Lightbridge Academy Partners With MarcoPolo Learning to Provide Children With Valuable STEAM Education Opportunities

Lightbridge Academy is known as The Solution for Working Parents®. Today, the early education and child care franchise has a footprint of over 100 centers either open, under construction or in development in markets across the Mid-Atlantic region and continues to innovate its offerings even as it expands its footprint.

Case in point: Lightbridge Academy recently partnered with the digital learning platform MarcoPolo Learning to deliver award-winning science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education and literacy experiences to children ages 3 to 6 years old. Known as MarcoPolo World School, this Emmy-nominated platform boasts a curriculum designed by a creative team of educators consisting of teachers, educational researchers and child psychologists and delivered via 500+ HD quality video lessons. World School provides thousands of video lessons and activities about dinosaurs, space and other fun topics. Parents can even track their children’s progress through weekly reports.

World School is currently available to Lightbridge Academy students supporting the home-school learning connection. The partnership will incorporate the World School curriculum into all centers and has also been useful in providing much needed consistency during the disruption of COVID-19.

“Lightbridge Academy is about building a support network for our working parents – now, and always,” President and COO Gigi Schweikert said. “Our parents have enough on their plates as it is, so we have been doing anything in our power to help provide them with resources during this unprecedented time. This partnership is helping to bring learning to life for our children and hopefully helping parents get through conference calls a little easier during this time.”

As parents remain concerned about the uncertainty of the future, Lightbridge Academy’s leadership team continues innovating in order to support their needs even if they are at home. The MarcoPolo Learning platform allows Lightbridge to continue partnering with them during this challenging time and provide both working parents and franchise partners with quality learning solutions.

“In these uncertain times, parents need support and access to nutritious content,” MarcoPolo Learning CEO Justin Hsu said. “We’re delighted to be making a difference by helping Lightbridge Academy children continue to learn and have fun, through our educator-approved lessons and activities.”

World School is also another example of how successfully Lightbridge Academy incorporates technology in the child care segment. For one, Lightbridge Academy employs an open-door and an open-book policy, which means parents of students are always more than welcome to drop in at any time during school hours to check in on their children. Parents who are unable to come in person can utilize resources such as the ParentView® Internet Monitoring System and the Parent eCommunication app to see what their child is up to in the classroom and receive regular updates. The brand also uses state-of-the-art security measures across all of its centers.

With a solid focus on safety, nurturing and learning, not to mention continued innovation thanks to programs such as World School, Lightbridge Academy proves why it is The Solution for Working Parents®.

The startup costs for a Lightbridge Academy franchise range from $549,228 to $737,635. The franchise fee is $40,000. To learn more about franchising with Lightbridge Academy, visit https://1851franchise.com/lightbridgeacademy.