On Sunday, August 8th, all St. Benilde School families were invited to attend the 11:00 a.m. and to bring their backpacks to receive a special blessing from Fr. Matthew. Our students and parishioners celebrated with a donut social in the cafeteria afterwards.

Congratulations to the winners of our Spelling Bee! We are so proud of all of your hard work and dedication!

This week in Science Class, Mrs. Primeaux’s 3rd grade students are learning about forces in flight. Our students designed gliders to see how Newton’s Laws of Motion applied to flight. After they tested their gliders and recorded the distance each one traveled, they discussed how forces affected the flight and why certain designs flew further.

Ms. Linss' 1st grade class has been learning about the Sacrament of Baptism in Religion Class. Each student found facts and pictures of their own Baptism with help from their parents and family members. Through this project, our students were able to share their own Baptism Stories.

Our St. Benilde School Choir was asked to sing the National Anthem at the Toronto Arrows vs LA Giltinis Rugby Game at NOLA Gold Stadium. We are so thankful that we had this awesome opportunity!

Our SBS Kindergarten Class took advantage of the beautiful weather on Friday to visit the Stations of the Cross by the gazebo. Our students explored each station, then sat in the gazebo by our Blessed Mother. While sitting by Mama Mary, our kindergarteners spontaneously began praying the Hail Mary. #ChristCentered

Sometimes, dreams DO come true! Our top fundraising runners were able to PIE and SLIME Mr. Huck, Magic Maggie, Goofy Grady, and Mrs. Wilson. We are so thankful to all of our donors that helped us to reach our goal of $25,000 for our basketball pavillion. #IRISHproud

Congratulations to our St. Benilde 7th graders who participated in the annual Academic Rally on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Archbishop Rummel High School. We are so proud of our #EducationallyExcellent students!

We want to give a big "Thank You" to NFL-FLAG for donating flag football equipment for our St. Benilde School PE Classes. We are so excited to play flag football as a way to not only exercise, but more importantly to learn to communicate as a team and work together to reach a common goal! #IRISHproud

On Friday, our St. Benilde Students celebrated the day with our annual Krewe of Rainbow! Our Pre-K4 students made hats as the Maids and Dukes of the parade, while our Kindergarteners created their own floats. All classes walked around and waved to the Krewe as we played Mardi Gras Music! The rest of the school celebrated the day by dressing in purple, green, and gold, and our sixth and seventh graders participated in a second line around the school!

February is Black History Month! Our SBS students have been celebrating the achievements by African Americans and recognizing the central role of blacks in U.S. history throughout this month. Each morning for announcements, student council has been honoring one influential African American. Students have also been learning about influential African Americans in various subjects including science, social studies, art, library, and religion.

Today for Catholic Schools Week, we celebrated our amazing St. Benilde Parents. Parents were greeting with a breakfast treat in morning car line. We want to give a big thank you to all of our SBS Parents, past, present, and future. Thank you for choosing St. Benilde School and thank you for your commitment to Catholic Education.

For Catholic Schools Week, our students decorated their classroom doors to celebrate this year's theme: Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service. Here are a few photos of the inspiring designs that adorn our halls for #CatholicSchoolsWeek2021!

On Wednesday, students painted picture frames to send home to their grandparents.

On Tuesday, we sang songs of praise and worship together in the St. Benilde Church. SBS Students also started decorating their classroom doors to celebrate Catholic Schools Week!

On Monday, we celebrated Student Appreciation Day. SBS students wore an SBS t-shirt and jeans, and enjoyed an ice cream treat after lunch!

For Catholic Schools Week, we are celebrating our students by displaying their artwork at Lakeside Mall. Our artwork is displayed right in front of the Lego Store. It will be on display for Catholic Schools Week until Friday evening. We are so proud of all of our SBS artists!

While the StBenilde MensClub can’t hold their ‘normal’ Chili Cookoff Trifecta event this year, they figured this was a great alternative to be able to still serve the parishioners and maintain the fun of the competition! Serving will begin in the school yard at noon (following 11am mass) and end at 3pm. There will be voting enabled on Facebook through the St Benilde Men's Club page to determine the overall winner Sunday evening.

Today our Pre-K4 and Kindergarten Classes celebrated their 100th Day of School! Our classes celebrated by counting to 100, dressing in costumes, and participating in exciting activities involving the number 100 throughout the day! We are 100 days more blessed here at St. Benilde.