Our COMMUNITY

Forty FIVE Years of Outstanding Montessori Education

Since 1975, New World has had a worldwide reputation as Milwaukee’s premier Montessori school. Your child will receive gentle nurturing and an unequaled Montessori education at New World.

New World Montessori was founded in 1975 by internationally known Montessori educator Hildegard Solzbacher. Ms. Solzbacher’s goals were to provide the very best care and education of young children and help parents achieve their highest goals in the education of their children. These remain our goals and focus today.

Outreach

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Students and families have the opportunity to volunteer and donate to local and global charities throughout the school year. Our projects include donating school supplies to underfunded schools, creating Valentines for Veterans, donating to the Food Drive for Hunger Task Force, and book drives for the Next Door Foundation. Many New World families participate in an annual Journey House Gift Program, where families sponsor a child and purchase gifts off of their wish list. These are just a few of the many outreach programs at New World that our students help to coordinate. As they become involved in service to others, the children develop compassion, generosity, and gratitude. They learn the joy of giving first hand at New World.

social responsibility

Whether it is reading to residents at a local senior living facility (pictured here) or learning the importance of recycling in nature program with our nature instructor, New World students of every age understand the importance of caring for our neighbors, community, environment, and world.

Now more than ever we realize that the children we are raising and educating today will inherit a world that suffers from division, intolerance, and ignorance. At New World, our mission is to educate the healers and leaders of the future and to instill in them qualities and values that will serve all humanity and preserve our global environment.

Board of Directors

Message From The New World Montessori Board of Directors:

With great honor, our Board of Directors serves New World Montessori, its staff, students, and parents. Our connective tissue is the love of our school and commitment to its long-term success. We all work to ensure that future generations of children will have the same great experience that many of our children were lucky enough to have.

We understand that part of the long-term success of our school relies on our ability to manage the “business of our school”. As such, we’ve assembled a board that has been uniquely positioned to manage the challenges we’ve faced over the last few years.

We have had no shortage of work. In less than two years we have identified, financed, purchased, and remodeled our new school building and confronted the daunting challenge of educating children during the COVID-19 crisis.

Our current board of directors has risen to the occasion and helped our school navigate these uncertain times with grace and professionalism. This work will help us sustain our school for many years to come.

Here is more about the team that supports our school.

Tony Bangert

Board Chair

Tony is a Wisconsin native and UW-Milwaukee Lubar School of Business graduate. He has spent his career in Digital Media growing digital divisions within large media companies like The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. He is also a start-up investor and currently helping to grow a San Francisco based Artificial Intelligence firm. Tony resides in Bayside with his wife who spent her career in Special Education and daughter who is a former New World Montessori student.

Karen Krchma

Karen is a graduate of Mount Mary University with a BS in Nutrition and a life-long commitment to teaching nutrition to promote vital health. Having served in a variety of capacities, and with significant research, Karen discovered her calling in Integrative and Functional Nutrition Therapy where the focus is on cause identification and development of remission protocols for illnesses. Karen is the mother of three, a New World parent, past PTO President, and former Montessori Classroom, Assistant. She and her husband live in Mequon.

Mike Litz

TREASURER

Mike received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Mike is a Swiss native who has spent decades as a senior executive, serial entrepreneur, and creative strategist. His work has impacted many D.C. foundations and nonprofits, and he has also spent time advising strategy for early-stage start-ups. Mike lives in Milwaukee with his son who is a former New World Montessori student.

Melissa Krchma

SECRETARY

We are proud and fortunate to have Melissa on our board. She is a former New World student who has gone on to achieve professional success as the Director of Workplace and Digital Empowerment at Bluedog Design in Chicago. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Melissa has come back to share her expertise in economics and business with her alma mater.

Will Bott

Will is a former New World student who is now the CEO and Founder of Blink Tech. For more than 10 years, Will has headed the nonprofit STEM to Stern, an organization that uses rowing as a tool to break down racial and socioeconomic barriers. He shares both his business skills and his humanitarian spirit with New World.

Priscilla Bovee

Executive Director

Priscilla earned her Bachelor’s degree from Marquette University just prior to identifying her true calling, Montessori education. In 1975 and at the onset of our great school, Priscilla trained with Hildegard Solzbacher, an internationally-renowned Montessorian. Priscilla formalized her Montessori education in Washington D.C. at the Washington Montessori Institute. Together, Priscilla and Hildegard built the institution that exists today and has impacted so many bright minds over the last 45 years.

Pam Ruppa

Pam received her degree in Psychology and English from UW-Milwaukee and is also a graduate of the Montessori Institute in Washington D.C. She has spent a career in Montessori education starting first at Milwaukee Montessori where she taught for 14 years before joining the staff of New World Montessori in 2000. Pam and her husband live in Glendale and have two grown children, both of whom are former New World Montessori School students.

Explore New World montessori

educators

Learn about our team of experienced teachers and their love for children, dedication to teaching, and enthusiasm to create a truly wonderful environment to nurture a child’s love of learning.

admissions

Read about enrollment, tuition, discounts and options for before and after-school care. Learn about how classroom supplies are included in tuition and other class offerings including Spanish and music.

Learning

The Montessori approach respects the needs of each child, allowing them to develop at their own pace. This increases confidence and creates opportunities for rich exploration at every stage of learning.

EVENTS

Annual Party with Purpose

FUNDRAISING dinner and social EVENT

All for an excellent cause

This annual fundraising event is of grand proportion with two goals in mind. Meeting and hanging out with other parents, teachers, community members and alumni. And raising funds toward a specific school goal. In previous years, funds were raised to help purchase and move to our very own school building or more recently, the fundraising dollars were in support of the purchase and install of new playground equipment and outdoor green play spaces.

This adults-only night is amazing fun filled with live music, drinks, dinner, photo booth, live auction and raffle tickets sales for lots of great items. Come party with other parents, school board, alumni, friends and the New World teachers. This event is open to the public so check back for more details on the 3rd Annual New World Party with Purpose (NWPWP).