Sunrise Beach

Great teachers and staff! My girls go there and they both love it. Great PTO.

Run if you have a special needs child. The school can’t accommodate.

My children (now adults) graduated from Rockbridge. All 3 went on to graduate college. One is pursuing an advanced degree in mathematics, one graduated with an engineering degree from a well-regarded tech university. All three were well prepared to succeed at the collegiate level. All three continue to love and serve the Lord. Rockbridge is not for every student. Upper- school reading materials are high-level, so students who struggle to read dense materials may eventually feel like it is too hard. The school is good about helping to find a tutor, but that may not always be enough. The school has beefed up the science offerings, but even before this happened, my kids were prepared for their college classes. Take a look! We loved it.

Our son started at SMES in 2nd grade and just graduated from 8th grade. He is a better person for having gone to SMES. There have been bumps, challenges and big changes along the way, and obviously we went thru COVID, but in the end the full St Martin’s Community is rich with love, care, and passion focused on building kids with character that can go out into the world and make it better. There is every kind of sports and activity you can imagine (they are always working to come up with new options) & it’s very inclusive…for kids of all skill levels that want to have fun. The school is rigorous but not cut throat. The kids are pushed but aren’t stressed 24/7. At Smes your kids is in a community that lets them be a kid and stumble and grow. I grew up in public school (which I loved!) but having seen one of our kids go thru a K-8th independent school education (and one not) there is a noticeable difference in their confidence and readiness to jump into high school!