Education

Boone Prairie School seeks to provide an affordable quality education based on a classical foundation.  Fostering an overall sense of community among the administration, teachers, students, and parents.  we believe that it is the role of the family and the church to be the source of spiritual instruction for children, and it is the role of the school to support the instruction of the church and family, not to supplant it. The focus of Boone Prairie School is to provide students with an outstanding liberal arts education that is culturally rich in traditional American values in a Christian environment, surrounded by caring teachers and staff, without preference for one denominational set of beliefs over another.

You are invited to visit the only Catholic Jesuit school in the state of Indiana that has been educating students in the Jesuit tradition for more than 50 years. BREBEUF JESUIT MISSION STATEMENT Brebeuf Jesuit, a Catholic and Jesuit school, provides an excellent college preparatory education for a lifetime of service by forming leaders who are intellectually competent, open to growth, loving, religious and committed to promoting justice. Fostering a culture of understanding and dialogue, Brebeuf Jesuit seeks and welcomes students from diverse religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Students at Brebeuf Jesuit are called to discover and cultivate the fullness of their God-given talents as a responsibility and as an act of worship.

Day Early Learning at Eastern Star Church provides high-quality preschool and pre-K for three-to-five-year-olds. Located within Eastern Star Church’s main campus on the east side of Indianapolis, the center is run by Day Early Learning with our non-faith based curriculum. All families are welcome to enroll.

Day Early Learning at Fort Harrison provides high-quality early care and education for infants to pre-K on the far east side of Indianapolis. Located in the heart of Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence, our center works with many military families, DFAS employees and families within the community.

Our Day Early Learning Center for Infants & Toddlers is one of our newest centers. It focuses exclusively on implementing best practices with respect to the development and care of children ages 6 weeks to 36 months, including through the implementation of a model early childhood and family support program called Early Head Start. Located just one mile west of Methodist Hospital, we are conveniently located for families working at IU Health, as well as families who work at or attend IUPUI and Ivy Tech, and families who live on the near-West side of Indianapolis. The center offers several unique features, including a practice where teachers and children stay together during the child’s whole time at the center. Lasting relationships are particularly important for a young childss development and the practice we have adopted allows strong bonds to form between children, their teachers and parents. Strong relationships facilitate a young child’s thinking, risk-taking, confidence and involvement. The center is a Paths to QUALITY Level 3 location and an Early Head Start site. Early Head Start is a model early childhood program for infants and toddlers that offers high-quality classroom teaching, strong family support and engagement and coordinated health services. Uniquely, […]

Day Early Learning Federal Building is in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. It’s our center with an urban feel (the kids can see skyscrapers from their playground) and many of the children attending have parents who work in the federal government. Because of the location, the children are able to go on walking field trips to the main library, the farmers market at City Market and the holiday parades on Pennsylvania Street. It’s also a small center, with lots of individual attention for children and a family feel. Because it’s in the Minton-Capehart Federal Building, parents and children go through security every day, including a metal detector.  

Our Parents Day Out (16-35 mos) and Part Day Preschool (3 yrs-PreK5) provide relaxed, secure, playful environments that nurture creativity and the exploration of God’s world. A variety of learning materials & readiness skills are woven into each unit. Various days, 9am-2pm. Some extended days.  Need longer hours? Try our Neighborhood Child Care ministry designed for 16 mos – Pre K5 with class times 6:30am-6pm.  9111 N. Haverstick Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46240, Contact: John Drake, Phone: 317-575-6508, Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Francis W. Parker #56 is a public Montessori magnet school which serves families and children of Indianapolis Public Schools from PreK-8th grades. The staff of Francis W. Parker Montessori School 56 believes that we have the responsibility to develop the whole child according to the principles of the Montessori Philosophy: physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually, within a safe and positive learning environment. We believe that expectations should be high for all students and staff, and that a variety of strategies, experiences, technologies, and assessments are needed to encourage children to develop skills necessary for life-long learning. We believe that it is important to have the involvement and cooperation of parents and community members to help develop attitudes leading to caring and productive citizens in an ever-changing society.

Rousseau McClellan Montessori School 91 is a public Montessori magnet option in Indianapolis Public Schools for children in PreK-8th grades. At School #91, our mission is to prepare the whole child as a lifelong learner and problem solver in an ever-changing society by following the Montessori philosophy and method. At the heart of Montessori philosophy is the notion that each child is unique. Montessori challenges not only the intellectual/academic development of the child, but the emotional, moral, spiritual, and physical characteristics as well.

At Sycamore, teachers trained in gifted education deliver a curriculum designed to challenge and engage gifted learners. Art, music, Spanish, PE and technology are taught at all levels. Extensive field trips, athletics, child care, financial aid, and a wide variety of after school activities are offered.