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0.2 miKensington
1.3 miGarrett Park
1.3 miWheaton
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Specialties
Since 1967, Spring Bilingual Montessori Academy (SBMA) has protected and encouraged children, and at the same time challenged and stretched them to the limits of their intellect and imaginations. Children arrive at SBMA as 2 year olds, barely out of diapers, and leave after kindergarten at the age of 6: confident, assured and well-educated, possessing qualities of mind and character which serve them well as they continue to learn and achieve.
Within the walls of our school children become literate and numerate. They develop pride in their own accomplishments and respect for the talents of their classmates. This is, above all, where children learn how it feels to do one’s best work, and to have the effort as well as the product recognized and celebrated.
History
Established in 1967.
Founded in 1967, by Ms. Anna Neri, a direct pupil of Dr. Maria Montessori, Spring Bilingual Montessori Academy has innovated and refined the concept of integrating a Montessori education with the acquisition of proficiency in a second language.
Meet the Manager
Diann S.
Manager
Founder
Spring Bilingual Montessori Academy (SBMA) was established in 1967 by Mrs. Anna Franchi Neri, a direct student of Dr. Maria Montessori, founder of the international Montessori educational system. She received the Montessori International Diploma in Austria in 1951, under the direction of Dr. Maria Montessori and her husband, Mario Montessori.
Mrs. Neri was an accomplished foreign language educator as well as a respected practitioner of the Montessori Method, who envisioned SBMA as a logical and natural extension of Dr. Montessori’s teaching philosophy — a place where children of diverse social and cultural origins can develop the cognitive and communicative skills equally essential to the learning process and to creating a global peaceful society.
In 2004, after 37 years at the helm, Mrs. Neri retired.
Head of School
Our Head of School, Ms. Diann Sanderson, officially joined the SBMA team in June 2013, but has been a part of our school community for nearly 10 years. As a
