History
The Perth Montessori School began life in 1980 as the Victoria Park Montessori Playgroup before becoming the Montessori Children's Centre, with the opening of the first Children's' House, Hibiscus, in 1982. Anne Zekas was our first Principal.
Throughout the mid-eighties the Centre continued to expand, with the opening of the first primary group in the old cottage on the Egham Street site, and a second Children's House, Bougainvillea.
This Centre continued to thrive through the latter half of the 1980's with the opening of two further middle primary classrooms, and the Kangaroo Paw upper primary, culminating in the opening of the first phase of the School's new primary building in November 1989.
In the early 1990's the second phase of the new primary building was completed, and the School purchased the Leigh Street property which currently houses our Out of School Care operation and Playgroup. The existing middle primary classes were also amalgamated into a new middle primary group, Jacaranda.
Through the middle and late 1990's the School entered a period of consolidation.
In 2000, Dr Gary Pears joined the School as the Principal and shortly thereafter the Centre changed its name to the Perth Montessori School, the name that we use today.
In the period from 2000 to date, all members of the School community have worked hard to ensure a sustainable future for the School. In recent times the rewards of this hard work have begun to be realised with the re-opening of the 3rd Children's House, Sunflower, the formation of a 4th Children’s House, Camellia and the purchase of the adjoining property at 150 Burswood Road to further improve the classroom environments and the School operations.
In 2004 the School undertook a review of its internal governance policies and procedures which led to an updated Constitution, and a new Board of Management structure.
We are already actively planning for the future and assessing a range of options for the addition of a High School operation so that Perth Montessori School can truly provide a quality Montessori education for children from birth through High School.
