Bishop Kearney High School mourns student who died of cancer
Students and teachers at Bishop Kearney High School in Bensonhurst are mourning the loss of a student who died June 15 after a two-year battle with bone cancer.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Bernhardt, who hailed from Bergen Beach, would have graduated in 2020.
“We send our deepest sympathy to her parents Jennifer Fallon Bernhardt ‘88 and Robert Bernhardt and her sister Ella, and brother, Robert. She will always remain in our hearts,” school officials said in a statement. Kaitlyn’s mother, Jennifer Fallon Bernhardt, is a 1988 graduate of Bishop Kearney.