FACULTY
Darcy Piedmonte

This year marks Darcy Piedmonte's sixteenth year as Directress of Intermediate West. Initially, when Darcy was an assistant in a 3 to 6 year-old classroom back in 1990, she did not predict the depths to which she would become involved our school community.   It did not take long to realize, however, that living out each day with curious and interested children was a pleasurable way to spend one's time. This led her to elementary training.

Darcy traveled to Bergamo, Italy in 1992 to receive AMI Montessori training. It is here that she realized that academic curriculum can be integrated from the very youngest age.    Darcy had the good fortune to receive a great education herself and has always known that a teacher and rich subject matter can change one's life.   She hopes to be able to impart some of her love of learning and the thrill of understanding the connectedness between disciplines to the students of MMS.  

Darcy Piedmonte began her education right here in Monroe County, attending Ida Public Schools. From there, she went on to board at Cranbrook Kingswood for high school and then on to Carleton College where she received her B.A. Darcy discovered a love of art and architecture, with a particular fondness for fiber arts, at Kingswood.   She carried that interest on to Carleton where she majored in Studio Art, studying painting while receiving a broad and formative liberal arts education.

Darcy Piedmonte has been the directress of Intermediate West at MMS since 1993. She has developed a great deal of the curriculum that is used at our school and continues to renew her dedication to teaching with each new class. In fact, this year, Darcy is pursuing a master's degree in Montessori education from the College of St. Catherine. 

Darcy is now able to reap the benefits of the richness of our independent school on a personal level for she and her husband now have three children. It is their great joy to watch Antonia, Zane, and Cale blossom and thrive at Meadow Montessori School.

Darcy Piedmonte can be reached at darcy@meadowmontessori.org.