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Early Learning Academy Preschool
Early Learning Academy is offered at these following locations:
- Mary Frank Elementary
- Address: 13111 Adams Road, Granger
- Main Office: (574) 272-0340
- Teacher: Tonya Rhodes trhodes@phm.k12.in.us
- Horizon Elementary
- Address: 10060 Brummitt Road, Granger
- Main Office: (574) 679-9788
- Teacher: Lisa Langfeldt llangfeldt@phm.k12.in.us
- Northpoint Elementary
- Address: 50800 Cherry Rd, Granger
- Main Office: (574) 271-8598
- Teacher: Kristen Schaubert-Roth kschaubert-roth@phm.k12.in.us
Registration Information
Registration for the 2026 – 2027 school year opens January 20, 2026.
- Registration for the all locations will be open to PHM residents ONLY beginning January 20, 2026. Beginning February 9, 2026, non-resident families may begin registering for any remaining spots available.
- * If you do not live within PHM boundaries and are a non-resident family, please wait until February 9, 2026 to complete the registration form. Any spots that remain at that time will be filled on a first come, first served basis. *
- ONLINE applications will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please review the following information before submitting a registration form.
The non-refundable registration fee of $60 is due before your child is officially registered into the Early Learning Academy. The fee can be dropped off at the school office between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
In addition to submitting the online registration form (linked at the bottom of the page), you will need to provide a copy of the child’s birth certificate, immunization records, and two proofs of residency (mortgage/lease/rental statement and a current utility bill). Instructions on where to send these documents are found on the electronic registration form. School front office staff will be happy to help you with any questions you may have.
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Who is eligible to apply?
The child must be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2026 to attend during the 2026 – 2027 school year. Youngsters who live in neighboring school districts are welcome to apply beginning February 9, 2026, if spots are available. Please note – when non-resident preschool children are of age to attend Kindergarten, parents/guardians must apply for a spot during the P-H-M non-resident application process. Attending the Early Learning Academy does not qualify non-resident students to automatically attend a P-H-M school.
F.A.Q.’s
- How many days a week does this program operate?
The program operates 5 days a week, Monday through Friday. - What are the hours of operation?
All ELA locations operate from 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. , Monday through Friday. We follow the established P-H-M school calendar, including school closings and delays that may occur due to weather. - Click here for the district school year calendar
- How much does it cost?
In addition to the non-refundable registration fee of $60, the cost for the 2026 – 2027 school year is $35 a day. Cost includes full-day programming, a daily lunch and a snack. - We do offer an option to pay fees online.
Please click here for more details on how to pay Early Learning Academy fees online using e~Funds for Schools. - Are Transportation Service or Kids Club (Before and After School Care) available?
We do not offer bus transportation to and from preschool. If it is necessary for your child to attend Kids Club (P-H-M’s child care services before and after school program), please indicate the need on the ELA application. - What is the curriculum for the program?
Each location is served by a certified lead teacher, assisted by para-educators in the classroom setting. We use a research-based, early childhood program that builds strong foundations for school success focusing on each student’s social development and cognitive learning through a variety of tools. Our preschoolers spend time in role-play which has shown to lead to higher measures of creativity and cognition. Students are exposed to learning experiences that include literacy, mathematics, socialization, music, physical education, and the arts. Through fun, creative activities, we scaffold students through multiple levels of learning.
Watch this video highlighting how our professionally-staffed, full-time programs promote learning while encouraging creativity and problem solving.
[Music] our curriculum is called tools of the mind and it really focuses on um self-regulation and working on memory expanding memory attention spans um relationships communication um it's very Hands-On though and fun throughout that whole process a typical day here they come in and they know you know hang up their backpacks they get out their folder um they typically start with a more free play there's stuff out that they can explore put puzzles together build um they are always starting with a mystery
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question so it's fun they're they're looking at a color or some other word that they associate to themselves and answer yes or no um they all look forward to that I've heard that they go home and talk about it um then we'll usually start with an opening group which is calendar um we work on memory through freeze dance process we do little patterning and and graphing in the morning um looking at the weather and the calendar typically it depends on if they have gym or library then we will
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move into um we do literacy in large group and small group formats so they'll do buddy reading we'll do a story lab whole group where we focus on one skill um currently we're looking at just active listening sitting looking using their ears um then we'll move into some sort of math or science activity which we've been using Plato to um remember and replicate is what it's called so they're looking at what the teacher does and remembering it and then doing the same thing when it's covered up and they
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can't see it and they really enjoy doing that um we have lunch recess rest time um an afternoon snack and uh the afternoon is usually taken up with our make believe play block um it's a period of practicing play different roles that are associated with our theme for example right now it's family so we talk about what they see in a family what um the atmosphere looks like and then they get to pick where they want to play and they act those things out um but before that their their writing is worked into
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the curriculum by planning what they're going to play I think that it is a beautiful jump start to kindergarten they're not only um learning to hold a pencil or the letters and the sounds and the numbers but they're building social relationship skills um the the ability to to make the decision should I you know run this way or should I walk and sit down and what those consequences might look like um I also think that then they're also building their memory and their ability to sit
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and pay attention which when you're five and you go to a full day kindergarten program is a very hard thing it is a very long day so I think that it's more of a conditioning in a fun way that they don't even realize that they're working up to that [Music] [Music] [Music]
Click here for the Horizon Early Learning Academy Registration Form for the 2026 – 2027 school year.
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