Upcoming Important Dates

No Preschool, Clubhouse, OR ECFE

  • December 20 - January 1, 2024 | Classes Resume January 2, 2024
  • January 15 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day


No Discovery Kids

  • December 22 | Winter Break
  • December 25 | Winter Break
  • January 1 | New Year's Day
  • January 15 | Martin Luther King Day Jr.


Classroom Engagement Model (CEM) Update

Twice a year, our CEM Implementation Team completes our BOQ (Benchmarks of Quality) which helps us understand where we are at with implementing CEM in our program. The BOQ looks at the following categories: Establish Implementation Team, Staff Readiness and Buy-In, Family Engagement, Program-Wide Action Plan, All classrooms Demonstrate Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices, Procedures for Responding to Individual Children, Staff Capacity-Building and Support, and Monitoring Implementation and Outcomes. Our BOQ score increased from 76.56% in Spring 2022 to 79.69% this Fall! 


Super Saturday was a success! We had over 90 people come to enjoy crafts, a photo booth, gym time, a camp fire with s'mores, cookie decorating, and books read by a teacher! 


Please plan on joining us for our next Super Saturday in the Spring!

Contact us for more information.

Our team participated in a professional training on November 3 that focused on curriculum and safety. The curriculum training was lead by our Classroom Engagement Model liaison from Minnesota Department of Education, Karen Satre. The Orono District Safety training was provided by Orono District Leaders: Tiffany Clifton, Kim Van Eyll, Corrina Graner and Sean Beaverson.


Fire Drills are practiced once a month here at school. Do you have a plan for your family members at home?

Early Learning Hour


Orono Activities Center

Fridays, 10 - 11 AM


Orono Pool

Thursdays, 1:30 - 2:30 PM


Both offerings are free for children under 5.

Orono Early Learning | 952-746-5895 | 5050 Independence Street, Maple Plain