Our Mission
To provide a safe, caring, learning & enriching environment for children to grow & flourish.
Meet the Director
Anna Gray
Anna Gray is a proud Omaha native and Millard South High School alumna who holds an associate’s degree in Business Management from Metropolitan Community College.
Over the past eight years, she has worked closely with children and, for the last two, has served as a hands-on director. Anna completed Nebraska’s Certified Director Orientation training, is CPR and AED certified, and has extensive state-led instruction in medication administration.
Having participated in more than 90 professional development classes, she expertly cares for infants as young as six weeks through school-age children. Parents and little ones alike feel at ease under her attentive care, gentle encouragement, and thoughtful guidance at Blossoming Heights.
Meet the Owner
Jennifer Schmaderer
Jennifer Schmaderer has spent a lifetime teaching and working with young children. Growing up in a small town in Nebraska, she went onto college knowing her calling was to teach and impact young children. She earned a degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Special Education from Peru State College. Upon graduation, she taught Special Education in Omaha Public Schools and Hillside Community Schools for 4 years before starting a home daycare program when her first child was born. Jennifer continued in home daycare for 7 years before opening her first center “Grow With Me” in 2010. She has owned and operated Grow with Me Childcare for the past 15 years.
Jennifer has called the Bennington community home for 22 years alongside her husband Jeff and three children Ashten, Madisen & Baylee. As both a mom and an educator, Jennifer & her family are excited to bring Blossoming Heights to the Bennington area and serve the parents and children of the Bennington Community.
Location
Address
6975 N 169th Street
Bennington, NE 68007