St. Bernard Preparatory School

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St. Bernard Preparatory School
Schola Praeparatoria Sancti Bernardi
Address
St. Bernard Preparatory School
1600 St. Bernard Drive, SE

Cullman, Alabama
35055

United States
Coordinates 34°10′29″N86°48′55″W / 34.17472°N 86.81528°W / 34.17472; -86.81528
Information
Type Private, Boarding & Day School
MottoCorpus Mens Spiritus
(Body, Mind, Spirit)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
(Benedictine)
Patron saint(s)St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Established1891(133 years ago) (1891)
CEEB code 010806
PresidentRev. Joel W. Martin, O.S.B.
HeadmasterPhuong Nguyen
Chairman of the Board of TrusteesRt. Rev. Marcus Voss, O.S.B.
ChaplainFr. Linus Klucsarits, O.S.B.
Faculty21
Grades 7–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment163 [1]  (2018)
Color(s)Navy blue and white
  
Athletics conference AHSAA
Team nameSaints / Lady Saints
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
PublicationSt. Bernard Happenings (Alumni Publication)
NewspaperThe Saintly News
YearbookThe Bernardian
Affiliation National Catholic Educational Association [3]
Website www.stbernardprep.com

St. Bernard Preparatory School is a private, Roman Catholic day school and boarding school in Cullman, Alabama. It is run independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama by the Benedictine monks of St. Bernard Abbey, located on the same campus.

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History

Colonel John G. Cullmann, a German immigrant founded the town of Cullman in 1873. He promoted the town among other German immigrants. Benedictine Monks came to the city from Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in the 1880s. A number of these monks had come from Bavaria, in order to serve this German-speaking Catholic community. They established St. Bernard Abbey on September 29, 1891, named after St. Bernard of Clairvaux. [4]

In 1891, they also started St. Bernard College on the monastery grounds, educating boys from grades 6-12. [5] The state chartered the school in 1893. While primarily a prep school, it sometimes granted bachelor's degrees. [4]

St. Bernard Preparatory School, 1959 St. Bernard Preparatory School 1959.jpg
St. Bernard Preparatory School, 1959

In 1929 the Board of Trustees added a junior college. In 1949, this became a senior college. In time, the college discontinued the preparatory school and in 1976 merged with a local women's college to become Southern Benedictine College. [4]

Over the years, the school and abbey has also educated candidates for ordination through its seminary programs from high school through graduate studies. [4]

Southern Benedictine College was closed in 1979, however, the institution reopened in 1984 as a coeducational college preparatory school, serving grades 9-12 (these grades became the Upper School in 2007). The Upper School is primarily housed in the Cullman-Swisher School Building, which was refurbished in 2009. Grades 7 and 8, the Middle School, were added in 2007. The Middle School is located in Founders' Hall. [6]

Athletics

As a member of the Alabama High School Athletic Association, the school competes with public and private schools in football, cross country, basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, softball, and tennis. [7]

Boys' sports:

Girls' sports:

Co-ed sports:

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References

  1. ↑ "Facts and Figures". St. Bernard Preparatory School. 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ AdvancED. "AdvancED-Find Accredited Institutions" . Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ NCEA. "NCEA School Locator". Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "History: St. Bernard's Prep". November 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Lost Colleges: St Bernard College" . Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ SBP. "St. Bernard Prep History". Archived from the original on December 19, 2006. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Athletics – St. Bernard Preparatory School". www.stbernardprep.com.
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