The home you’ve created for your family radiates love, kindness, support, safety, and belonging, which are some of the same things we hope our students experience as members of the St. Barnabas community. Many parents go with the flow and send their children to whichever public school is closest to their home. If the local […]
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Exploration And Discovery: The Doors Our Extracurricular Programs Can Open For Your Children
When you think about the most magical childhood learning experiences, you probably don’t think of classroom lectures or tests. While those things are essential, they’re not memorable. As much as our culture has pigeonholed education into specific images of students lined up in rows listening intently to a teacher speaking, we all intuitively know that […]
It’s Not Too Early To Plan For Your Children’s 2023-2024 School Year
We’re just starting to dip our toes into the second half of this academic year. The Christmas decorations have been put away, we’re digging into an exciting new calendar year, and summer is not even on the horizon. You may be thinking that there is endless time before you have to start preparing for the […]
Measures Of Excellence: Values Our Students Take Beyond The Classroom
Let’s be honest. What are you looking for when you think about the school you will send your children to? Of course, we all want a safe, nurturing environment that will teach our children reading, writing, and arithmetic, but that’s only part of the picture. At St. Barnabas Episcopal School, we have decades of experience […]
St. Barnabas Episcopal School is a Top Choice for Private Education in DeLand, Here’s Why
There are two kinds of prospective parents we meet here at St. Barnabas Episcopal School. First is the parents who are trying to determine whether to send their children to public school or invest in private education. The others are the parents who have already decided they want a private school for their kids but have […]
Challenged and Supported: How Your Middle Schooler Can Benefit From Our Focus on Faith, Virtue, and Excellence
There are a handful of big transitional times in a person’s life. Graduating high school and college, becoming a parent, and retiring from a long career are a few. But one of the most significant transitions children experience occurs during middle school. It’s a tricky time when they are no longer a small child, not […]
Is a Private Education a Good Fit For My Family? 3 Factors to Consider
Congratulations! You’ve reached the exciting time in your life when your kids are heading off to school. All the hard work you put into raising them, from infants to toddlers, has paid off. And now, here you are, stuck with the next big question. Where should you send them to school? Parents these days understand how important education […]
The St. Barnabas Whole Child Approach: What You Want To Know
Imagine you signed your children up for a school where they proudly advertised, “here we educate only part of your children.” A reasonable first question would be, “which part?” Of course, the idea sounds ridiculous, but this is the way that most people view education. We send our children off to school to learn academic […]
3 Key Advantages for Students Attending Middle School at St. Barnabas Episcopal School
As parents, we are responsible for guiding our children through the biggest transitions in their lives. Realistically transitions happen all the time in big and small ways, but some of the most significant transitions that our children go through happen around their education. The first time you send your child to preschool, their first day […]
The Importance of Athletics: Why St. Barnabas Offers More
Here at St. Barnabas Episcopal School, we have a strong reputation for having top-tier academic programs and students who excel academically in various environments. But academic learning isn’t the only priority we have here on campus. For years we’ve seen the benefits of our athletic programs and other extracurriculars on students’ academic performance and on […]
