This year, Andover School of Montessori is celebrating 50 years of education! Founded by William and Mary Peck and Doctors Kenneth and Egle Pedini, ASM welcomed its first class of Children’s House students in a rented space at Saint Augustine’s School in February 1975. A few years later, ASM moved to St. Michael’s School in North Andover and expanded to include a Kindergarten program. An elementary program was introduced shortly thereafter and in 1995, construction of ASM’s new home began at 400 South Main Street in Andover – formerly the Fieldstones Restaurant. In the fall of 1996 we completed the first stage of our present building and moved our program to the 7.5 acre site.
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- Founders: Bill and Mary Peck and Doctors Kenneth and Egle Pedini
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- Rented Classroom at St. Augustine’s School
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- Classrooms at St. Michael’s School
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- Classroom at St. Michael’s
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- Classroom at St. Michael’s
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- Thanksgiving Feast
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- 1996: Construction at 400 South Main Street
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- 1996: Construction at 400 South Main Street
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- New building complete!
Our Middle School program was inaugurated in the fall of 2001. At the same time, we nearly doubled the size of our physical plant to incorporate space for art, music, a library, a small science lab, staff room, and a community gathering room. In 2003, ASM received accreditation from the Association of Independent Schools of New England and the American Montessori Society. 2003 was also the year of the first 8th grade class to graduate.
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- 1996
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- Class of 2003
