Student Activities

In addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic, our students learn the value of giving something back to society. Students participate in activities that provide opportunities to expand on the academic curriculum and to learn about and contribute to the lives of others in the community.

Activities include volunteer trips to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, food drives, fundraising for U.N.I.C.E.F., collecting school supplies for people affected by Hurricane Katrina, letter writing to overseas troops, making crafts for nursing home residents, and more.

Some recent activites include:

Bellarmine Press
Our school newspaper, Bellarmine Press, provides a way for students to voice their opinions and explore their interests. In addition to fostering a sense of community and school pride, it functions as a natural extension of our Language Arts program, giving students a way to build their skills as writers and communicators. It also provides some real-world experience in project management, meeting deadlines, and teamwork.

Giving Tree
Each Advent, St. Robert Bellarmine Parish places a Giving Tree in the vestibule. The tradition of the Giving Tree is to provide warm items for people in need in our parish and in the community. It also has ornaments with the names of children from our Sharing Parish, Ascention/St. Susanna in Harvey. People are encouraged to bring in a warm item of clothing to place under the tree, or to take an ornament and purchase something for a specific child. The children in our school have really enjoyed the Giving Tree through the years. One year, our First Communion Candidates made fleece hats and scarves to place under the tree. The Girl Scout troops always take ornaments and take a day to shop together for the children they have selected. Even our 7th and 8th graders take names and purchase things for individual children as well. “My child last year just listed that they wanted a blanket,” one 7th grader mentioned, “I thought that must be hard to be 5 years old and need a blanket. I bought her a really warm pink one, and some toys too.” This is a wonderful tradition for our parish and school. It helps keep the focus of Christmas on how we are called to be a light of Christ in the world.

Learn more:
For more information and to schedule a visit, please call our Principal,
Carrie Mijal, at 773-725-5133 or send an email.