PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT: Vineyard Montessori School received a $450,000 Expansion Grant to construct a new building on their Vineyard Haven campus that will add thirty-six new childcare spaces by summer 2021 (eighteen toddler spaces and eighteen preschool spaces). Vineyard Montessori School has been operating a preschool and elementary school for 45 years in Vineyard Haven. The school currently serves 60-70 children ages 2.9 years old through grade 6. Based on their enrollment records, historically roughly 40-50 of these children are preschool-aged. VMS estimates it has educated over 2000 children since the school’s inception.

Squash Meadow Construction has designed and will build the 2,400 square/foot modular structure this year. Two classrooms are planned for the downstairs space, each of which will accommodate nine toddlers. A third classroom is planned for the upstairs space that will accommodate 18 new preschool-aged children. Vineyard Montessori Schools plans to open the new space by summer 2021 to run an expanded toddler and preschool summer camp before the 2021/2022 school year begins.