Top Driver, which has offices throughout Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan and Ohio, provides intelligent driving instruction for teenagers and adults. The company offers individual instruction and also partners with high schools, supplying its own teachers, vehicles and curriculum.
The Art Spot offers lessons in singing, dance and acting for both theater and film. Classes for kids, teens and adults are available, and students are welcome to audition for the Art Spot's seasonal plays. In addition, the Art Spot provides performance and recording space to local musicians, and both the theater and event spaces are available for rentals. Private lessons and head shots are also available.
Located in Commerce Square, the Wheaton Yamaha Music School provides children ages three through eight with comprehensive music education programs. Parents and children learn the principles of music together in an environment created to encourage a fun learning experience. The teachers are college graduates in music and trained by Yamaha's educational staff.
St. Michael Parish School is Wheaton's only Catholic elementary school and is located on the same property as St. Michael Church. It hosts students from Wheaton, Winfield, Carol Stream, Lisle, Glen Ellyn, West Chicago and Warrenville for kindergarten and/or preschool up to 8th grade.
St. Michael's history dates back to 1879, when construction on the Wheaton Catholic Church was finalized. In 1911, the church was severely burned, and in 1923, the oldest section of the present building was completed. In 1974, the Sisters of Notre Dame from Toledo, Ohio, came to be a part of St. Michael School's staff. Construction on the office area, gym and parish center was completed in 1985.
Excel Driving School is a certified driver instruction facility. It opened in 2000 and offers classes for first-time drivers, adults and senior citizens. The school also specializes in teaching stick-shift driving. Excel is west of downtown Wheaton, and tucked away behind Wheaton city buildings.
Opened in 1974, Toddlers Campus Preschool offers a Christian-based preschool education for children of Wheaton and surrounding communities. The school utilizes a Christ-centered curriculum of hands-on activities and play within a structured setting. Students participate in field trips (three-, four- and five-year-olds), group activities, arts and crafts, library time and gym or outdoor play. Snack time is provided each day and students participate in seasonal holiday celebrations and parties in the classroom. The school year begins the week after Labor Day and lasts 35 weeks.
Located adjacent to the DuPage County Fairgrounds and in front of the Wheaton water tower is James Howard Monroe Middle School. Monroe has approximately 740 students in grades 6 - 8. It offers a large array of extracurricular activities. Students in all grades may participate in intramural and interscholastic sports, music programs and clubs, such as the yearbook or reading club.
The School Services Center is where the Community Unit School District 200 administration works to operate the Wheaton Public School system. Serving approximately 14,500 students, District 200 includes Wheaton, Warrenville and parts of Carol Stream, Winfield and West Chicago. The average class size varies between 20.6 and 25.2 students for grades K - 12.
In business for more than 15 years, Little Kids on the Block is an in-home preschool and family day care facility that works with parents and their daily schedules. It provides a nurturing environment that is modeled after early child development educational values to develop intellectual, physical and social skills. In addition to its strong educational values, Little Kids on the Block offers reasonable rates, a low student to teacher ratio, a clean environment with a fenced-in yard, nutritious meals, child computer stations and more.
Welcoming only its third principal since the school's opening in 1964, Madison Elementary encompasses seven acres and is one of the thirteen District 200 elementary schools in Wheaton. The school was updated and expanded in 2000-01 and features two large gymnasiums, art and music rooms, a library learning center and a playground. Of the students tested in 2009, 90 percent met or exceeded state standards in reading, while 95 percent met or exceeded standards in math. A complete Illinois school report card can be found on the district's website at www.cusd200.org.
Joan Treland and Associates is located in the Danada West professional building. Joan Treland and Associates is a tutoring service that offers comprehensive educational services and mentoring to children, adolescents, collegians and adults. It is certified by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement to help individuals with private and home schooling, as well as strategize and prepare for test-taking. Services include special education services, math, English, science, social studies, foreign language and other studies.
Wheaton Montessori School is the only Association Montessori International–approved school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. It offers curriculum for children from 3 to 12 years of age. The school is non-denominational and non-profit and employs only teachers who have both a masters degrees and teaching certificates.
The school offers a hands-on curriculum that teaches the children responsibility through everyday activities such as washing their own lunch dishes and feeding the fish in the classroom. Basic elementary education is also taught using hands-on techniques.