St Stephens Episcopal School

About

Overview

St. Stephen's Episcopal School is a private Episcopal school located in Wimberley, Texas, serving students from early childhood through eighth grade on a 52-acre campus. The school was founded in 1989 and reports enrollment, faculty and staffing figures as part of its community profile. It is a member of and accredited by the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools (SAES), with its accreditation recognized through regional accreditation processes.

Curriculum and approach

The school uses an experiential, developmentally focused approach in its early childhood program and extends three curricular strands into the elementary grades, including phonics and handwriting programs. Instruction emphasizes hands-on learning, differentiated and collaborative learning, and integrates chapel and religious education into the weekly schedule.

Facilities and co-curricular offerings

Campus includes outdoor learning spaces and a chapel area.
Unique classroom settings are used in middle school, including yurt-style classrooms.
Co-curricular offerings include art, music, Spanish, physical education, STEAM, garden programs, robotics/technology, archery, MakerSpace, and athletics.

Programs

Early Childhood Programs

A developmentally appropriate, experiential early childhood program that uses whole-group instruction and learning centers with teacher-guided, hands-on activities, sensory play, art, games, and dramatic play to support readiness skills and social-emotional development.

2-4 years

Lower & Upper Elementary

Kindergarten through fifth-grade instructional program characterized by small class sizes, a balance of traditional academics and hands-on learning, chapel twice weekly, weekly religious education, and co-curricular opportunities in music, art, Spanish, PE, STEAM, library, garden, and robotics/technology.

Middle School

A middle school program that emphasizes independence and critical thinking, uses distinctive yurt classrooms for some instruction, and provides enrichment options including art, music, garden, Spanish, PE, archery, debate and speech, and MakerSpace.

PreK 2 Program

A full- and part-time program for two-year-old children; full-time session is Monday–Friday 8:00am–3:00pm, and a part-time session meets three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) 8:00am–3:00pm.

Full-time: Monday–Friday 8:00am–3:00pm; Part-time: Tue/Wed/Thu 8:00am–3:00pm

PreK3 & PreK4

Full- and part-time PreK3 and PreK4 sessions with an experiential curriculum and special classes in art, music, spiritual formation, foreign language, and physical education.

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