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If you missed our last Boston Trip Meeting, don’t worry—there’s still time to learn more! Join us on Monday, February 23 at 5:30 PM for another informational meeting about this exciting opportunity for our current 5th and 6th grade students. ✨ Special Savings Available!
Register before the end of June and receive a $125 Early Registration Discount.
Register within one week of attending the meeting and receive an additional $100 Parent Meeting Discount!
That’s a total of $225 in savings for families who act quickly!
We can’t wait to share more details about this unforgettable experience in Boston. We hope to see you there! 🇺🇸
The lost and found is still full of outerwear. If names are clearly written in them, we try to return them to students. Please continue to check that your child's name is on the jacket. Also, while washing over the break, please make sure you do not have someone else's jacket.
Children's Dental Health Month is celebrated in February. The theme for 2026 is "Brushing Fights Cavities." All of our 4th & 5th grade students have the opportunity to participate in the poster contest. The posters will be judged by the Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild. If you are interested in participating, please click here for more information. All posters are due back at school by Friday, March 27.
VFW Auxiliary National is pleased to present this national art contest to introduce, encourage, and recognize young artists who are patriots through art. Entries will be judged on patriotic themes and techniques. All entries are due back at school by Friday, March 27. If interested in participating, please click here for more information.
Get ready for the next two upcoming events at SBS! 🎉
Student Color Run (3/13) & Panda Meander: Race & Taste (3/14) are just around the corner, and the fun is just getting started.
Don’t forget to click the link to grab a Color Run t-shirt for your child. All orders must be in by February 28!
We are now accepting sponsorships, race registrations, bracelets, and t-shirt orders, and the competition is on! 🔥
The class in each division (PK3–K, 1st–3rd, and 4th–7th) with the highest participation in the race or cook-off will win a PIZZA PARTY! 🍕
Let’s rally together, show our Panda Pride, and make this year’s event the biggest and best yet! 🐼
SERVICE HOUR OPPORTUNITIES:
St. Bernadette Church is offering the following events that provide a limited number of opportunities for students to volunteer and earn service hours.
Due to the limited availability, only students with a serious commitment to helping should sign up for these events. Students are expected to fully participate and serve responsibly for the entire time they volunteer.
Students should also bring their service hour form with them to the event so that the person in charge can properly verify and sign off on the hours served.
Monday, February 16th, help is needed to setup and clean church for Lent, possibly cleaning in the Gym also. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DA8AB2CAAF5C61-62358102-help
Monday, March 16th - Wednesday, March 18th, help is needed to setup and cleaning Herbert Hall for St. Joseph’s Altar, possibly cleaning in the Gym also. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DA8AB2CAAF5C61-62358437-help
Fridays during lent, help with various tasks for the Knights of Columbus Lenten Meals in the Bishop Latino Hall. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DA8AB2CAAF5C61-62358777-help
🟣🟢🟡 Mardi Gras Holidays 🟣🟢🟡
No School
February 16 - February 20
Upcoming Dates
**Open Registration for New Families**
Monday (2/23)
Panda Express Fundraiser
Art Club (Purple) - 2:45 pm
Choir (2nd & 3rd) - 2:45 pm
Play Practice - 2:45 pm
Boston Worldstides Mtg. - 5:30 pm in the cafeteria
Tuesday (2/24)
Character Trait Awards - 8:05 am
SBS Mass (2E) - 8:15 am
Art Club (Orange) - 2:45 pm
Wednesday (2/25)
Copeland's Give Back Night
Art Club (Pink) - 2:45 pm
Thursday (2/26)
Art Club (Blue) - 2:45 pm
Play Practice - 2:45 pm
Disciples in Action Mtg - 2:45 pm
Friday (2/27)
Chess Club - 7:30 am
Way of the Cross - 12:30 pm
Art Club (Aqua) - 2:45 pm
Girl Scouts - 2:45 pm
🏆 Beta Club: All 4th-7th current Beta Club members are required to fill out a posted Google Form on Beta Google Classroom before or by Feb. 25th. Members will be submitting ideas to help plan Beta Week (held in March). Note: We will not have an after-school Beta meeting in February. We are doing this online assignment in its place due to convention preparations. *SBS Beta Mass will be TUES 3/10/26.* In addition, please send any convention questions to Mrs. Drickamer. Good luck & blessings for the Beta members participating in the upcoming Beta Convention in Lafayette!
♟️ Chess Club: Upcoming dates are as follows: February 27, March 27, April 24, and May 15.
🎶 Choir: Choir students, please read Mr. Klaus' updated choir newsletter.
✝️🐼 Disciples in Action: Our next DIA meeting will be held on Thursday, February 26th, at 2:45 PM in the library. Members are invited to wear their club t-shirts with uniform bottoms for the day. Students should report to the Assembly area until dismissal is complete, and are reminded to bring a snack to enjoy before the meeting begins. Pick-up will be at the main entrance of the school building at 4:00 PM.
Mass news:
Please join us for our mass this Tuesday, February 24th, please join us for a morning of community and celebration! We will begin at 8:05 am with our Trustworthy Character Trait Awards, honoring students who lead with integrity. Immediately following, our school Mass will be hosted by the students of 2E, with Fr. Robert Cruz presiding. We are also honored to feature a special presentation for the Missionary Childhood Association (MCA). We hope to see everyone there for this joyful morning.
