HOURS OF OPERATION
MONDAY - FRIDAY:
7:15 am - 6:00 pm
EARLY BIRD HOURS:
6:30 am - 6:00 pm
MEET THE TEAM
Our center is licensed by the Iowa Department of Human Services and the staff members complete trainings on CPR & First Aid, Mandatory Reporting, Essentials to Child Care Preservice, Universal Precautions, and CACFP Food Service. In addition, the staff receives several hours of continuing education annually to ensure the safety and well-being of the children in our care.
Administration
Nutrition Services

Steve Robe
Chef
Favorite Children's Book

Shelly Wade
Kitchen Assistant
Favorite Children's Book
Down By The Bay by Raffi
Enrichment Program Coordinators
INFANT PROGRAM

Joanna Paulson
Purple Room Lead Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Mahaley Dirks
Pink Room Lead Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
by Joanna Ho

Taylor Bell
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Big Bug, Little Bug
by Paul Stickland

Carli Revere
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn

Hannah Mozena
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn

Maddie Port
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein

Sam Spurgin
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Josie Lundquist
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Kylan Straight
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Stellaluna
by Janell Cannon

DaKaria Matthews
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book

Josie Tvedte
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book

Kyler Bomgaars
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book

Raylin Capdevila
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book

Kiya Griffiths
Infant Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Korean Cinderella
by Shirley Climo
TODDLER PROGRAM

Destiny Rivera
Red Room Lead Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Llama Llama Red Pajama
by Anna Dewdney

Rachel Roth
Red Room Assistant Lead
Favorite Children's Book
We're Going On A Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen

Andrea Rice
Yellow Room Lead Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Andrew Henry’s Meadow
by Doris Burn

Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book

Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein

Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister

Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown

Victoria Samala
Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Each Peach, Pear, Pump by
Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg

Emma McWherter
Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne

Khaldah Hamed
Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin, Jr. / Eric Carle

Ava Mondi
Toddler Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
If You Give Mouse A Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM

Barb Goodwin
Orange Room Lead Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Wonderful Wizard of OZ
by L. Frank Baum

Brittany Parrott
Orange Room Assistant Lead
Favorite Children's Book
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy

Illiana Rivera
Blue Room Lead Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
A Bad Case of Stripes
by David Shannon

Bailey Penning
Blue Room Assistant Lead
Favorite Children's Book
Five Little Monkeys
by Eileen Christelow

Thomas Sulentic
Blue Room Assistant Lead
Favorite Children's Book
Five Little Monkeys
by Eileen Christelow

Chelsea Lovell
Preschool Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Where’s My Teddy
by Jez Alborough

Caleb Wirtz
Preschool Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister

Cordejha Wassink
Preschool Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Eli Santos
Preschool Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown

Madison Kellerman
Preschool Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister

Jordan Sehr
Preschool Program Assistant Teacher
Favorite Children's Book
If You Give Mouse A Cookie
by Laura Numeroff