Gill St. Bernard's is one of only a handful of independent, college-preparatory schools in New Jersey to offer preschool through grade 12 on a single campus. Our campus and curriculum provide each student with the continuity to foster confidence, growth, and healthy risk-taking.
Our community of learners value the contributions, perspectives, and talents that each student and faculty member bring to campus. Within this community, characterized by camaraderie, connections, and inclusion, students gain the confidence and self-possession to persevere in challenging courses, to voice opinions during class discussions, and to attain their potential.
A sense of place and of community are preludes to exploration and growing independence. Our campus and curriculum provide each student with the continuity to foster confidence, growth, and healthy risk-taking.
Academics
Preschool
Early Childhood program spanning Preschool to Prekindergarten
Our preschool nurtures each student’s natural sense of wonder and innate curiosity, laying the foundation for a lifelong love of learning and equipping children for academic success.
Lower School
Elementary school spanning Kindergarten to Grade 4
Our students are joyful, actively engaged learners who thrive working with experienced teachers. The curriculum is challenging, flexible, and keeps bodies and minds active as an understanding and appreciation of the world, the community, and themselves is awakened.
Middle School
Spanning Grades 5-8
Students in grades five to eight work with a team of teachers who provide a vibrant environment focused on academic rigor. It is balanced through attentive, nurturing support and the quest to appropriately challenge students in and out of the classroom.
Upper School
High school spanning Grades 9-12
This is a place where all students are deeply engaged in the classroom and through co-curricular activities. Our rich and varied academic program prepares them for top-tier colleges and universities, while allowing plenty of room to explore and discover new interests and ideas.
Signature Programs
GSB students embody our school motto, The World Is Our Classroom, each and every day through rigorous academic courses and a remarkable collection of cocurricular programs.
Athletics
Athletics play an integral part of the overall educational experience of our students, reinforcing our core values through competition, practice, and the journey of self-improvement.
Arts
Our award-winning Performing Arts and Fine Arts programs provide Lower, Middle, and Upper Schoolers the space to take creative risks, grow as critical thinkers, and become courageous storytellers.
Home Winds Farm
With our farm and garden as backdrops, teachers find abundant ways to challenge students to think critically about the environment and the relationship between the school and the larger community.
Kitchen Discovery Lab
An innovative, student-centered space for GSB Lower Schoolers to discover the connections between nutrition, math, science, art, sustainability, and cultural identities.
Spring Unit
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STREAMS
A hallmark, year-long course for 4th - 6th Graders to explore concepts in Sustainability, Technology, Research, Engineering, Agriculture, Math, and Service across our 208-acre campus.