History
Mountain Sprouts (MSCC) was founded by a small group of Upper Valley parents who were in need of full-day child care, but didn't want to sacrifice the benefits of a preschool curriculum. As the group brainstormed a solution, they realized the opportunity to create the school of their dreams. Learning through art, nature, and motion was a key concept agreed upon by all. Combined with experienced, certified teachers, and a magical mountainous setting, a vision for Mountain Sprouts was created.
As the plan developed, the group sought out a location for the school. A partnership with Tierra Learning Center was born when an available space in the Art Barn was found. There was still a significant amount of work to be done, both logistically and structurally. The state licensing department told the group to expect about 2 years of work to get MSCC licensed and running. Yet three months later, in October of 2009, this particular set of determined parents created and opened Mountain Sprouts Children's Community.
MSCC received non-profit status in June 2011 and the school continues to operate as a non-profit preschool governed by a Board of Directors, comprised of parents and community members.
In 2012 Mountain Sprouts developed Discovery Summer Camps which run in Tierra’s Barn Canyon.
In 2017, Mountain Sprouts added the Willow Program along the Wenatchee River in Leavenworth. The Willow Program provides nature based education for students 3-8 years old. The Willow Program became the 7th Outdoor Nature Based licensed program in the state of Washington in 2022.
A second Evergreen classroom was created at the Tierra Learning Center in 2018 to address the growing student waitlist and needs of the community.
Seedlings, a nature based parent-child play group, was created in 2021.
Over the years families, teachers, directors and board members have come and gone, all leaving their mark of love while continually strengthening and growing our programming to meet the diverse needs of our students and community.
