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Article by: Anne Gelhaus, Bay Area News Group

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After three intense days of competition, Bellarmine College Prep’s Speech and Debate team won the State championship for the second consecutive year. The Championship Tournament took place April 21-23 at Continue Reading...

Bellarmine College Preparatory has earned the distinction as a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education (ED-GRS), one of only 26 schools (and one of two high schools in California), 11 districts, and four postsecondary institutions nationwide to be Continue Reading...

Bellarmine Theatre Arts has received four nominations in a variety of categories from the Rita Moreno Awards, sponsored by Broadway San Jose and Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. This awards competition recognizes outstanding achievement in Continue Reading...

Bellarmine’s FRC Robotics Team 254 competed in the Silicon Valley Regional Tournament held at the San Jose State University Event Center April 5-8, ranking number one at the conclusion of qualifications. “In a repeat of the Sacramento Regional, we once again partnered with Continue Reading...

The Most Reverend Oscar Cantú, Bishop of the Diocese of San Jose, visited the Bellarmine campus the morning of March 29 and presided at the annual all-school liturgy known as the Bishop’s Mass. Students, faculty, and staff gathered in the Patrick Wayne Valley Memorial Gymnasium, which had been converted into Continue Reading...

As a follow-up to Bellarmine’s Justice Summit and its theme of Walking with the Excluded held in February, a Justice Assembly was held the morning of March 28 during which several students and two faculty members shared Continue Reading...

A group of 17 students and adult leaders from Hiroshima Gakuin, a Jesuit high school in Japan, visited the campus of Bellarmine College Prep during the morning of March 22. They were accompanied by members of GPI US, whose mission is to Continue Reading...

The National High School Strength Coaches Association (NHSSCA) has recognized Bellarmine College Prep’s Michelle Toy as State Coach of the Year in California for Regions 4-5. Coach Toy, who began her position at Bellarmine in 2012, received endorsements for the honor from both Mr. Chris Meyercord, Bellarmine’s president, and from Mr. Continue Reading...

More than 80 Bellarmine alumni returned to campus to mentor seniors at the 15th Senior Networking Luncheon held March 2 in the Samuel A. Liccardo Campus Center.

This annual tradition provides graduating seniors the opportunity to meet alumni who are working in professions of Continue Reading...

Bellarmine College Prep held its annual Justice Summit on February 15. The topic of Walking with the Excluded, one of the Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Jesuits (www.jesuits.org), was explored throughout the day during all-school assemblies, breakout sessions, activities, and Continue Reading...

After a nationwide search and a very comprehensive process, Roderick D. “Rod” Jemison has accepted the offer to become the principal of Bellarmine College Preparatory, effective in July 2023.

In the announcement made to constituents on February 3, Bellarmine president Chris Meyercord noted Continue Reading...

Since the winter season of 2018, Bellarmine has been a participant in a special program known as Silicon Valley Safe Park, a network of faith-based communities that provide a safe place for guests to park their vehicle and sleep overnight. Bellarmine again this winter will host a Safe Park from Continue Reading...

The Texas Christian University (TCU) football team stunned Michigan on New Year’s Eve with a 51-45 win in the Fiesta Bowl played in Glendale, Arizona. The victory means No. 3 TCU is headed to the College Football Playoff championship game against Continue Reading...

Bellarmine College Prep’s Department of Athletics hosted a Signing Day ceremony on November 18 in the Hall of Honor, at which several student athletes who will be continuing their sport in college were celebrated.

Those students, their respective sports, and the Continue Reading...

The Diocese of San Jose held its 8th Annual Saints in the City Recognition Celebration the evening of November 3, and six Bellarmine students were among the honorees.

The event, which honors “young disciples,” was hosted by the Diocese of San Jose Office of Youth & Young Adults and was Continue Reading...

Bellarmine’s Cross-Country team earned the WCAL League Championship with a strong end to their season on November 2 at WCAL III held at Crystal Springs in Belmont.

As provided by coach Patrick McCrystle, the results of the November 2 races are Continue Reading...

Two Bellarmine College Preparatory students from the Class of 2022 have earned a perfect score on a college-level Advanced Placement® (AP®) Exam in spring 2022.

Samuel Perrott and John Xu, both recent graduates of Bellarmine, were two of only 369 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP Continue Reading...

Several Bellarmine seniors are Semifinalists in the National Merit® Scholarship Corporation’s (NMSC®) 2023 National Merit Scholarship Competition.

The National Merit® Scholarship Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for Continue Reading...

Bellarmine hosted its third annual Unity Picnic on Sunday, September 11. The on-campus event, which was organized by the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB); the Unity Council; and Bellarmine Mothers’ Guild, “brings together Continue Reading...