A rendering of the future Catherine Hershey School for Early Learning in Harrisburg (credit: Catherine Hershey School)
A major, cost-free childcare and early education center in Harrisburg is now accepting applications for enrollment.
On Thursday, the Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning opened the application process for its Harrisburg location, which is being developed at N. 6th and Muench streets.
The center is an arm of the Milton Hershey School and will offer free care and education to 150 low-income and at-risk children, from 6 weeks to 5 years old. It will focus on providing kindergarten readiness programming and family support.
The 45,000-square-foot complex has been under construction for over a year and is expected to be completed later in 2024, at which time it will open to students.
It will be open weekdays, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., employing a play-based curriculum to enhance a child’s overall development and early education.
The Harrisburg location will be the second Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning in central PA. The first opened in Hershey last year, and another in Middletown is slated for 2025. Three additional schools—in Lancaster, New Danville and Elizabethtown—are expected to open in 2026.
Click here to learn more about CHS Harrisburg and to begin the admissions process.
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