METHODIST AGOGIC CENTRE
Our School
To develop and implement a program of Foundation Education that will provide for the Total Development of any Child in Sint Maarten, creating a learning environment with many opportunities for self-fulfillment, utilizing instruction in the Mother Tongue.
Our Mission
Our Vision
Allowing every pupil to be the best he/she can be, whatever his/her talent or background. We will do this by raising standards of achievement at all levels of learning through a rigorous system of quality assurance.
"The Foundation MAC has a vision to be a support system throughout every stage of life."
Brief History
The Methodist Church established the Foundation Methodist Agogic Centre (MAC) in the Netherlands Antilles in March 1976 to promote education and philanthropic services based on Christian principles.
One of the aims of the MAC is to establish, maintain, and operate one or more schools for elementary, secondary, and higher education etc.
In August 1976, the MAC Pedagogic Institutions (schools) commenced operation with one (1) school campus that had (3) kindergardens and four (4) Grade 1 classes of 111 girls and 160 boys. The elementary school was successful from its inception, and its pupil enrollment grew by leaps and bounds. By 1990-1991, the pupils' enrolment was 891. By 1991-1992, three (3) fully-fledged elementary schools (Campuses) came into being. The names of the schools were Rev. John A. Gumbs Campus, Browlia F. Maillard Campus, and Mary C. Voges Campus.
The Board of Directors developed a school restructuring plan, which was implemented in August 2005. As part of the restructuring plan, the Mary C. Voges Campus was merged with the Rev. John A. Gumbs Campus and so formed the extended Rev. John A. Gumbs Campus.
