Grace Fishers Preschool

Alphabet Academy is a year-round preschool and childcare center in Fishers, Indiana. It serves infants through Pre-K in small groups with consistent teachers. The program began as in-home childcare and now operates a full preschool campus for families in Fishers, Geist, and the wider Hamilton County area. The curriculum is play-based. Days include circle time, small-group work, outdoor play, meals and snacks, and routines that help children move through the day independently. Classrooms cover cognitive, language and literacy, social-emotional, physical, creative, and early STEM activities. Teachers hold early childhood credentials. The center is licensed and inspected under Indiana FSSA childcare standards and enrolls throughout the year rather than only at the start of a school year. The Fishers campus is the current location. A second campus is planned and is not yet open.

LeafSpring School at Geist is an early learning campus at 10408 Olio Road in Fishers. It is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Programs include infants, toddlers and two-year-olds, preschool and Pre-K, and after-school care. The Geist campus holds Cognia accreditation and Indiana Paths to Quality Level 4. LeafSpring has operated early education programs for more than 35 years. Children stay with primary care groups and move classrooms once a year, at the start of the school year. Days are play-based. Meals and daily family updates through Procare are part of the campus routine, along with optional extras such as dance and sports. The Olio Road campus is the Geist location in Fishers.

Options with ABA began here in Fishers in the fall of 2019 with nine students, and our Fishers campus remains the program's original home. We built it for middle and high schoolers with autism who need academic instruction and applied behavior analysis therapy in one location. Students follow a split day: ABA therapy in the morning or afternoon with our partner centers, the Behavioral Analysis Center for Autism and the Indiana Behavior Analysis Academy, and three hours in the classroom with Options teachers for the other half. Options uses ABA concepts in teaching but is not itself a therapy provider. Classes are small, and our team includes special education teachers and instructional assistants with years of experience in autism. Life skills run through the curriculum, from self-care routines to running a coffee cart and assembling charcuterie boxes for sale. Options Schools is a free public charter network for grades 6 to 12, accredited by the Indiana Department of Education and AdvancED. Students can work toward a general diploma, the alternate diploma or a certificate of completion. Families meet with the program director before enrolling.