Academy for Creative Learning

Academy for Creative Learning offers field trips, outdoor and indoor recreation, sports tournaments, water activities, creative camp crafts, and talent shows. Children also participate in enrichment programs that include Science, Story Time, Spanish, Music and Movement, and weekly gymnastics provided by Flips Gymnastics at the facility. The program also offers haircuts from a licensed beautician in an onsite salon.

• Ages: 2–10 years old
• Schedule: Full-day childcare and summer school-age camp run Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–6:00 PM, with an after-school program offering pickup Monday–Friday by 6:00 PM

Academy for Creative Learning offers year-round full-day childcare for children ages 2–5 years old, after-school childcare for children in kindergarten through 4th grade, and a school-age summer camp with a relaxed, fun atmosphere and a range of enrichment programs. The program practices the High Scope Curriculum education program and uses a Plan-Do-Review process for center time, weekly Small Group time, Letter Links, and Group Calendar Time, with classroom lesson plans centered around a weekly theme and posted outside classrooms weekly. Nutritious morning and afternoon snacks and a nutritious lunch are served daily, weekly menus are posted at the center, children are served in their classrooms, and Academy for Creative Learning is a nut-free facility.

The program follows the High Scope Curriculum education program based on the assumption that children learn best when touching and interacting with real things and having caring people around them, and it states that its program stimulates early childhood development and education, allowing each child to reach his or her full potential and develop a lifelong love of learning. High Scope Curriculum is described as consistent with the best practices recommended by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and the program states that it utilizes the latest research on how children learn by using criteria set forth by the National Association for Education of Young Children. Upon enrollment, each family receives an Academy for Creative Learning handbook with detailed information regarding curriculum, programs, and policies.

Academy for Creative Learning has been dedicated to providing a standard of excellence in early childhood development since 1999. Amy Williams, Head of School, graduated from Texas Tech University in 1995 with a degree in Early Childhood Education and has been working at Academy for Creative Learning for 21 years as a director. Kim Graves, School Director, has been involved in early childhood for 35 years and has been a part of Academy for Creative Learning since it opened in 1999.

The facility uses a one entry/one exit system that is locked during the hours of 9:00 AM–3:00 PM and is only accessible to individuals provided with a security code for entry by office staff, and at minimum, two staff are present in the one entry/one exit area at all times during open hours outside 9:00 AM–3:00 PM. Flips Gymnastics comes to the facility weekly, and a licensed beautician provides haircuts in the onsite salon. The program provides after-school transportation from Lorena and Midway ISD (excluding Speegleville) and states that tours of the facility can be scheduled with office staff.

Academy for Creative Learning states that it proudly accepts Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA).

Last updated July 24, 2026.