St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School
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Principal's Welcome
Welcome to the St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School website!
You will find some key pieces of information on this site, but it is only a faint reflection of the vibrancy of our school community.
On this site, you can keep up to date with events at the school by checking the calendar highlights, and you can view our agendas and minutes to learn about the work of our Catholic School Advisory Council.
The day-to-day life of any school is full of challenges and celebrations, fresh mistakes and new learning, scraped knees and strong hearts, prayers made, and prayers answered. Here at St. Nicholas, we aim to do our work with compassion (believing in the worth of every individual), hope (believing in every person’s capacity to grow and learn), and patience (believing that true growth and change most often comes slowly).
While we won’t make a priority of adding content to this website through the year, parents can expect semi-monthly email communications directly to their inboxes.
All the best,
Mark Modolo
Catholic School Advisory Council
Welcome to our Catholic School Advisory Council!
The education of our children is a partnership, working together to build a strong school community. Welcome, we’re glad you’re here.
What is the Role of the Catholic School Advisory Council?
A school council is an advisory body that functions within the parameters of Ministry of Education and Board policy. School councils provide an opportunity and the means to advise the principal and the Board on any matter on the improvement of pupil achievement and to enhance the accountability of the education system to parents/guardians. The ultimate responsibility for the administration and management of the day-to-day operation of the school rests with the principal.
A school council is an important venue for the various stakeholders in education to work in partnership. Its role, in collaboration with the principal, staff, and the community, is to help set the priorities of the school and to enhance learning opportunities, through various activities, for the benefit of our children/students.
What a Catholic School Advisory Council is not
A school council is not a place to pursue your own agenda or advocate for your own child. Individual issues should be pursued through the classroom teacher and/or principal.
Updates
Parent Outreach Plans
Contact Us
525 Laurelwood Drive,
Waterloo, Ontario,
N2V 2N1
Phone: 519-884-9198
Extended Day Phone: 519-577-2503
Principal: Mark Modolo
Vice Principal: Leisha Huber
School Hours
9:15 am – Bell/Entry
10:25- am – 10:40 am – Recess
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Lunch
2:20 pm – 2:35 pm – Recess
3:45 pm – Dismissal
Register for Kindergarten
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Calendar Highlights
Nothing from July 14, 2025 to July 14, 2027.
St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School Calendar
Please use the following link to access our calendar from other applications.
Land Acknowledgement
The schools in the Waterloo Catholic District School Board are situated on the Haldimand tract of land that is the traditional home of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe and Chonnonton People. We acknowledge the enduring presence and deep traditional knowledge, laws and philosophies of the Indigenous Peoples with whom we share this land today.
We seek a new relationship with the Original People of this land, one based on honour and deep respect. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn here and reaffirm our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our community.
Parish
Our Catholic Faith is taught, reinforced and celebrated in our school, homes and parish. We are so fortunate to have an excellent relationship with our local parish.
