Early Childhood Learning Center

Explore Our Early Childhood Learning Center

Our goal is to nurture your child’s natural curiosity into a lifelong love of learning, and It All Begins Right Here.
St. Peter's Early Childhood Learning Center (ECLC) has four welcoming classrooms and an experienced, caring staff ready to help your child grow cognitively, emotionally, and socially. Our curriculum concentrates on academic readiness, fine and gross motor skills, and social development. Structured and independent play, as well as circle time and group activities, support early literacy and math learning, as well as teach life skills and Christian ideals such as respect, taking turns, following directions, and solving problems. Outdoor play, music, physical education, and engaging on-campus field trips all encourage cognitive development through sensory experiences.

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." -- Fred Rogers

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Questions? Contact our school office
[email protected] or (816) 523-4899

Loving environment * Low teacher to student ratio * 3 and 5 Day Options * After-Care Available

Hours
8 a.m.-3:05 p.m.
Doors open at 7:40 a.m.
See school calendar for early dismissals & days off

ECLC Enrollment Information

Registration Requirements

Children must be at least 3 years of age by July 31st of incoming school year and fully toilet-trained to attend.
Families of existing ECLC or K-8 students must be current on all payments before registering for the next school term.
Families of existing ECLC and Kindergarten-8 students will receive early enrollment materials and will be given first priority if registration is returned by the specified deadline.

Admission Priorities
New students will be accepted in the following order:

Siblings of students already enrolled, provided family is current with their pledge/tuition,
Children of active parishioners,
Children of families outside St. Peter’s Parish.

Tuition & Fees

ECLC tuition and fees are the same for parish and non-parish families
3 and 5 day per week options are available

TUITION & Fees

MORE ECLC PROGRAM INFO

Registration for the 2026-2027 School Year

Early Enrollment for Current Families Only -- Begins February 23, 2026
Enrollment for all Active Parishioners -- March 6, 2026*
Open Enrollment for Non-Parishioners -- March 18, 2026*
*enrollment contingent on available space