About the Plenty Valley Montessori School Association

Establishment
The first School Council of Plenty Valley Montessori School Association was elected in 1976. It consisted of eight members elected from the parent group. The enduring aim of the Plenty Valley Montessori School Association is to administer, finance, and maintain a school for children from Birth to 12 years of age, based on the philosophy and pedagogy of Dr Maria Montessori.

​The first pre-school began in Montmorency as a sessional Pre-School with just two groups of 17 children. The Primary School, with 25 children and one teacher (Pennie Puckey), commenced in 1978 in St Paul's Anglican Church Hall, Montmorency South. The numbers of children and Staff steadily increased, at the same time as the School Council worked hard to find a permanent home for the school. Late 1979 the Plenty Valley Montessori School Association purchased the Aqueduct Rd site. Two large portables were bought in 1980 and delivered in 1981. That school today is known as the Plenty Valley International Montessori School (PVIMS).

The Plenty Valley Montessori School Association is a not for profit company limited by guarantee. The Association is governed by a Constitution and a Board of Directors elected in accordance with the Constitution. The Association’s current trading name is the Plenty Valley International Montessori School.

Company Objects and Purpose
The Objects of the PVMSA company are:
  1. to operate a School(s) in accordance with the Montessori principles and practices of education and human development;
  2. to support and encourage the full development of every child;
  3. to encourage educators, parents and those working with children to apply the Montessori principles and practices of education and human development;
  4. to support and encourage the Montessori movement in Australia;
  5. to support the recognition of Montessori with government, education authorities and other institutions and bodies;
  6. to support the objectives of the pedagogical principles and practice formulated by Dr Maria Montessori for the full development of the human being; and
  7. to do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the above objects.

Board Powers and Duties
The Powers and Duties of the PVMSA Board are:

(a) Subject to the Constitution and the Corporations Act, the activities of the Company are to be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board.
(b) Subject to the Constitution and the Corporations Act, the Board may exercise all powers of the Company that are not required to be exercised by the Company in a general meeting.
(c) The powers of the Board include the power to:
  1. borrow or otherwise raise money;
  2. mortgage, charge (including in the form of a floating charge) any of the Company’s assets (both present and future); and
  3. ​issue debentures and other securities and any instrument (including any bond).