KinderCare Honors 25 Teachers With Educational Excellence Awards

Awards recognize and celebrate outstanding early childhood educators across the country

Key takeaways:

• 25 outstanding KinderCare teachers from across the country earned the company’s Educational Excellence Award.
• Winners receive a cash award and paid professional growth opportunities.
• KinderCare has recognized more than 200 outstanding teachers since beginning their teacher award program in 2008.

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE: KLC) (“KinderCare”), a leading provider of high-quality early childhood education and care, today celebrates 25 outstanding teachers from across the country with an Educational Excellence Award.

“Each of these teachers exemplifies the very best kind of educator we have in our programs,” said Dr. Lisa Grant, vice president of education for KinderCare. “Their dedication inspires a love of learning in their young students. We are all inspired by these amazing educators.”

The top 25 educators were chosen from the more than 40,000 teachers KinderCare employs across the country. Each award winner exemplifies the best qualities of an early childhood educator.

Educational Excellence Award-winning teachers come from KinderCare Learning Centers, Crème Schools, and Champions before- and after-school programs. This year’s winners are:

• Tori Albertson in San Diego, Calif.,
• Robin Autobee in Lakewood, Colo.,
• Geidy Henriquez in Miami Lakes, Fla.,
• Yara Ereifej in Marietta, Ga.,
• Isabel Rodriguez in South Barrington, Ill.,
• Suzette Rose in Indianapolis, Ind.,
• Tanya Linares in Pleasant Hill, Iowa,
• Stephanie Hausman in Prior Lake, Minn.,
• Kimberly West in Hazelwood, Mo.,
• Miriam Cortez in Matthews and Mayree Broadie in Raleigh, NC,
• Isabella Ventura in Londonderry, NH,
• Emalia Samouhos in Englewood Cliff, Syasia Kendle in Neptune City, and Alaya Montgomery in Roseland, NJ
• LaTava Mace in Albuquerque, NM
• Gayle Lloyd in Columbus and Shannon Daniels in Kettering, Ohio
• Meredith Durand in Portland, Ore.
• Ashley Cory in Sinking Spring, Penn.
• Niaja Springs in North Charleston, SC
• Yesenia Santander in Austin, Arianna Franklin in Fort Worth, and Kimberly Sanders in The Woodlands, Texas, and
• Tashir Rushing in Hampton, Va.

Winners receive company-wide recognition, a cash award, and

• Paid participation in professional growth opportunities outside of the normal course of professional development offered to all KinderCare teachers, and
• A one-year membership in an industry organization like the National Association for the Education of Young Children or the National Afterschool Association.

In addition, winners join a community of past award recipients who help influence and inform company initiatives and programs such as quarterly teacher trainings and Professional Development Day topics. Since the start of their teacher award program in 2008, KinderCare centers and programs around the country have recognized more than 200 outstanding early childhood educators in the past 18 years.

For more information about KinderCare’s commitment to supporting educators as they create environments where children can thrive, please visit us online.

About KinderCare Learning Companies

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (NYSE: KLC) is a leading private provider of early childhood and school-age education and care. KinderCare builds confidence for life in children and families from all backgrounds. KinderCare supports hardworking families in 42 states and the District of Columbia with differentiated flexible child care solutions through its portfolio of brands and services:

• KinderCare^® Learning Centers: early learning programs for children six weeks to 12 years old;
• The Crème School^®: a premium early education experience using a variety of enrichment classrooms;
• Champions^®: before- and after-school programs in local schools, and
• Customized child care benefits created in partnership with employers, including child care on or near the site where their parents work, as well as tuition benefits and backup care across all our programs.

Headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, KinderCare operates more than 2,700 early learning centers and sites.