SBS Catholic Schools Week Penny War!!

Put your spare change towards a great cause!

  • Each homeroom has its own container located outside the main office.
  • Homerooms are competing against each other to raise the most money for their selected organization. There will be one winner in each unit level.
  • Students bring in money throughout the week.
    • Positive points
      • Pennies – 1 point
      • $1 bill – 100 points
      • $5 bill – 500 points
      • $10 bill – 1000 points
      • $20 bill – 2000 points
    • Negative points
      • Nickels – -5 points
      • Dimes – -10 points
      • Quarters – -25 points
      • Half Dollars – -50 points

Within each unit, the homeroom with the most points wins a party!

  • Preschool – 2nd Grade – Movie Party
  • 3rd – 5th Grade – Ice Cream Party
  • 6th – 8th Grade – Pizza Party

#SBServes – St. Bernard Catholic School Service Projects – 2021-2022

Preschool – Support Seminarians in Guatemala: Mission Fraternity of Mary

The Missionary Fraternity of Mary is an order of Priests within the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to educating and ordaining young men to bring the good news and the sacraments to the marginalized Catholics of the world.  They educate the poor, welcome vocations to religious life to all without regard to the ethnic background; prepare youth for lay ministry within the Church, and work with the poor to develop their spiritual and temporal well-being.

  • $1 – one chicken
  • $60 – one kind of vegetable seed – carrots, celery, lettuce, corn, etc
  • $100 – hygiene supplies for a seminarian for one year
  • $250 – Room, board and tuition for one seminarian for one month
  • $550 – one laptop or desktop computer for seminary directors

Primary – Kressner Handmaids Children’s Home

Kressner Handmaids Children’s Home aims to give
orphans hope and a better life by providing them with
basic needs. They have access to academic and religious
education to prepare them to become self-sufficient adults.
They enjoy the home here because they live as a family.

  • $10 – Provides five chickens
  • $25 – Provides five classroom bricks
  • $80 – Provides one goat
  • $100 – Provides 100 chickens
  • $100 – Provides medical care for one year
  • $100 – Feed one child for one year
  • $120 – Tuition, school supplies, and boarding for one child for one year

Intermediate – Agricultural/Educational Projects

Sister Maria Marciano -Champion for the Poor (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti)

Words to live by…At the end of our lives, all that remains is what we have done for God and for our brothers and sisters…

Copyright 2013. Sister Maria Marciano

  • $10 – 10 cement blocks
  • $25 – Trays for 25 seedlings
  • $40 – One bag of fertilizer
  • $50 – Benches
  • $200 – 5000 chili seed packages
  • $415 – One laptop for educationi
  • $1000 – Roofing materials
  • $3000 – 30 X 46 ft. slab

Middle School – Friends of Haiti


The Friends of Haiti Inc. helps the poor, needy, and/or at at-risk people of Haiti. We support schools and students  with supplies,
food, clothing, and a specific program of tuition assistance. Our tuition assistance is designed to  support students to become nurses
and doctors. Haiti is in need of professional medical people. We can think of no better way to help Haitians gain better consistent
quality healthcare than by growing a community of medical professionals in the country of Haiti itself. Therefore, we have sought
to create a means to help encourage and help Haitian citizens access an education, so that they are equipped to serve their fellow
countrymen and women.

  • $200 – Provides elementary/middle school education for one student for one year
  • $250 – Provides high school education for one student for one year

(https://www.catholicfoundationgb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/WMS-Booklet-2022-2024-Web.pdf)

Catholic Schools Week Info!

Sunday, January 3oth, 2022- Our Parish Community

  • Special Dress Day: Wear your SBS Spirit-wear or Mass Uniform to the 8:00am or 10:00 am mass!
  • Activity: Donuts after the 8 and 10 am Masses! 
  • SBS Choir to sing after CommunionPenny Wars Kick-off! (Raising Money for Service Projects)

Monday, January 31st, 2022- Greater Green Bay Community  

  • Special Dress Day: $5 Dress Down Day for On The Mark Dyslexia Clinic
  • Activity: Reading Buddies (Olders paired with Youngers)
  • Faith: Community Prayer at 10:00 am

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 – St. Bernard School Students!

  • Special Dress Day: Spirit Day! Wear any SBS gear and comfy bottoms.
  • Activity: Dodgeball Tournaments K-8, Fun Gym Games PK
  • Faith: Prayer Buddies (same as reading buddies, but just with prayer!)

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 – Our Beautiful Nation of the United States

  • Special Dress Day: USA DAY! Red, White & Blue, stars, stripes, etc. 
  • Activity: 4th of July Parade through the building
  • Faith: Rosary for our Country and Leaders

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 – Vocations 

  • Special Dress Day: Dress up as your favorite Saint
  • Activity: Vocations Presentations by Grade Level 
  • Faith: Write a letter, Send a Care Package to a Seminarian

Friday, February 4th, 2021- Faculty/Staff and Volunteers

  • Special Dress Day:  Tie-dye Day and comfy bottoms
  • Activity: Adoration By Unit 
  • Activity: Thank you letters to our volunteers

Advent Reverse Collection Project

What is a Reverse Advent Calendar?

During Advent (November 28th – December 19th), we will be working together to provide much needed items to the Altrusa House here in Green Bay. 

“The Altrusa House is a “home away from home” for patients and their caregivers who travel to Green Bay area hospitals for medical treatment. Studies show that having family and friends nearby during a health crisis can reduce the length of hospital stays, reduce re-admissions, and improve health outcomes.”

Click here to view our collection by week.

6th Grade Camp!

In early September, our sixth graders had the opportunity to go to Camp Tekakwitha with three of their teachers, parent chaperones and their classmates.

We love camp for all of these reasons:

  • Seeing classmates and teachers in a different setting and often in a different light
  • Forming bonds with new friends and new classmates
  • Trying new activities
  • Praying together

dia de los muertos

  • Ofrenda will be blessed at 10:00 am by Fr. Mark on the 2nd. 
  • Classrooms can come by during the day and say a prayer for the souls of those who have departed. 
  • Students may bring in pictures of departed loved ones to be blessed by Fr. Mark. (please put the student’s name on the back of the photo so it may be easily returned)

Teacher Receives CatholicLink Award

Congratulations to St. Bernard Catholic School teacher Ms. Fiona Hehir for receiving a CatholicLink Award.

The honor rewards a St. Norbert College education graduate who teaches at GRACE or Notre Dame Academy for three years with a $5,000 award. Thank you Ms. Hehir for your dedication to Catholic education and for providing our students with a solid foundation upon which they can grow academically and spiritually.

Presenting Ms. Hehir with the CatholicLink Award was Mr. Brian Bruess, President of St. Norbert College; Mrs. Mary Schaupp, Executive Director of CatholicLink; Mr. Tom Kiely, President of Notre Dame Academy; Mrs. Kimberly Desotell, President of GRACE; and Mrs. Crystal Blahnik, Principal at St. Bernard Catholic School.

CatholicLink is an innovative, preschool-through-college partnership of GRACE, Notre Dame Academy and St. Norbert College, with the mission of attaining world-class Catholic education in the greater Green Bay area. For more information about CatholicLink, please visit https://gracesystem.org/catholiclink.