BSS is a K-8 coed school with 515 students. There are 3 classes per grade in K-5, averaging 19 students per class, and 4 advisories per grade in 6-8, averaging 14 students per class. Aides assist the classroom teacher in grades K-2. The aides are full time in kindergarten and assist from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. in 1st and 2nd grade. The boy/girl ratio is 4/5.
BSS welcomes children of all religious backgrounds as well as out of parish; however, siblings and parishioners receive priority in admittance to the school.
Hot lunch is offered every day for an additional cost. A lunch menu is distributed monthly and varies each month. For more information on the lunch program, please click here.
There is a resource program in place for students with specified needs and there are enrichment programs in place at every grade level for advanced students, as well as a school counselor, school psychologist, and school nurse. Students are welcome to browse and check out books for our school library and do online research, type papers, and print reports from our computer lab.
BSS offers Art, Music, and Computer classes once a week for all the students. Physical Education classes are offered twice a week to students in grades K-5 and three times a week to students in 6-8. Spanish classes are offered to students in grades 1-8. Grades 1 & 2 have foreign language once a week, Grades 3 & 4 twice a week, 5th graders three times a week, and middle school has foreign language four times a week.
BSS sponsors CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) soccer, basketball, and track in grades 4- 8. CYO also offers sports clinics for lower grade students. Football is also available through community organizations.
BSS offers band to grades 4th-8th. The band is grouped into beginners, intermediate, and advanced. Band groups meet Tuesdays for 30 minutes and advanced band meets again Tuesday afternoons from 3:15-4:15 p.m.
The school community begins each morning in prayer. The entire school attends Mass together twice per month. Religion classes are offered every day in each grade level. Students in grades 3-8 attend Reconciliation four times a year. BSS also participates in fundraisers such as Pennies for Patients, the Greg Gannon Food Drive, and Jump Rope for Heart to name a few.
