Headmaster's Welcome

Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.

               --William Butler Yeats

Welcome to our school!

Founded in 1958, St. Michael’s Parish Day School offers students in Kindergarten through eighth grade a dynamic and safe environment in which to learn and grow. For five decades, the school has provided an exceptional liberal arts curriculum, which includes rigorous academics as well as athletics, the arts, and spiritual development. We strive to nurture the whole child—mind, body, and heart.

A St. Michael’s education is designed to assist students in developing reflective, giving, creative, and disciplined approaches to learning. Academics are enhanced with community service projects, field trips, and long-established school and church traditions. Where else can children learn to throw atlatls, take stage at the Temple of Music and Art, reenact Las Posadas, declaim a challenging poem competitively in front of the entire school, and meet a member of Congress on the steps of the U.S. Capitol?

Please contact me if you have any questions about our superb school.

Sincerely,

Barry Bedrick
Headmaster of St. Michael’s Parish Day School
bbedrick@stmichael.net