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Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School is a classic Montessori
school affiliated with the American Montessori Society (AMS). All
AGBMS teachers are AMS certified. AGBMS was founded in 1986 by a
group of dedicated educators and parents whose goal was to build a
school where children could experience the very best Montessori
education. These parents, some of whose children were
hard-of-hearing, also wanted a place where all children could learn
together – regardless of their ability to hear. Today, about 10% of
our students are deaf or hard of hearing and work side-by-side with
hearing students, who make up the other 90% of our students.
We are named for the great inventor who was also a teacher of the
deaf and married to a deaf woman, Mabel Hubbard Bell. Mr. Bell was a
vigorous supporter of advances in education, and invited Dr. Maria
Montessori to bring her progressive methods to the United
States. The Bells started one of the first Montessori schools
in the parlor of their home, with Mabel Bell as one of its first
teachers.
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