Many of our families have taken the time to share their experiences and opinions of St. Martin’s Episcopal School. Here are a few:
My son Holden attended St. Martin’s from 18 months all the way through Transitional Kindergarten. We live in Roanoke, so there are definitely choices closer to home. However, I chose St. Martin’s and remained with St. Martin’s through his entire early childhood, and that extra drive time was beyond worth.
The teachers and staff create a warm, caring environment. The school is small enough that everyone knows who your child is, but still large enough that the kids have access to important learning resources available at bigger institutions. I am very impressed with the academics. Holden is a proficient reader, he can count to 100 multiple ways, is learning how to spell phonetically and do all sorts of things I never dreamed of at age 5. I am actually thinking he might be bored in public Kindergarten next year.
I am also passionate that this is a church school, and that they have chapel time. That is something very important to our family, and I’m thankful that St. Martin’s has helped provide that faithful foundation for our son.
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David developed and learned academic skills at St. Martin’s that will definitely help him get off to a great start in Kindergarten. Both his classes had great show and tell programs. The teachers at St. Martin’s developed his hand writing skills and to learn about numbers and letters. In fact, David is even counting to 100 in increments of 5 at the end his 4 year old program.
We also loved all of the special programs put on by the staff at St. Martin’s. We especially loved the Father’s Day program. The whole school put on a wonderful music program for the celebration and then each student gave their Dad a special present made with a lot of special love at St. Martin’s! In fact, David’s is on his father’s desk at work. (It’s a special paper weight rock that says “My Dad rocks!”)
On a personal note, we think of how special the time was for David at St. Martin’s on some evenings when He asks us to read a bedtime story from the book titled ” I knew You Could” that his teacher gave him at the end of his 4 year old program. The last page says it all, “There’s more about life that you’ll learn as you go, because figuring things out on your own helps you grow. Just trust in yourself, and you’ll climb every hill. Say, ” I think I can!” and you know what? You will! From the bottom of our hearts THANK YOU for being such special part of our son’s life!