The Westshore Campus is the newest addition to Cuyahoga Community College. At the Westshore Campus, students will find an enrollment center, a technology center, a library, two large lecture classrooms and science labs. Students may complete an associate degree or earn credits that will transfer to a four-year college at this campus location. Available programs include nursing, medical assisting and emergency medical technology.
Montessori Children's School was founded by Rita McElroy and a group of parents in 1971. It serves students age 2-9 years old. The school offers a Montessori program for toddlers, a pre-primary and extended day care program for children 3 years to 6 years old, and an elementary program. The school also has before and after school care.
Parkside Intermediate School is a public school for students grades 5 and 6. The principal is Mark Bregar, and the assistant principal is Jim Sanfilippo. It offers many electives and extra-curricular activities. The school is served by the Parkside Parent Teacher Association.
Achievement Centers for Children has been serving children with disabilities since 1940. The Westlake location opened in 2007.
The center offers services to children with disabilities such as autism, cerberal palsy, Down syndrome and other developmental challenges. It specializes in early intervention in children from birth through age five, paying attention not just to the child but also to the child's family.
Services include child care, family support, therapy and autism programs.
Westshore Montessori School is a private early education institute for children 18 months old through kindergarten.
Programs include pre-primary classes, toddler classes, parent-toddler classes, before and after care, extended-day kindergarten and all-day community classes.
Fit by Five is a pre-school with classes for children ages 2 - 6 years old. During the summer, the school hosts camps in six different levels for kids through the first grade level.
Le Chaperon Rouge is a private elementary school and child care center. The school offers programs for children six weeks through twelve years old. It also has extracurricular activities, a summer camp and before- and after-school care.
Joan Wenk, a resident of Maple Heights and mother of three, applied for a small-business loan after a discouraging search for affordable daycare in 1968. That year, Joan, with a lifelong friend, Shirley Jeric, founded Creative Playrooms with just five children in attendance. Forty years later, Creative Playrooms has schools in Solon, Westlake, Strongsville, Parma, Stow and Independence in addition to its original Maple Heights location. In 2009, Joan was awarded a U.S. Small Business Administration Entrepreneurial Success Award.