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Location
We serve the area east of 73 Street, between the North
Saskatchewan River and the Yellowhead Trail. The school
is easily accessible with one bus from LRT station.
Our Motto
"Dignity, Respect, and Service"
We Believe
in Jesus Christ as our foundation where we live our faith
in our daily actions, words and prayers that guides us in
developing a caring, safe and loving school climate.
in our motto of dignity, respect and service which is the
'Home of the Knights'.
in our strong professional learning community where collaboration, professional growth, and passion for educating
children guides us as we serve our students to be
successful.
each child is a unique gift of God where we encourage
the development of their gifts and encourage them to
grow to love themselves, love God and love others.
educating the whole child is the most valuable gift education
can provide and therefore, our programs offer
exceptional opportunities for our children to develop
their talents and to achieve their potential.
to successfully educate all children, instruction must
honour multiple intelligences.
students have natural creative and innovative ideas to
offer through opportunities in student leadership where
students have shared ownership in the culture of the
school serving the greater good of the community.
in our students and have high expectations of them as
we strive to develop their full potential
Extracurricular
Activities
Strong Student Leadership Program, Volleyball, Basketball
and Soccer Teams, School Ski Trips, Fitness Training Centre,
Jazz Band, Intramural Program, Junior Achievement and
Student Entrepreneur Projects, Annual Science Fair, School
Choir, Musical Theatre Program, Invention Convention at
City Hall
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Key Features
Soccer Program offers exceptional training of
individual soccer skills, development of game
strategies, leadership in running clinics for younger
students, and fitness training. The program utilizes
the indoor soccer centres weekly, gymnasium, outdoor
soccer fields and the new St. Nicholas Fitness Training
Centre. The program cost for 2007 - 2008 was $30
monthly which includes soccer program uniforms. The
students love the soccer program!
Exceptional Fine Arts Program:
Instrumental music nurtures a passion of music
through excellent training with grade bands, concert
band and jazz band "The Beat Nics". The concert
bands and jazz bands perform at various events, and
travel with out-of-town or province trips each year.
Dance: Offers ballet, jazz, tap and hip hop
training five times weekly in the New St. Nicholas
Dance Studio. The program cost of $30 monthly
provides dance footwear, dance program jackets, and
field trips to various dance performances. The students
love the dance program!
Guitar: Our fine arts program also offers the opportunity
of learning to play the guitar and gaining an
understanding of musical theory, chords and intervals
while exploring the music of the past and present.
Science programming offers students many opportunities
beyond the curriculum in environmental sciences,
research and exploration through scientific inquiry,
landscape designing, and robotics technology. The
school shares partnerships with the U of A, Telus
World of Science, Evergreen and the Canada Space
Agency.
Strong Athletic program gives students membership to
teams with a strong sense of team spirit and good
sportsmanship with focused training in skills, games
and strategies in volleyball, basketball and soccer.
Student Leadership Program giving students opportunities
to use their creativity, passions, and skills to
serve their school, parish and community, building
student ownership and a synergetic school spirit .
School-wide Organization and Study Skills is a school
goal brought to fruition by a set timetable structure
that provides time and involvement of all teachers to
teach, monitor, and make students accountable for
high expectations of good learning habits necessary
for student success.
French Student Trip to Quebec made possible by a group
of committed parents, students and teacher to provide a
rich French cultural experience.
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