In this episode of Talking Business, Shelly Peterson - Founder and CEO of Promoting Me, LLC. and Holly Hansen - Community Development Director for the City of Cloquet are talking about the Hidden Gem of Laugh and Learn.
Laugh & Learn Childcare Center now has two locations in Cloquet. The original location of 1506 Washington Avenue is for infants and toddlers. There are two infant rooms, one toddler room, and one school-aged room. The new location is 1000 Washington Avenue had three preschool classrooms. With this recent expansion, they created 20 infant spots, seven toddler spots, and 41 preschool spots.
Business owner Stacy Pohjola graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Superior in 2009 with an elementary education degree.
Stacy also worked at University Nursery School in Duluth and landed in Cloquet as the Director at All We Can Be on Doddridge Avenue. She opened her business Laugh & Learn, on January 2, 2013, and today operates three buildings with over 35 staff and lease space in Hermantown’s Salem Lutheran. She recently purchased her Washington Avenue building and opened a new lease space inside Cloquet’s Zion Lutheran Church.
“Our staffing is solid,” shared Pohjola.
Laugh & Learn Childcare Center is a four-star Parent Aware-rated facility for over eight years. They have a daily curriculum, conferences offered twice yearly, daily outside time, nutritious, catered meals, and kind, caring staff.“ We conduct conferences, monitor school readiness, and have an array of teaching styles we use. Because we participate in Parent Aware, Minnesota’s quality rating and improvement system, we are regionally eligible for scholarships for families at the poverty level offering up to $12,500 which is extremely helpful in this area,” said Pohjola.
Give them a call to learn more today!
