Steppingstone School
At Steppingstone, School for Gifted Education, we are dedicated to providing an outstanding education for both the intellect and humanity of gifted children. We strive for accessibility to all gifted students regardless of their ability to pay. Additionally, having our sustainable population housed in an attractive facility supports our mission and attracts and retains the best teachers for our students and the best support staff for our teachers and parents. Steppingstone, School for Gifted Education, is internationally recognized.
We believe every child deserves a satisfying, challenging, and joyful learning experience. Our purpose is to provide this for gifted children. More specifically, we provide this experience for gifted children by unlocking the gifts that are trapped by the limitations of the traditional educational structure. We present gifted children with the opportunity to discover their passions; set purpose and goals in pursuit of those passions; develop the personal, academic, physical, and intellectual skills that will allow them to keep options open; realize the successful achievement of their goals; and do this with integrity and consideration for society and the world.
In 2018 Steppingstone relocated to Plymouth Arts & Recreation Center (PARC) in downtown Plymouth Michigan, the same town where Steppingstone School first got its start in 1981. We are happy to be back home and to be able to give back to the community where our journey began. Our facility is unlike any other.
PARC is home to dozens of culturally rich, artistic, and enriching small businesses and nonprofits. Across the hall from our classrooms is Acorn Glassworks, a publicly-accessible glassblowing studio. Just down the hall is local Children's Book Author and Illustrator. Under normal non-COVID circumstances, students at Steppingstone often eat their lunch while watching the Michigan Philharmonic practice for upcoming performances. The facility is home to more than 30 organizations, including its newer tenants like the Plymouth YMCA, and Friends of the Rouge. The PARC facility is populated with close to 30 nonprofit organizations that range from cooking schools to artist collectives and dance studios.
Many of our students attend the swim, dance, or art classes at the building after school - a virtual once stop shop for all your child's extracurricular needs. PARC sits adjacent to a 10-acre property that includes the 42-year-old Plymouth-Canton Steelers football stadium and practice fields. The infrastructure work on the PARC building is multi-faceted, including the installation of new ceiling tiles on all three floors, new LED lighting, paint on the walls and lockers, and refurbished flooring, including the original terrazzo floors. We could not ask for a more diverse culturally rich and engaging environment to educate children.
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