Company Profile
St. Stephen's Episcopal School
Company Overview
St. Stephen's Episcopal School is a pioneering coeducational boarding and day school in Austin, Texas, serving students in grades 6 to 12. We offer a distinctive college preparatory curriculum within a balanced program of academics, athletics, the arts and service learning. Our mission is to inspire a lasting love of learning and spirit of service so that each of our students lives a life of meaning and enriches the world.
Founded in 1950 by the Episcopal Dioceses of Texas, our school has a rich history of teaching students of all backgrounds and cultures to live together in community. St. Stephen’s was the first coeducational Episcopal school in the United States and the first integrated boarding school in the South. We honor all faiths and traditions, support equity and inclusion, respect other cultures and perspectives, promote social justice, serve others and are good stewards of the environment.
Company History
On St. Stephen’s Day, December 26, 1949, Bishop Hines, joined by Headmaster Rev. William Brewster, trustees and other participants joined together in the sparsely populated Texas Hill Country to officially break ground. Spadefuls of rocky soil littered the spot that would come to be known simply as the “Hill.” The group saw their dream of an Episcopal school in Central Texas finally realized.
“This is a happy day for all of us,” the Rev. Brewster said. “We promise to dedicate ourselves to education that concerns the whole person: body, mind and spirit.”
Hines, who was also touched by the experience, later wrote in his diary: “St. Stephen’s Day. Broke ground for St. Stephen’s Episcopal School. The sun came out just as the ground was being turned ... symbolic, we all hope of the warmth and light which a Christian school is destined to create for the whole Southwest.”
Benefits
St. Stephen's Episcopal School offers a competitive compensation package including: medical, dental and vision insurance 100% paid by employer for employee only coverage, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, health savings accounts, and employer retirement contributions equal to 10% of compensation.