WHO WE ARE
CrossRidge Preschool Academy, a ministry of CrossRidge Church, exists to partner with and love on families and their little ones in our community. Just as CrossRidge Church has a history in Little Elm so does CrossRidge Preschool Academy.
In 2002, the staff and leaders of CrossRidge Church (formerly First Baptist Church of Little Elm) saw a need in Little Elm to help parents. At that time, our Director of Children’s Ministry was part time and CrossRidge Church only had 3 full-time positions. After prayer and research, they started our Mother’s Day Out program. Our Mother’s Day Out program (MDO) met 2 days a week and allowed us to work with parents to help love on and take care of their preschool children.
MDO grew year after year and in 2007, MDO was renamed Early Learning Center. Early Learning Center (ELC) grew as our community grew. As the community grew, so did CrossRidge Church. CrossRidge Church, which included ELC, moved from its location on El Dorado Parkway to a newly built building on Walker Lane.
What was once a few classrooms became a dozen and as ELC grew so did our staff. Our Directory of Children’s Ministry became a full-time position and ELC grew from having just a director to having a Director, Assistant Director, and Team Leads, along with more teachers.
Continuing to seek God, we saw a need to expand even further and in 2014, ELC was renamed CrossRidge Preschool Academy (CPA) and expanded to a 2, 3, and 4-day-a-week program. Continuing along similar lines as before, CPA continued as a preschool that only met from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
CPA has become a state-licensed preschool facility and serves many families not just in Little Elm but also in our surrounding communities. We are blessed to have had so many families be a part of CPA and we continue to seek God’s direction and look toward the future.