Berta's Place
Operation Breakthrough relocated to the former JC Penny's store at 3039 Troost in 1981. In 2006, our first Capital Campaign allowed an addition to the original building expanding to create 6 neighborhoods and 22 classrooms. Berta's place is home to over 375 of our early learning students, age 6 wks. to 5 years old. It also hosts wrap around services including our food pantry, children's clothing closet and Children's Mercy Clinic. Recent additions include a pre-school MakerSpace, STEM Lab and T-shirt printing studio.
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Corita's Place
In 2018, Operation Breakthrough purchased a warehouse on the west side of Troost through a capital expansion project that included building a bridge from Berta's Place right over Troost. This added space for 300 additional children kindergarten through 8th grade.
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Ignition Lab
Built in 2021 from an existing muffler shop, the Ignition Lab is the natural next step for students, ages 14-18 who have aged out of Operation Breakthrough's MakerCity program with basic skills in coding, circuitry, culinary arts, construction and design, digital media, robotics, visual arts and more. Powered by Eighty-Seven and Running.
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DeLaSalle Early Education
Operation Breakthrough operates the early childhood program at DeLaSalle Education Center, a high school at 37th and Troost. With preference for enrollment given to teen parents at the school, Operation Breakthrough cares for 24 babies and toddlers at this location. When those children turn 3, they transition to preschool classrooms at Berta's Place.
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