La Jolla Village Montessori School's Joanne O'Neil
After years of Montessori training and teaching in 1993 Joanne O'Neil purchased this Montessori School.
For over 30 years Joanne has worked to create a nurturing environment.
Using proven educational methods as a basis for optimal early childhood development the result is a thriving educational facility where the children love to learn.
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As the Montessori Method revolves around individualized learning, the quality of your child’s experience is directly related to the educational style and attention of the school’s administration.
La Jolla Village Montessori School’s Joanne O’Neil combines a love of children and their development with real—world, hands—on expertise in the Montessori Method. This produces an educational environment which is both nurturing, warm and quantifiably productive to a child's development.
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More About Joanne
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Growing up in Dartmouth Massachusetts, with 5 sisters, Ms. O’Neil developed a love of educating children in her teens. She'd spend summers working as a camp counselor as well as a frequent babysitter.
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In 1979 Ms. O'Neil spent a month in Katmandu, Nepal volunteering at a Montessori School. This immersion in the Montessori Method and it's effectiveness would be the impetus for a life-long focus on the advantages of "helping children help themselves" through Montessori teachings.
Joanne relocated to San Diego in 1980 earning her Montessori credential through the American Montessori Society in 1984. 1984 and 1985 saw her work as a teacher’s assistant at the Montessori Child Development Center in Poway.
From 1985-1989, she taught at the Montessori School of La Jolla. After taking a few years off to be a stay—at—home mom for her 2 children, Joanne O’Neil bought the school in 1993.
In 2010 Joanne renamed Montessori School of La Jolla to the current La Jolla Village Montessori School.