Holy Cross Elementary School is located on 145 St. Clare Avenue in St. John’s, NL. It has a student population of 215 and offers K- 6. Our school has a total of 19 fulltime educational staff, which includes 13 classroom teachers and 3 special services personnel. We have a full time guidance counselor and specialist teachers in the areas of Music/Band, Learning Resources, and Physical Education as well as the support of 2.5 student assistants. In addition to staff based at the school, we have access to District Office staff including Speech Language Pathologist, Educational Psychologist, Program Specialists and School District Administration staff. Holy Cross Elementary has a school-based social worker as well as the services of secretarial and maintenance personnel.
Holy Cross Elementary School continues to be a child-centered school with a strong focus on addressing the individual needs of our students, not only as this relates to the teaching-learning environment, but also with respect to our students, recognizing that each one is valued as an individual with gifts and talents to share with classmates, peers and staff. On behalf of the students and staff of Holy Cross Elementary the Administration of this school would like to thank all of our parents for your supports on so very many levels during the past year. The success of any school community is so very dependent upon the support and involvement of all stakeholders. The involvement and cooperation of our parents is very much appreciated.