Congratulations to all the childcare and early learning providers who made the 2026 VQB5 Honor Roll! Virginia early childhood programs demonstrated both excellence and improvement in 2025-2026. This year, 53 early childhood sites across the state were recognized, 19 of which are in the Blue Ridge region!
Sites and providers recognized in the Infant-Toddler Quality Honor Roll category demonstrated top performance in infant/toddler classrooms (top 10% in the state).
Sites and providers recognized in the Improvement Honor Roll showed significant year-over-year gains in teacher-child interactions (top 10% in the state).
Please join us in celebrating the providers who were recognized by the Ready Region Blue Ridge VQB5 Honor Roll:
VQB5 Infant-Toddler Quality Honor Roll
- Agape Center for Care, LLC
- Aneta Smialek
- Bison Beginnings Early Learning Center – Verona
- James Madison University Young Children’s Program at Memorial Hall
- Lil’ Bloomers Day Care
- Princess Long
- Shenandoah Valley Child Development Center
- Tee Spot Reaching Higher Heights, LLC 2
VQB5 Improvement Honor Roll
- Aneta Smialek
- Bright Eyes Community Child Care Center
- Gwendolen Phelps
- Hollymead Elementary and Head Start (Albemarle County Public Schools)
- Learning Paths Academy
- Lisa Will
- Moving Mountains Academy of Early Learning, LLC
- Sabrina Wilson
- Sharon Bork
- Stanley Head Start
- Stuarts Draft Creative Wonders Learning Center, Inc.
