Bryn Mawr will soon be able to celebrate the opening of Sacred Heart Academy to help meet a growing need for early childhood education in the region, writes Denali Sagner for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Starting this fall, the new Little Lions program will serve two dozen preschool-age children on the Main Line.
Sacred Heart’s preschool last operated in 2016.
According to Sacred Heart’s interim associate head of school Kim Trinacria, an alumni event sparked the idea to bring back the academy and address a serious need within the region.
The preschool program will be grounded in concepts such as collaboration, cooperation, kindness, and play.
All of these concepts are grounded in the school’s Catholic foundations, which preschool director Pat Norton said are also building blocks of a successful early childhood education.
“We’re play-based, and we’re thematic, and we absolutely believe in the whole child,” Norton said.
At Little Lions, the children will have their academic, social, emotional, and creative development supported through hands-on activities and free play.
Read more about the opening of Sacred Heart Academy’s new preschool and the positive impact it will have on children and their parents in the region in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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