Since 1979, One World Montessori School has been committed to
providing a complete Montessori education that incorporates an
excellent learning environment, foreign languages, classes in the
arts and parent education. Our objective is for children to become
independent, self-reliant people, aware of what they want from
life, with the tools necessary to achieve their goals, develop
a sense of self, and make their unique contribution to society.
Establishing our school as a non-profit corporation
has allowed us to provide a high quality, full educational
environment for children at the lowest possible cost.
Over the years, One World
Montessori has educated thousands of children and enriched the
lives of their families as well.
Our children come from all over the Santa Clara Valley and as
far away as San Francisco including: Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos,
Mountain View, Los Altos, Campbell, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale,
Milpitas, and Fremont.
We have two locations in the southern part of the San Francisco
Bay Area in Northern California, the heart of Silicon Valley.
The founder of One World, Rebecca Keith, is Head-of-School, Primary Program
teacher and also a co-director of the
Maria Montessori Teacher Training Center
.
As an active classroom teacher, Rebecca Keith brings over 30 years
of teaching experience One World. One World Montessori is privileged
to benefit from the many unique curriculums created by Ms. Keith,
including Peace Education, a United Nations Day Celebration and an
Earth Day Celebration. She also co-founded the
Montessori Phoenix Project
, which brings free Montessori training and materials to some of
the most impoverished regions of the world. Ms. Keith is a
sought-after speaker and guest lecturer, and has spoken at
such prestigious institutions as the University of California
at Berkeley, Stanford University and Cornell University.
Jeanette Montoto is Head-of-School and upper Elementary teacher.
Jeanette has been with One World since 1980 when she
joined us to begin and develop our Elementary program. Trained in
Primary as well as lower and upper elementary, she has created an
innovative addition to the history curriculum unifying both the
vertical and horizontal time lines in exciting concrete experiences.
She also coordinates our fund raising activities.
All our Montessori teachers are Montessori trained and are supported
by the school in their commitment to continue to expand and upgrade
their skills. Our Primary assistants are all fully trained preschool
teachers and are involved in on-going in service training to become
knowledgeable about the Montessori philosophy and environment.