Building Bridges Learning Academy

Building Bridges Learning Academy is a daycare in Memphis, Tennessee. It serves young children and their families with early learning programs built on a nationally recognized, research-based curriculum that teachers expand with projects, activities, and games. The academy runs toddler and preschool programs, with a toddler classroom offering physical, social and emotional, cognitive, and language development, and a preschool program using age-appropriate activities and play-based education. The academy holds a rating of 4.80 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The academy began from the dream of a girl who felt the barriers in her path had been left as gaps, and who later bridged and crossed those gaps for her own three children. Its purpose includes educating the community on social and emotional learning to better children's education, and it holds that a child's education and mental health are a priority from birth. Safety and well-being come first: the facility is designed as a secure environment, and staff undergo training in safety protocols. Caregivers work to build belonging and emotional security, and the academy celebrates diversity, respecting the backgrounds, cultures, and abilities of every child and family. Its approach is child-centered, letting children learn at their own pace with personalized attention from qualified educators.

The academy's director completed a Doctorate in Education and has worked with children in some capacity for over 20 years, including service as a Professional School Counselor and as a member of an Instructional Leadership Team, work that involved curriculum development, instructor assessment, and reporting for state regulations. The director designed and implemented academic incentive programs for student enrichment and formed a girls mentoring program whose participants performed 15 percent higher on assessments and classroom grades. The academy's mission is to provide childcare that meets the needs of each child and family in a safe, educational environment, and to provide a place where children learn foundation skills while parents are at work or school. Teachers plan activities around five developmental objectives: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and cognitive skills.

The academy is located on Sturgeon Ave, about a third of a mile from Saint Georges Day School at Memphis and half a mile from Word of Faith Christian Academy. Kimball Avenue is about four tenths of a mile away, and the Avron B Fogelman Expressway and Getwell Road each lie about half a mile from the academy.

Families in Memphis looking for early learning grounded in social and emotional development, individualized instruction, and a director with more than two decades of experience in education will find that combination at Building Bridges Learning Academy.