St. Martin's Episcopal School

Founded in 1947, St. Martin’s is a coeducational, independent school that provides students from 8 weeks to grade 12 with a college preparatory education focused on development of the whole person. Students and faculty embrace the school’s motto, “Faith, Scholarship, and Service.”

One of St. Martin's greatest strengths is its strong community, a diverse group of individuals with many gifts and talents who celebrate their shared values and commitment to core principles. St. Martin's values inclusivity and practices it throughout the school, ensuring all students have opportunities to lead and learn. While its students come from all walks of life, St. Martin's is a place where all belong.

Our guiding Episcopal tradition has promoted the intentional integration of faith and learning for over sixty years. We instill lifelong moral and ethical character development, leading students not only to prepare for college, but to live a meaningful and purposeful life.

We provide religious instruction to students, teaching them the Christian Faith in the context of the Episcopal tradition as well as major world religions, particularly those represented within our own student body. Recognizing the uniqueness of each individual created in the image of God, we are each called to respect the religious diversity of others. Recognizing that service comes out of our faith commitment set by the example of our patron saint, St. Martin de Tours, we are called to integrate service learning into the community life of our students, faculty, and families.

St. Martin’s is an Academic Powerhouse. We have an amazing record of sending our students to the colleges of their dreams. They excel in sports and academics, shine on the stage, create extraordinary works of art and literature, and develop lifelong friendships. We teach them to think and solve realworld problems. They learn to serve where they see opportunities or needs. All of that should be, and could be, enough. But we don’t stop there.

We cultivate total human development, from academics to art, athletics to music, to prepare students for a purposeful, meaningful, and productive life. We focus on student learning and teach for the transfer of information and learning objectives. Learning shapes the whole person as we intentionally integrate the mind, body and spirit into all learning endeavors. We provide our students a global lens, connecting them to trends that are shaping our world. And, we promote economic and ecological sustainability in order to be the best steward of our resources.

Our students are known, needed, cared for, and have an opportunity to shape their environment through our unique community-based approach. Families are the centerpieces of our community and provide the partnership between the school and the student that enables our work to be successful. We value inclusivity and practice it throughout our school community, ensuring that all students have the opportunity to lead and learn. We seek and value diversity in our school community, seeking students, families, and faculty from diverse backgrounds yet with a common commitment to our core principles.

We are a total and comprehensive independent school family, with infants to 12th graders, creating a robust and authentic school community. We prepare students not only to thrive in excellent colleges, but to lead meaningful and productive lives as they acquire core competencies that enable success long after graduation. Education is not static but ongoing. We believe in lifelong learning, placing emphasis on learning and professional development for the skills we need tomorrow, not simply today. Our school follows and nurtures a natural intellectual, social, moral and physical development sequence of our children. This understanding allows for us to create curriculum and programs that stimulate growth at the different stages in a child's life.

Our student-led service programs help others today and build bold leaders tomorrow. Our students impact the community positively through their engagement in important outreach programs. Our guiding Episcopal tradition has promoted the intentional integration of faith and learning for over 70 years. We instill lifelong moral and ethical character development, leading students to not only prepare for college, but to live a meaningful and purposeful life.

We seek bright and motivated students who intend to be successful in school and in life and are committed to our unique school philosophy. We acknowledge and organize around the concept that people enjoy multiple intelligences and learn differently from each other, creating an exciting atmosphere for learning. Our teaching approach is student-centered, dialogue-driven, and critical thinking oriented, promoting a truly robust classroom where students are given the freedom to flourish. Data-driven research informs our approach to the teaching learning experience so that we remain effective and accountable to the students and parents who select our school.