Clubs & Activities At Bergen Catholic
Bergen Catholic offers over 50 different clubs and activities for students to participate in during the academic school year. These clubs and activities are run twice a week during activity period, which lasts from 1:30-2:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This allows all BC students the chance to participate in various after-school activities, without ever missing their bus ride home following the normal 2 pm school dismissal.
Getting Involved At Bergen Catholic
Music, Arts, Culture
• AP Art Club
• Jazz Ensemble
• Vocal Ensemble
• Chamber Ensemble
• Drama
Student Media Organizations & Activities
• BCTV
• TED TV
• The Herald Newspaper
• The Talisman
• Yearbook
Academic & Science
• AMC Math
• Anatomy Club
• Engineering Club
• Finance and Investment Club
• National Honor Society
• National Foreign Language Honor Society
• Mock Trial
• Junior Statesmen of America/Model UN
• International Club
Recreation
• Chess Club
• Intramural sports
Special Interest/Service Clubs
• BC Alive
• Birding Crusaders
• CCA (Crusaders for Christian Action)
• Crusader Missions Club
• Crusaders Against Cancer
• Midnight Run
• Students in Solidarity
• Operation Smile
• USO
Athletics
31 Athletic Teams & 17 Interscholastic Sports at Freshman, JV, and Varsity Levels
Fall:
• Cross Country
• Football
• Soccer
Winter:
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Hockey
• Indoor Track
• Skiing
• Swimming
• Wrestling
Spring:
• Baseball
• Crew
• Golf
• Lacrosse
• Outdoor Track
• Tennis
• Volleyball
Campus Ministry
Bergen Catholic’s Campus Ministry gives students the means to practice the church’s mission domestically and abroad. Students are required to do 40 hours of services over 4 years, however, have opportunities to receive hundreds of hours of services throughout their 4 years with many different opportunities locally, nationally, and abroad.
Peer Ministry
Beginning in sophomore year, students have the opportunity to assist with Mass, mentoring other students, and serving as a role model to peers.
Volunteer Opportunities
at local community organizations include:
- Habitat for Humanity
- Clothes and Food Pantry (Ridgewood, NJ)
- Camp Sunshine
- Local Children’s Hospitals
Service Immersion Trips
Over 50 students a year travel to Lima Peru and Appalachia in West Virginia advancing Bergen Catholic’s and the Edmund Rice Christian Brother’s Essential Element of working with those marginalized by poverty and injustice.