WHY GROWING WINGS
Where Children Grow, Families Thrive, and Futures Take Flight.
Growing Wings Early Learning Center is a family-led early-learning community created to help children feel safe, known, valued, and ready to grow.
Through meaningful relationships, purposeful play, hands-on exploration, and intentional teaching, children build confidence, communication, independence, and strong foundations for kindergarten and beyond.
Safe • Known • Valued • Growing
Serving children age 2 through kindergarten entry.
Together, Sarah and Nikki bring more than 25 years of combined experience serving children, families, organizations, and the community.
Family-led. Community-minded. Focused on children.
FAMILY-LED LEADERSHIP
A Family Helping Families
Growing Wings is led by family members who bring complementary experience, community knowledge, and a shared commitment to helping children and families thrive.
Sarah Booker
Founder
Sarah is an entrepreneur and business owner who founded Growing Wings with a vision for a learning center that supports the whole child while strengthening the family surrounding them.
She guides the center’s mission, family experience, business development, community partnerships, and long-term vision.
Vision • Family Experience • Community
Katherine Brock
Director
Katherine leads the daily educational and operational experience at Growing Wings. She brings experience working with children and families, developing training programs, writing grants, supporting SETA initiatives, and working with local government agencies.
As Director, Nikki helps guide the educational program, classroom experience, daily operations, family communication, and relationships among children, families, and educators.
Education • Operations • Family Communication
Children grow stronger when their learning environment and family support system work together.
THE GROWING WINGS DIFFERENCE
A Stronger Foundation for Learning and Life
Growing Wings supports children as individuals while building meaningful partnerships with the families who know them best.
Individual • Valued • Supported
Children Are Known
Every child brings a unique personality, interests, strengths, experiences, and developmental needs.
Play • Explore • Discover
Learning Has Purpose
Children learn through play, conversation, movement, creativity, routines, exploration, and intentional experiences.
Mind • Body • Relationships • Communication
The Whole Child Matters
We support children’s academic, social, emotional, physical, and communication development.
Listen • Communicate • Partner
Families Are Partners
We value open communication and work alongside parents and caregivers throughout each child’s development.
Our Growing Vision
Growth Goes Beyond the Classroom
Our larger vision includes parent education, family-support programs, community partnerships, professional training, and Parent-Preneur opportunities.