Columbia Elementary School

We have been a part of the St. Margaret of York School for nearly 12 years. I feel my children are in a safe environment. I have always felt welcomed by staff and teachers to volunteer and become a part of my child's education.

Best experience ever! Faculty and staff are amazing and truly love the students! My daughter attended LBA 4 years for high school. Wished we had started here sooner!

What a wonderful school! The teachers really KNOW each individual child, where they are socially, and where they are academically. The teachers are kind, but not enabling. Both my children have learned so much academically, but even more importantly respect and compassion, right and wrong. I realize a lot of people think Montessori schools have no order, but that’s definitely not true at MAC. On the contrary, they emphasize order, letting the kids lead but set boundaries. Academically l, my children are more advanced than all their friends in the public school setting. More importantly to me, they have acquired problem solving skills, and ability to embrace failure/mistakes to make themselves better each day. Can’t say enough good things about MAC!

The more I talk to friends who have kids in all kinds of schools—public, private, Christian, hybrid—the more I grow in my appreciation for Mars Hill. The school was founded on a commitment to glorifying God in all aspects of life, and that continues to permeate every class and every activity. The school is committed to truth, to thinking clearly, to reasoning soundly, and to cultivating a lifelong love of learning about the world God made. We can't say enough about the teachers in particular. They take genuine pleasure in their subject matter; they demonstrate sincere devotion to God; and they love and enjoy our children. Each teacher our kids have had has helped us grow in our understanding of our children's character, both in areas of gifting and in areas that need growth and correction. The standards for discipline are high (one of our own children has been deservedly suspended), but this helps create an atmosphere of respectful joy that I have not seen in any other school.