St. Peter's Elementary - K-9
P.O. Box 100
144 Main Road,
Upper Island Cove, NL A0A 4G0
Telephone: (709) 589-2464 and Fax: (709) 589-2210
Principal: John Drover Assistant Principal: David Osborne
School Community
St. Peter's School is a part of the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District. The school currently has an enrollment of approximately 210 students and offers grades Kindergarten through Grade 9. The school serves the communities of Bishop's Cove, Bryant's Cove and Upper Island Cove. Approximately 80% of the students come to school by bus on a daily basis.
School Services
St. Peter's School offers cafeteria services and students have the opportunity to be served a cold/hot lunch from Harbour Breeze Catering.
St. Peter's School has a total of 17.25 full time teachers including 3 special education teachers, and specialist teachers in the areas of guidance, music, physical education, technology, and learning resources. We also have 4 student assistants.
In addition to staff based at the school, we have itinerant services for speech-language pathology, hearing impairment, visual impairment, and education psychology. Our school also receives 30 hours of secretarial time per week as well as 67.5 hours of custodial support per week.
Programs Provided
St. Peter's adheres to the provincial curriculum put forth by the Department of Education. We offer full day Kindergarten as well as a Kinderstart program. We offer Core French for grades 4-9. We have specialists who teach Physical Education and Music in all grades. We also offer Art in the Intermediate grade by a specialist; other grades offer Art through the classroom teacher. Grades 4-9 have technology taught by a specialist, who also offers computer sessions for other classes on request.
