About Us

Our Owners...

Tara Stivers holds a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education, and along with teaching in the public school system, she has worked with students of all ages for more than 25 years.  After noticing a lack of quality early learning programs in the community,  Tara and her husband Jon, a Navy Veteran, opened The Country Playhouse Learning Center in 2006 to serve students ages 4 weeks to 5 years of age. Later, as the community grew, so did the need for quality school age programs, and in 2012, The Country Playhouse Club opened it's doors.  After receiving numerous inquiries throughout the years for a Preschool half-day program, we opened The Country Playhouse Preschool in January 2019.  Our newest school and largest school, The Country Playhouse Academy, is located in Maple Valley. We have been blessed with being able to fill a much needed void in the community for the past 17 years, and look forward to many more years of educating the amazing youth in the Enumclaw and Maple Valley areas.