Our Philosophy

Our Lady Queen of Heaven School Early Childhood Center is dedicated to the spiritual, moral, emotional, intellectual, social, and physical growth of each young child. Young children learn by active involvement with their environment. Children use the senses of touching, tasting, listening, smelling, and looking when exploring the world surrounding them. Children learn more through meaningful play than pencil and paper tasks. Children in play form the foundation for later academic learning.
 

About Us

• Our Lady Queen of Heaven School Early Childhood Center is licensed by the State of Louisiana as a Class "A" Child Care Center, 6 weeks through 4 years old. The Center is open from 7:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday and observes major holidays.

• OUR HISTORY: The Center located at 3901 Kingston Street, was opened at the beginning of the 1963 school term primarily to take care of the children of the lay teachers working in Our Lady Queen of Heaven School. In the summer of 1987 the Early Childhood Center was enlarged and remodeled. In the fall of 1989 the center was enlarged again to accommodate infant care. In the fall of 1991, the Early childhood Center found a new home at 3903 Creole Street, formerly the nun's convent, as Our Lady Queen of Heaven Parish made room for the retirement center, Villa Maria.

• The goals of our childcare program are to make each child feel comfortable, loved, happy and special, to feel secure with our teachers and other children in an environment which is safe and clean.

• Quality childcare requires planning activities that promote the total development of children. To achieve the goal of total development, we provide activities planning at Our Lady Queen of Heaven School Early Childhood Center that considers all of your child's daily needs, such as physical activities, social and emotional development, and cognitive and intellectual development.
  In our development program are outdoor play, indoor play, meals, and naps. We are flexible in how your child spends each day, but we need to keep in mind that these basic activities are essential to healthy mental and physical development.

Contact Information

Mrs. Kathleen Stewart, Director
Early Childhood Center, After School and Summer Programs
Electronic mail: KStewart@olqhs.org
Postal address: 3908 Creole Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605