A little blue door welcomes students to CCSD59’s new Early Learning Center (ELC) in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The door is the first of many features that give the district’s earliest learners “a place that is theirs.” The facility is designed to inspire curiosity, encourage interaction, and optimize indoor/outdoor connections. It’s a comfortable place that makes learning fun.
Watch this video to see the ELC’s learning gardens, lively corridors and classrooms, and other ELC highlights. District leaders discuss how the design incorporates the input of staff and improves the attitudes of students, teachers, and parents.