Montessori School of Mount Pleasant employs only educators with training in Resources of Infant Educatiors (RIE) or Montessori teaching techniques.
The focus is on providing intensive edcuation for the child's first years of life. They contend the approach develops budding, empathetic relationships between infants and their caregivers; toddlers demonstrating deep concentration or leading small group activities; and self-motivated, self-assured primary students who collaborate on work and conflict negotiation for the good of the community.
First Baptist Church of Mt Pleasant is a welcoming place of worship. It offers several sermons on Sundays. Youth groups, study groups and ministries are also available.
University School of Lowcountry is a co-educational, non-sectarian, non-profit independent school with tax-exempt status.
Grades 3–8 are currently served, and contingent upon demand, 9th grade will start in 2011-2012, and remaining high school grades will begin in the three following years.
The school is geared to students who are curious, motivated, passionate, empathetic, nice, high-achieving, and above-average.
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church offers traditional worship that is rich in faith and compliant with the teachings of Christ.
The Sunshine House provides care for children ages six weeks to 12 years old, with an aim toward quality, age appropriate care. The Sunshine House specializes in education programming, using The Creative Curriculum, to ensure that children are ready for school. Parents may pay the center's fees and download its forms online.
Christ Our King-Stella Maris School provides Catholic education for children in pre-K through eighth grades.
Christ Our King - Stella Maris School was founded in 1950 by Stella Maris Church in Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Today, COK-SM is located in Mount Pleasant just off of Colemand Boulevard on the same property as Christ Our King Church, and is supported by three parishes: Christ Our King Catholic Church; Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church; St. Benedict Catholic Church.
Chesterbrook Academy is an infant to pre-K school uses a safe and nurturing environment in which to develop the social, emotional and academic skills of children. Its individual programs are catered to every age group and interlace playtime with a structured learning experience to help children discover, explore and learn to their fullest potential. Chesterbrook Academy's certified teachers are qualified to offer the education each child deserves and provide periodic updates on children's progress to parents, who are encouraged to be involved. There is a strong parent-teacher relationship for each child at Chesterbrook Academy.
Since Belle Hall Elementary first opened its doors in 1990, the mission has been to develop skilled, respected and independent seekers of knowledge by providing a rich, diverse and challenging curriculum.
The school serves an ethnically diverse population of 762 students in grades child development through the fifth grade. It has an outstanding teaching retainment rate, with 99 percent of its faculty returning each school year.
