2023 Small Business Veteran Award:
U.S. Air Force Veteran, Education Director and Head of School, Michelle Goulet has won the Maine and New England Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year. As the State of Maine Veteran Owned Business of the year Ms. Michelle was recognized by the Small Business Association of Maine and by MaineBiz. Ms. Michelle and the team at KGE are extremely grateful for this incredible recognition and this is a once in a lifetime award.
Award and Honoree 2024:
U.S. Air Force Veteran, Education Director and Head of School, Michelle Goulet received this humbling recognition from the State of Maine and the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and Senator Donna A. Bailey as they joined in recognizing our Director who has been named an Outstanding Early Childhood Leader, Aduocate and Change Maker by the Maine Association for the Education of Young Children.
Award and Honoree 2024:
Our very own Director of Education, Michelle Goulet was named as one of 20 Outstanding Early Childhood Leaders, Advocates, and Change Makers in the State of Maine by Maine Association for the Education of Young Children.
MaineAEYC is celebrating 20 years and as part of celebrating this milestone throughout the years, one of the many ways their celebrating is reflecting on the history of MaineAEYC and they selected 20 honorees for outstanding leaders over the last 20 years throughout the State of Maine, and KGE was notified in January that we we’re was selected as one of the honorees.
“Like flowers, we rise… Like the hive, we thrive together.”
We’re so grateful to share that Kidz Go Eco is a 2025 Kid’s Picks Award Winner! We’re honored to have received 3rd Place for the best Preschool in the Greater Portland Area! What an honor to receive this heartfelt recognition! This is truly an honor to be nominated alongside so many wonderful and dedicated local organizations.
An enormous amount of gratitude goes out to Real Maine Mom Guide for making this possible and to all the amazing Greater Portland families who voted for us. Your support means the world to our entire team so that you for your amazing support!
Real Maine Mom Guide and the people of the Greater Portland Community voted our nature school during the Kids Pick Award 2026 Competition. Kidz Go Eco was voted and won these humbling awards!
Again, thank to all our surrounding communities, other local businesses that were instrumental in helping us achieve this humbling recognition. From the bottom of our hearts, our team, our school, is tremendously grateful for this opportunity! We feel incredibly blessed so thank you for brightening our 2026 even more!
As the proverb illustrates, it takes a village to raise a child and for a small independent school it takes the thoughtful efforts and creative resources of the community to educate the village’s children.We are deeply grateful for your willingness to support our nature school, whether monetary, contributions of classroom supplies/equipment/furniture, kind words of encouragement, lifting our educators spirits with a special thank you, or your own unique offering. Your donation makes a difference and with your generosity and thoughtfulness, kidz go eco is a very special place for all the children that attend our school. We want to thank you for all your in kind support!
