The Episcopal Schools in the Dominican Republic Education is one of the major areas of social action of the Dominican Episcopal Church, which has a long tradition of support and involvement with elementary and secondary education in the Dominican Republic. Public schools here are substandard and, as a result, many parents want their children to attend private schools.
Episcopal schools have a reputation for providing a good quality education.
Since its founding in 1897, the Episcopal Church has undergone four major periods of educational expansion. Almost simultaneously with the ordination of the first Episcopal priest, church leaders began the initial phase by opening one room schools for their children. It has always been the goal of the Dominican Episcopal Church to nourish the mind as well as the spirit. The next period of Episcopal school expansion involved larger units. San Esteban in San Pedro de Macor s, the birthplace of the Episcopal Church in the Dominican Republic, first opened its doors in 1922.