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St. Nicholas Academy opened its doors to welcome students in August, 2007. The formation of this first interparish Catholic elementary school in the Cincinnati area began with a vision and a reality. The reality was the difficulty of maintaining a parish school with increasing costs and declining enrollment. The vision was to collaborate in the creation of a new model for Catholic elementary education. This collaboration began when the pastors and a core of parish members from two parishes, St. John the Evangelist and Holy Trinity, met and determined that together, we could provide what we could not do separately.
What is different about our school model is that it is not a consolidation or a merger. It is an Inter-Parish school, formed by a covenant relationship between the parishes and the school itself. This model has met with great success in several other U.S. dioceses and was introduced to us through Rev. Joseph Atcher, Vicar for Education of the Archdiocese of Louisville.
We are located in the former St. John the Evangelist School, 7131 Plainfield Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. Our program includes a pre-school, before and after school care, a full day kindergarten, and grades one through eight. We have a fine arts program, including art instruction, music, introduction to the Spanish language, and library program. We have weekly liturgies with the children and a strong religious education program, including sacramental preparation.
An important part of our history is the formation of a parent group called PLAN (Parents Looking Ahead Now). This group formed independently and with encouragement of the pastors to act as a catalyst with other school parents and parishioners. The met frequently with parent groups, principals, and pastors encouraging them to work together rather than separately to ensure a viable Catholic school for this area of the city. Without their hard work and dedication St. Nicholas Academy would never have come to birth.
On the following pages you can find further information about us, including registration forms, our curriculum and staff directory. We welcome all inquiries and the members of PLAN are happy to assist any parish seeking information about this model of Catholic education.
Links to our Founding Parishes, without whose support our new school would not be possible:
This list of supporting Parishes will grow as this InterParish School model grows. The above list includes only those Parishes that have committed to the InterParish model for the 2007-2008 School Year.