AMS History By Sabina.nguyen 1913 Maria Montessori visits USA for fist time and introduces her ideas Period: 1913 to 2021 AMS History 1953 Nancy McCormic Rambush go to Paris to 10th International Montessori Congress and meets M. Montessori 1956 She is teaching kids in her apartment in Greenwich, CT 1958 Founded Whitby School with involved parents 1959 Mario Montessori appointed her to serve as the US representative of AMI 1960 She founded AMS 1963 Cleo Manson hired to reorganize AMS 1963 AMS First conference and seminar 1970 Montessori Public Education 1973 Cleo Manson is The First National Director 1979 The First International Symposium 1995 Founded Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) 2013 AMS and AMI unify to form Montessori Public Policy Initiative