Early Education
The Diocese of Joliet offers early Catholic education opportunities which cater to pre-kindergarten and kindergarten aged children. The lists below display those free-standing early childhood centers and elementary schools that operate preschools in our Diocese.
All Diocesan elementary schools provide kindergarten. The elementary schools listed below also provide preschool programs. Teachers are Illinois State certified.
(Click on the school name to get information, a map, and a link to the school's web site if one exists.)
Free-standing Early Childhood Centers
Christ the King Early Learning Academy (Lombard)
Franciscan Learning Center (Joliet)
Loretto Early Childhood Center (Wheaton)
Mary Queen of Heaven Preschool (Elmhurst)
Providence Catholic Children's Academy (New Lenox)
Resurrection (Wayne)
St. Anthony Preschool (Frankfort)
Elementary Schools with Preschool
All Saints Catholic Academy (Naperville)
Aquinas Catholic Academy (Kankakee)
Cathedral of St. Raymond (Joliet)
Holy Family (Bensenville)
Holy Family (Shorewood)
Holy Ghost (Wood Dale)
Holy Trinity (Westmont)
Immaculate Conception (Elmhurst)
Immaculate Conception (Morris)
Maternity BVM (Bourbonnais)
Mother Teresa Catholic Academy (Crete)
Notre Dame (Clarendon Hills)
Our Lady of Peace (Darien)
Sacred Heart (Lombard)
St. Alexander (Villa Park)
St. Andrew the Apostle (Romeoville)
St. Dennis (Lockport)
St. Dominic (Bolingbrook)
St. Irene (Warrenville)
St. Isidore (Bloomingdale)
St. James the Apostle (Glen Ellyn)
St. Joan of Arc (Lisle)
St. John the Baptist (Winfield)
St. Joseph (Bradley)
St. Joseph (Downers Grove)
St. Joseph (Lockport)
St. Joseph (Manhattan)
St. Jude (Joliet)
St. Mary Immaculate (Plainfield)
St. Mary Nativity (Joliet)
St. Mary of Gostyn (Downers Grove)
St. Matthew (Glendale Heights)
St. Michael (Wheaton)
St. Paul the Apostle (Joliet)
St. Philip the Apostle (Addison)
St. Pius X (Lombard)
St. Rose (Wilmington)
St. Walter (Roselle)
Visitation (Elmhurst)
