St. Luke Early Childhood Center provides educational child care services for children ages 2 - 4 years old and also offers before and after school care for families. The childhood center is a part of Saint Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church. It has a low student-teacher ratios and a variety of partial day programs are available.
Palm Harbor Montessori opened in 1983 after founder Christine Varkas realized there were no Montessori schools in the area. Varkas specifically wanted her children to attend a Montessori school. Varkas is a certified Montessori educator with advanced degrees and specialist credentials in education.
The campus is located on a large wooded property with multiple buildings. The campus allows children to learn in indoor and outdoor environments.
This is a licensed preschool and a private elementary school (K - 5). It is committed to allowing preschoolers to play with the intention of learning, and it emphasizes creative thinking development in the elementary school. New Horizons has a good reputation on greatschool.org, with its reviews showing school improvement as it pertains to social issues since 2005.
No mention is made on its website of the state's Voluntary Pre-K program.
The Growing Tree Christian Preschool serves children aged two to five, and has a variety of programs to suite many different family needs. These include voluntary Pre-K, mother's morning out (which includes one year olds), wrap around care, reasonable rates, scholarships and tuition payment via PayPal. It has a very comprehensive website that offers information like teacher to student ratios. Visit this site here to see its county inspection reports.
Stars & Comets Before & After School Care is located at Palm Harbor Methodist Church. Students from the Westlake Christian School and 5 other area elementary schools are eligible to attend Stars and Comets. The 5 other eligible schools include Highland Lakes, Lake St. George, Ozona, Sutherland and Tarpon Fundamental. Morning care and transportation are also provided for Carwise and Palm Harbor Middle Schools. Outdoor activities are also available for the students.
R'club Child Care is located at 3150 North Belcher Road in Palm Harbor. It is within Sutherland Elementary School.
R'club Child Care is a not-for-profit organization that provides affordable and quality care for children. Its staff is friendly and trained to help children succeed. The R'club Child Care location at Sutherland Elementary offers before- and after-school programs for the students.
R'club Child Care serves children and their families at more than 40 before- and after-school programs, exceptional student centers, preschools and middle school youth development programs in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. R'club Child Care can be found on the Web at http://www.rclub.net.
Excel Learning Center is not just a day-care center, but also a preschool. Babies as young as 8 weeks are accepted. The center offers infant care, pre-kindergarten, before- and after-school care and summer camp.
