St. Mary’s Early Childhood Center

St. Mary’s Early Childhood Center offers a Reggio Emilia inspired preschool program for children from birth to age 5. It also offers private enrollment at the Marvetta and Anthony Grimes Family Center for infants, one-year-olds, two-year-olds, and children ages three to five, with year-round care.

Programs

• Preschool Program — birth to age 5 · Reggio Emilia inspired preschool program; provides high-quality early childhood experiences.
• Private Enrollment at the Marvetta and Anthony Grimes Family Center — infants, one-year-olds, two-year-olds, ages three to five · Year-round · High-quality, compassionate childcare for the children of mothers in recovery.

At a glance

• Ages: 0–5 years old
• Facility hours: Monday-Friday 7:00 am-5:30 pm

About the provider

St. Mary’s Early Childhood Center’s mission statement says the children it serves are inherently competent, capable, and strong.

• Professional Development Program

What families say

“Having kids be able to choose what they want to do and us teach from what their interests are is incredible. We aren’t some extremely structured program where we have to go by the books. I think all of us teachers can agree that we learn from them everyday. It’s not just them learning, we’re learning right along with them.” — Mimi Barry, Past St. Mary’s Educator

Last updated September 4, 2026.