Skinner Elementary Montessori

Specialties

Child Care, Primary ages 2 ½– 5 years, Elementary 5 – 13 years.

History

Established in 1973.

1973

Peggy and Mary Skinner open Skinner Montessori with 11 students, providing AMI Montessori education for children between the ages of 2−½ and 6, at the historic Evergreen Academy building in downtown Vancouver.

1978

Skinner commits to opening an AMI Elementary Montessori program. Mary Skinner spends the year back in Washington DC to be elementary certified by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI).

1978

Peggy and Mary Skinner hire Molly Lucas, a high school French teacher to explore the possibility of teaching French phonetically to Skinner students.

1979

Skinner’s elementary Montessori program opens its doors.

1979

The future Skinner home is purchased near the Westfield Shoppingtown Center (a.k.a. the Vancouver Mall). Peggy Eubank Skinner and one of the school’s favorite student parents, John Wilt, found the property after searching for over a year.

1980

Molly Miller, a student in Nikki’s class wins the international competition for Italic Handwriting, sponsored by th