Why We Exist
Every creation begins with a dream.
When a child is born, their unique journey begins. Your dreams for your children lead you to go the extra mile to create a harmonious, nurturing, and enriching environment for them to grow. Learning and holistic development begin naturally at home.
Parents dream that their children experience freedom for both inner growth and outer expansion as they unfold towards their full potential.
When we became parents, like you, we consciously wanted to create this kind of supportive environment for our kids. We did this to the best of our ability as we learned and grew alongside our young children.
Once our children were old enough to start school, we wanted to continue to make conscious choices for our families. For many of us, it’s a challenge to choose among current education options. We decided the traditional school system wouldn’t provide the best experience for our kids. We kept them home and continued to enjoy learning together.
“When a flower doesn’t bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”
— Alexander Den Heijer
As our kids grew, we longed to expand our options. To enrich their days and experience being a part of a close community. However, when we searched through our available choices again, we still couldn't find a learning option that matched our dreams for our children.
So we bravely decided to create one.
We have strongly held values about learning that we couldn't find reflected in the available choices in our area. Ultimately dissatisfaction with aspects of both the traditional school model and homeschooling led us to imagine a different alternative.
We dreamed of a place where we would feel happy, proud, and excited to send our children all day.
A place that saw our kids as unique individuals with strengths, passions, and purpose waiting to be nurtured and encouraged.
A place that protected the sacred time of childhood, maintaining an atmosphere of fun and freedom that allows children’s inborn spontaneity to flourish.
A place that was welcoming and accepting - that felt good the moment you walked in. Where kids and parents both found joy in close and connected relationships - a true community of shared experience and values.
A place that supported us with the intensely demanding venture of raising whole, compassionate, bright, happy, and healthy children, who feel valued and a deep sense of belonging.
A caring place for our kids to feel at home while we could also pursue interests, practice self-care, self-development, grow careers, and create positive change in the world.
We desired enrichment that respects personal differences and lovingly challenges our kids to dive deep into inner discovery and reach higher towards their full potential.
A thoughtfully well-designed and organized program that would truly prepare kids for the challenges and opportunities of the future... to be powerful agents of social change... to be open-minded and open-hearted... to be creative in their visions for themselves and their world - and to feel capable and confident to carry out those visions.
Bloom was a dream that called us to be created.
We answered that call for our own families and for yours. Bloom Learning Community embodies its own vision and mission, to demonstrate the freedom we all dream of - to create choices, solutions, and a bright future for the world.