SAINT NICHOLAS SCHOOL
STUDENT LIFE
After School Activities + Extended Care
In addition to our long-standing athletics program, Saint Nicholas Catholic School offers a myriad of opportunities for our students. Click on a link to jump to the specific activity that interests you, or scroll to explore:
Choir • Robotics • Art • Mandarin • Speech and Debate • Performing Arts • Young Performers • Chess • Birding • Extended Care
Go To Athletics and Sports
Choir
Our thriving choir helps our students discover the joy of singing together, explore our faith, and develop their musical talents. We provide our 5th through 8th graders the opportunity to singing in harmony, a chance to perform solo and other leadership opportunities.
The Saint Nicholas Catholic School Choir performs regularly throughout the school year for school masses, Grandparents Day, Open Houses, holiday performances, prayer services, for parish activities, and Choral Festivals.
Robotics
Passionate about STEM and innovation? Our Saint Nicholas Catholic School Robotics program challenges our middle school students to design, build, code, and operate robots in small group teams so that they can do head-to-head challenges against other teams in the VEX V5 Robotics Competition.
Art
Our Saint Nicholas Catholic School after-school art classes are brimming with brand new, exciting art projects designed to spark creativity and endless artistic exploration for students in 2nd to 5th grade. The goal is to nurture a love for art, encouraging students to express their creativity and individuality, and have fun.
Speech and Debate
Our speech and debate program gives middle-school students a platform to improve students' comfort level presenting to an audience and hone their skills to develop compelling arguments. Students will develop skills to quickly construct ad-hoc debates as needed as well as structured, longer debate formats. The program offers a fun, supportive and competitive environment where students learn from St. Nicholas alumni along with their peers.
Performing Arts
The Saint Nicholas Catholic School Spring Musical, produced in partnership with Peninsula Youth Theater, is a highlight of our spring semester! Students in 4th through 8th grades are welcome to audition, and all who wish to participate are cast for a show in April. The musical provides students an opportunity to explore their creativity, develop their acting abilities, and build confidence and teamwork skills through performing arts.
Young Performers
Young Performers gives our younger Celtics a chance to shine on stage as well! Our Saint Nicholas Catholic School Young Performers, grades K-3, open the spring musical with a series of song-and-dance routines. Like our drama program, Young Performers explore their creativity, build confidence and learn teamwork through the performing arts.
Chess
Whether your child is a seasoned chess player or just starting out, the Saint Nicholas Catholic School chess club offers a great environment to learn chess or improve their game. Chess has been shown to improve cognitive abilities in young children, including problem-solving, decision-making, and critical thinking. It can also enhance concentration, memory, and spatial reasoning.
Birding
Saint Nicholas Catholic School encourages budding scientists and environmentalists to join our Bird Club! Taking full advantage of our 17-acre wooded campus, our birders study and identify local birds in their natural habitats and observe nesting birds and hatching eggs in the spring!
Extended Care
Saint Nicholas Catholic School Extended Care is precisely that; an extension of your child’s school day, with the same nurturing attention they receive in the classroom. Staffed by experienced caring adults, the program offers a balance of structured activities and free play. Staff-supervised, age-appropriate activities are provided in both small and large group settings. Students in Extended Care may also participate in a quiet, supervised period of 45 minutes designated for homework. Students are also provided with a nutritious snack each afternoon.
Extended Care is open Monday through Friday, after school until 5:30pm. Extended Care is unavailable when school is not in session.
