Rain River Learning is a faith-based learning center that strives to provide parents with a home away from home for their children and make parent’s busy lives a little easier. In the absence of a primary caregiver, Rain River offers a loving environment where your child’s needs are addressed by a qualified, devoted caregiver who is there to attend to their well-being, growth and development, and emotional needs.
Rain River provides services above and beyond a traditional daycare setting to help parents throughout the workweek. With after school care and transportation, tutoring and homework help, extracurricular activities such as dance, karate, and gymnastics on-site, we work to take a little of the stress of ensuring your kids’ get a well-rounded education off your plate.
Our Mission
Our commitment is to be a joy-filled center providing high-quality childcare and a strong educational foundation for all students. We promise to ensure each child’s cognitive, language, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical needs are met in a safe, nurturing, and inclusive environment.
Our Pillars
Integrity
We work with integrity to be morally sound and fair in all regards. We believe in teaching by example and encourage open, fair communication during all activities and interactions.
Respect
We encourage a healthy respect for self and others and will be understanding and celebrate individual differences. We foster a community of learners that exhibit compassion, empathy, and appreciation for themselves and compassion for those around them.
Education
Teachers are well-prepared to offer a diverse set of opportunities daily to encourage exploration and discovery in young inquisitive minds. This learning will be facilitated through hands-on activities, global experiences/perspective, indoor and outdoor play, and enrichment opportunities.
Teamwork
The collaborative dance the center’s staff, teachers, and parents play is vital to providing the best care and education possible for all children. This is achieved through constant communication in all the ways that are convenient for you.
Meet Our Team
Lindsay Morris, Owner and Center Director
Rain River Learning is the brain-child of Lindsay Morris, a mother, educator, and counselor who saw a need for a center that addresses the holistic needs of families. Lindsay serves as Director and a VPK teacher at Rain River Learning. Lindsay holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Florida in Sociology (2005), a Master’s Degree in Community Counseling from Webster University (Jacksonville, 2010), the Florida Teaching Certificate since 2012. She also has a Specialist in Educational Leadership degree from Liberty University.
Lindsay is passionate about her work and practices what she preaches and is a life-long learner herself. She is committed to being knowledgeable in her field and up-to-date on new educational strategies and developments. Lindsay is passionate about providing a strong educational foundation, and believes it is essential that all areas of need are met to create an optimal learning environment. This belief is rooted, not only in the knowledge Lindsay has acquired from her own educational endeavors, but also in the wisdom she has gained through her professional career. Lindsay has served in many professional roles that have equipped her with the necessary skills and insight needed to provide excellent childcare and educational opportunities.
In the past, Lindsay has served as a Residential Therapist providing counseling services to children and their families. Also, Lindsay has worked as an elementary, middle, and high school Guidance Counselor and Elementary School Teacher in both the private and public school sectors. In these roles she was able to remove barriers and obstacles, both real and perceived, to open the way for students to reach their maximum abilities and flourish academically, emotionally, and socially.
As a wife and mother of two young girls, Lindsay knows and understands the challenges of the parent’s role and all the responsibilities. Lindsay?s ultimate goal is to provide an all-inclusive service to parents, so they can focus on family time and making lasting memories!