Looking ahead, our mass on Tuesday, January 13th will be hosted by the students in 3H.
Other news:
Catholic Schools & Bishop’s Appeal Visual Art Contest: “In God Alone, We Grow in Love.” As Catholic Schools Week comes to an end and the 2026 Bishop’s Appeal begins, the Diocese wants to hear from our students! They are inviting students to share what the theme “In God Alone, We Grow in Love” means to them.
Students are encouraged to creatively respond through prayer and artwork, showing how this message is important in their lives or how growing in God’s love helps shape who they are. More information, including contest details and guidelines, is available at this link.
Lenten activities:
Our students will be praying a decade of the Divine Mercy chaplet daily during the Lenten Season, this will be prayed every morning. You may consider praying a decade of the Divine Mercy Chaplet daily as a family, you can find a video of it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2235ddC2Ztw.
The 2nd – 7th grade students will attend the Way of the Cross at 12:30 pm on Fridays in the church, beginning on Friday, February 27th, all are welcome to join us.
A SEASON FOR REFLECTION
During this holy time, we are called to pause and pay closer attention to our relationship with God and our neighbors. Reflect on how the Lenten pillars of prayer, fasting and almsgiving can guide your journey and how the Eucharist helps us to live in solidarity with our sisters and brothers around the world. This calendar offers great suggestions to help you make this the best Lent ever!
Campus ministry news:
Students in 5th – 7th grade are invited to the upcoming Youth Rally, “Be Not Afraid.” This exciting diocesan event will take place on Saturday, March 28, at St. Bernadette Church from 12:30 PM to 8:30 PM. It is a wonderful opportunity for our youth to gather with peers for a full day of fellowship, prayer, games, and inspiring keynote speakers, concluding with Mass. Mrs. Ramona will have registration forms available during her classroom visits, but they can also be picked up from her office or accessed via the Online Registration Link. We hope to see many of our students join us for this meaningful and fun-filled day of worship!
A HUGE thank you to our Kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Peerson and Mrs. Davis, and everyone who played a part in hosting our Krewe of Panda parade! It was a beautiful day for our students! 💜💚💛
Thank you to Yoseph and Raphael Galliano, Hallie DeJean, Kash Quina, and Chase Chaisson for donating parade throws. 🎭
Thank you to Yoseph and Raphael Galliano and family for donating a delicious Valentine's cake to our teachers and staff. 🥰
Thank you to Jacob Voisin and family for donating a box of books to the school. 📚
Thank you to the following students and families for purchasing items for their teachers on the Amazon Wish List:
PK3S
Wooden Fire Station Playset
Quinn Evans
PK4K
Butterfly Garden
Anonymous
KP
Numbers 1-20 Puzzles
Pierce Kinsella
2L
Vintage Giant Checkers
Ethan Robichaux
Congratulations to our I Choose Joy golden ticket winners: Luke Foret (KD), Brody Daigle (2L), Beau Hebert (3H), Charlotte Rivero (5P), Maliyah Jefferson (5P), and John-Paul Helle (5P).
Congratulations to the following students selected for the February Character Trait Award for Trustworthiness:
Elijah Duval (KP)
Wes Dowden (KD)
Emerson Ortego (1M)
Parker LeBlanc (1V)
Vail LeCompte (2L)
Cate Hawkes (2E)
Reid Dupre (3H)
Maddox Gogg (3L)
Madison James (4W)
Addison Trahan (4G)
Angela Diaz (5P)
Cole Blanchard (5J)
Grace Schexnayder (6D)
Kylee Roebuck (6T)
Alan Ye (7P)
Jace Tharpe (7R)
Congratulations to the following students who placed in our SBS Social Studies Fair:
Group History:
HM Coast Guard (Graham Malcolm and Jace Tharpe)
HM Gladiators (Patrick Dishman and Gabriel Rodrigue)
HM WWI (Parker Amico and Jolie Bent)
3rd Charles Lindbergh (Piper Amico and Whitney Schexnayder)
2nd (Moving on to NSU) Harriet Tubman (Tristan Williams and Drew Rhodes)
1st (Moving on to NSU) Challenger (Parker Adams and Madoxx Bueche)
Individual History:
HM Hatshepsut (Adelynn Matherne)
3rd Ancient Egypt (Sofie Henry)
2nd (Moving on to NSU) Russo-Japanese War (Alan Ye)
1st (Moving on to NSU) Russia’s Greatest Naval Mistake (Pattharakorn
Chaengsungnoen)
Group LA History:
HM Old State Capitol (Mila Fitzgerald and Harper Marie)
3rd Battle of New Orleans (Grace Becnel and Emma Weaver)
2nd (Moving on to NSU) LA Coastal Erosion (Braxton Champagne and
Connor Reynolds)
1st (Moving on to NSU) LA Folklore (Quinn Adams and Isabella Gregoire)
Individual Sociology:
1st (Moving on to NSU) Dangers of Vaping (Gianna Fonseca)
Overall Winner: Russia’s Greatest Naval Mistake (Pattharakorn Chaengsungnoen)