Nativity School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Nativity School is a Catholic grade school that offers a K-8 education located at 5935 Ridge Avenue in the neighborhood of Pleasant Ridge in Cincinnati, Ohio.The pastor is Fr. Paul DeLuca and The principal is Robert Herring, who in 2006 received The National Distinguished Principal award from the National Catholic Educational Association, the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the U.S. Department of Education. He also received the 2002 Global Educator Award from the National Association of Retired Peace Corps Volunteers. The school itself has also received a 2005 National Blue Ribbon School award and also a National Exemplary School award in 1988 from the U.S. Department of Education.

It is the mission of Nativity School to provide an academic education with a local perspective where the arts and technology are considered within the curriculum - all rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Since 1979 Nativity has emphasized global education. It was then that Nativity joined International School-to-School Experience (ISSE), an organization which partners elementary schools for the purpose of a student exchange. In the years that followed, Nativity has exchanged delegations with schools in India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Argentina, Ecuador, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Bermuda and Mexico. Beyond ISSE Nativity has worked with schools in France, Ukraine, China, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Netherlands, Russia and Kenya.

The World Language Program at Nativity now includes instruction in Chinese, Spanish and Latin. There is an emphasis on geography with the expectation that graduates of Nativity will be well versed in political and physical geography.

Coordinates: 39°10′48″N 84°25′36″W / 39.18000°N 84.42667°W / 39.18000; -84.42667