Cross Bridge Learning Center
Cross Bridge Learning Center, 651 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, FL 32955
About
Cross Bridge Learning Center includes weekly chapel that incorporates age-appropriate worship through music and stories, with Bible lessons and activities interwoven in each classroom's weekly lesson plans. Children experience special presentations from friends in the community, visits by local organizations such as the Fire Department and the Brevard Zoo, and optional activities such as dance and soccer. Toddlers and preschoolers also take part in special Christmas and Spring programs during Sunday morning services.
• Ages: 0–4 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday with extended hours, including VPK classes in the mornings and optional wraparound care
• Price: Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) is free of charge, with additional-cost wraparound care available
Cross Bridge Learning Center has 9 classrooms for children from three months old through VPK, and each classroom is arranged into areas that contain age-appropriate learning centers. The program uses a faith-based curriculum called WEE Learn that meets the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards, and all students from one-year-old through VPK attend a weekly chapel that uses the Simply Loved Curriculum for chapel services. The VPK program includes early literacy and math standards as well as principles of Christian faith, and VPK is offered Monday through Friday from 9am–12pm, with wraparound care available from 6:30am–6pm. Learning Center operating hours are listed as Monday–Friday 6:30am–6pm, with office hours from 8am–4pm Monday–Thursday and 8am–3pm on Friday, and another statement notes the Learning Center is open Monday–Friday 6am–6pm.
The mission statement of Cross Bridge Learning Center is “Helping people move from where they are to where God want's them to be,” and it states that by providing hands-on, exploratory, educational experiences children grow socially, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and cognitively. Meals are made fresh each day, and as a provider of the USDA Child Care Food Program, meals and snacks offer balanced nutrition and alternatives for children with food allergies. Cross Bridge Learning Center was nominated for Florida’s Best 2025 and won this award in their region, and it operates under License #C18BR0052.
Cross Bridge Learning Center is proud to partner with the Child Care Food Program and the TEACH Scholarship program to further the education of its staff. The program enjoys many special presentations from friends in the community, in addition to visits by local organizations such as the Fire Department and Brevard Zoo, and offers optional activities such as dance and soccer.
All 32 staff members have high school diplomas, have completed The Office of Early Learning courses on Safe Sleep Practices and Child Safety and Prevention, passed a Level II background check, and are First Aid, CPR, and AED certified. Additional staff credentials include 45 hours of DCF training with competency exams (24 staff members), the Emergent Literacy Micro-Credential from the University of Florida (8 staff members), Becky Bailey Conscious Discipline Training (9 staff members), Associate’s Degrees (8 staff members), Bachelor’s Degrees (9 staff members), and Master’s Degrees (2 staff members). Seven staff members have obtained a DCF Staff Credential, six have a National Child Development Associate (C.D.A.) with two more pursuing the CDA credential in spring 2025, two hold a DCF Director’s Credential, and one staff member has Food Safety Certification. Cross Bridge Learning Center also notes a partnership with the TEACH Scholarship program to support staff education.
The Learning Center Leadership Team includes Shadira Bylinowski, Executive Director; Fallon Vogt, Operations Director; Melanie Fink, Learning Center Administrative Assistant; Bethany Sperry, Behavior Interventionist; Linda Shomgard, VPK Mentor Teacher; Annalee Deem, Pre-VPK Mentor Teacher; and Melissa Bertrand, Infant Mentor Teacher. A leadership team caption lists, from left to right, Fallon Vogt as Operations Director, Annalee Deem as Pre-K Mentor Teacher, Melissa Bertrand as Infant Mentor Teacher, Bethany Sperry as Behavioral Interventionist, Linda Shomgard as VPK Mentor Teacher, and Shadira Bylinowski as Executive Director.
Last updated February 14, 2026.
• Ages: 0–4 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday with extended hours, including VPK classes in the mornings and optional wraparound care
• Price: Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) is free of charge, with additional-cost wraparound care available
Cross Bridge Learning Center has 9 classrooms for children from three months old through VPK, and each classroom is arranged into areas that contain age-appropriate learning centers. The program uses a faith-based curriculum called WEE Learn that meets the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards, and all students from one-year-old through VPK attend a weekly chapel that uses the Simply Loved Curriculum for chapel services. The VPK program includes early literacy and math standards as well as principles of Christian faith, and VPK is offered Monday through Friday from 9am–12pm, with wraparound care available from 6:30am–6pm. Learning Center operating hours are listed as Monday–Friday 6:30am–6pm, with office hours from 8am–4pm Monday–Thursday and 8am–3pm on Friday, and another statement notes the Learning Center is open Monday–Friday 6am–6pm.
The mission statement of Cross Bridge Learning Center is “Helping people move from where they are to where God want's them to be,” and it states that by providing hands-on, exploratory, educational experiences children grow socially, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and cognitively. Meals are made fresh each day, and as a provider of the USDA Child Care Food Program, meals and snacks offer balanced nutrition and alternatives for children with food allergies. Cross Bridge Learning Center was nominated for Florida’s Best 2025 and won this award in their region, and it operates under License #C18BR0052.
Cross Bridge Learning Center is proud to partner with the Child Care Food Program and the TEACH Scholarship program to further the education of its staff. The program enjoys many special presentations from friends in the community, in addition to visits by local organizations such as the Fire Department and Brevard Zoo, and offers optional activities such as dance and soccer.
All 32 staff members have high school diplomas, have completed The Office of Early Learning courses on Safe Sleep Practices and Child Safety and Prevention, passed a Level II background check, and are First Aid, CPR, and AED certified. Additional staff credentials include 45 hours of DCF training with competency exams (24 staff members), the Emergent Literacy Micro-Credential from the University of Florida (8 staff members), Becky Bailey Conscious Discipline Training (9 staff members), Associate’s Degrees (8 staff members), Bachelor’s Degrees (9 staff members), and Master’s Degrees (2 staff members). Seven staff members have obtained a DCF Staff Credential, six have a National Child Development Associate (C.D.A.) with two more pursuing the CDA credential in spring 2025, two hold a DCF Director’s Credential, and one staff member has Food Safety Certification. Cross Bridge Learning Center also notes a partnership with the TEACH Scholarship program to support staff education.
The Learning Center Leadership Team includes Shadira Bylinowski, Executive Director; Fallon Vogt, Operations Director; Melanie Fink, Learning Center Administrative Assistant; Bethany Sperry, Behavior Interventionist; Linda Shomgard, VPK Mentor Teacher; Annalee Deem, Pre-VPK Mentor Teacher; and Melissa Bertrand, Infant Mentor Teacher. A leadership team caption lists, from left to right, Fallon Vogt as Operations Director, Annalee Deem as Pre-K Mentor Teacher, Melissa Bertrand as Infant Mentor Teacher, Bethany Sperry as Behavioral Interventionist, Linda Shomgard as VPK Mentor Teacher, and Shadira Bylinowski as Executive Director.
Last updated February 14, 2026.
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