Opening day 2022


Blessing of Stuffed Animals


Day Won
The #BYSTAssistProject, sponsored by alumnus Andrew Curiel, kicked off the first day of school for the 2nd grade class in my former elementary school, St.Helena's!
"It felt great to be back at St.Helena's and give back to such a great, polite, and excited group of 2nd graders, " said Curiel. With the help of donations from 52 supporters, he raised over $3,000 in 14 days to supply ALL the second graders with book bags, school supplies, and hand sanitizers for this academic year! Most importantly, they each will be receiving a Google Chromebook with the funds to aid with their learning in the classroom "Things like this set my soul on fire and I couldn't be happier to give back to a place that gave me my legit start in life."




100 days of school.


Workout Wednesday for Catholic Schools Week 2021


Crazy Hat/Hair Day 2021

The second grade salutes our healthcare Frontliners on the first day of Catholic Schools Week.





Rainbows of Hope Project


Second grade celebrates the 100th day of school dressed as they believe they will look at age 100.


Grades K-2 were surprised with treats today for their scores going up In both reading and math from Fall to Winter on the Nationwide MAP Testing!! 







St. Helena School second-grader Rhyu McLeod won fifth place for his experiment "Inflated without me" at the Bronx Catholic Schools Science Fair, which was held on March 28.





MISMATCH DAY, where students where two different shoes, as part of the fun of celebrating Catholic Schools Week this week. Here are some second-grade students joining in the fun.



Thanksgiving Parade



Doctors perform surgery to form grammatical "contractions."




Summer Reading Assignment




THE GOLDEN TICKET TO THE GOLDEN ARCHES

The second grade at St. Helena's read Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a class reading assignment. Their teacher. Mrs. Seabrook, then hid 6 golden tickets on the second floor of the school. The winners could then order lunch from the Golden Arches, which they then enjoyed with their teacher (her treat) in their classroom instead of going to the cafeteria for lunch. Here are the winners of the tickets: Suri Zambrano, Logan Jenkins, Prince Davila, Rilee Grant, Lara Jimenez, and Juliana Jimenez.

Suri Zambrano, a second-grader at St. Helena in the Bronx, enjoyed playing in the snow today.



Zanera DeGuzman is a second grader at St. Helena School. She is from the Philippines. This is her first time playing in the snow, and she is very excited!

Incubating Chick Eggs
The second grade is now incubating chick eggs.  They should hatch around Ash Wednesday.  So far, as of the Monday before Ash Wednesday, 10 of the 12 have hatched.




AND THE WINNER IS.....

The Second Grade drew the winning tickets for the EIGHT lucky winners of the 2017 St. Helena Thanksgiving Raffle.  This year is the 75th anniversary of the dedication of the church building, and to celebrate that occasion each of our Thanksgiving Raffle prize winners won an extra $75.

Second-grade field trip to Green Meadows Farm in November 2017.




There were 83 boys and girls who received First Holy Communion on May 6 at St. Helena's, many of them were in our Second-grade class.

St. Helena Second Graders Plant a Dogwood for Arbor Day

It was 110 years ago that President Theodore Roosevelt first asked school children to plant trees on Arbor Day.  This year, on Arbor Day, April 28, the second graders of St. Helena School planted their very own First Communion Dogwood Tree in the St. Helena playground.  Legend says that Jesus was crucified on a dogwood tree and that the petals of the tree’s flower resemble the shape of the cross with the crown of thorns inside.  It was on April 15, 1907, that President Theodore Roosevelt issued his Arbor Day Proclamation to School Children of the United States asking them to plant trees on Arbor Day. The Dogwood Tree that was planted by the St. Helena second graders on Arbor Day 2017 in their playground area was planted to commemorate their First Holy Communion, which they will receive on Saturday, May 6 at 10AM in the church.