Ladybird Academy of Lake Mary provides families of Lake Mary and Heathrow the very best in early childhood care and education. Our award winning center is conveniently located off Rinehart Road on the entrance to the Timacuan subdivision allowing easy, accessible drop off and pick up. Parents have voted Ladybird Academy for five years running the #1 child care provider in Central Florida, an award we are extremely proud of and strive to live up to year after year. We do this by providing a first class educational curricula that fully prepares our students for elementary school and then some, modern state of the art facilities, warm inviting classrooms and passionate caring teachers.
Heathrow Elementary, Wilson Elementary, Bentley Elementary, Crystal Lake Elementary and Lake Mary Elementary
"All it takes is one good teacher or experience to set a child up to love school, for me as the director it is my goal for every child to have a love for school and learning and to look forward to walking into my building each and every day!"
My name is Sarah Gembecki. I am the Director at Ladybird Academy or Lake Forest. I have an Associate’s degree and am currently working on my bachelor’s degree in Elementary education. Along with that I have a VPK endorsed Director’s credential and an active staff Credental, I have 10 years of experience 8 of those years have been here at Ladybird Academy. During my career, I have worked in a variety of age groups, mostly 3 and year old. Before becoming the Director here, I was the VPK teacher and have always had a passion for helping children learn and develop.
