and friends as a bastion of old-fashioned values (in terms of education and teaching methods), which are often very British in tone. St. Bernard's alumni, known as Old Boys, tend to go on to attend some of the nation's finest boarding schools, such as Phillips Exeter Academy and Phillips Academy (Andover), St. George's School, as well as the best private high schools in New York City, and are often found later at the nation's top institutions of higher learning such as Princeton University, Yale University and Harvard University. At the professional level, Old Boys can often be found working in top American firms of every field.

Related Topics:
Old Boys - Phillips Exeter Academy - Phillips Academy - St. George's School - New York City - Princeton University - Yale University - Harvard University

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The school shield depicts an eagle (representing the United States of America), a lion (representing Great Britain), a book (symbol of education), and a cross (representing a tradition of Episcopalianism; the school is secular, however.)

Related Topics:
United States of America - Great Britain - Episcopalianism

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Although the school shares the name of a breed of dog which is also its mascot, it was in fact named for the rue St-Bernard in Brussels, where a relative of one of St. Bernard's founders had also founded a school.

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The school's yearbook is named the Keg, and is edited each year by Grade 9.

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The schools has three divisions: the Lower School consists of grades K through 3, the Middle School grades 4 through 6, and the Upper School grades 7 through 9. Mondays through Thursdays, boys in the Lower School must wear St. Bernard's polo shirts (polo shirts with the school shield emblazoned upoon the chest) in either red, white and blue, khakis and a blazer. Boys in the Middle and Upper Schools may wear any collared or polo shirts of their choosing, acccompanied by kahkis and blazers as well. On Fridays, all boys wear jackets and ties (with the exception of the Kindergarteners).

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Many team sports are played at the school, including soccer, basketball, lacrosse, and baseball. Fencing has recently been re-introduced after a long hiatus. Furthermore, sports such as dodgeball and capture the flag are played in gym class.

Related Topics:
Soccer - Basketball - Lacrosse - Baseball - Fencing - Dodgeball - Capture the flag

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The school has an unusually high endowment for an institution of its nature, and its Development Office continues to be the envy of most other New York City private schools; Old Boys tend to possess an enormous sense of gratitude towards the school and hence are ready to support it financially.

Related Topics:
New York City - Old Boys

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The current headmaster of the school is Stuart H. Johnson III (b. August 14, 1954). A graduate of Yale University, he previously taught at St. Bernard's, and at Groton School, before becoming headmaster in 1985.

Related Topics:
August 14 - 1954 - Yale University - Groton School - 1985

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