Amy Larkin

Upper Elementary Teacher

Amy has a Master of Education from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She completed her AMS Lower and Upper Elementary Montessori credentials through the Institute for Montessori Innovation at Westminster College. In 2017, she started teaching Montessori teachers in training as adjunct faculty at Westminster. Amy has been teaching at Elizabeth Academy since 2013.

Prior to joining the Elizabeth Academy / Garfield School staff, Amy was the Elementary Director for a year and taught Lower Elementary for five years at Peace Montessori School in Oak Park, California. She also has over 15 years of general education experience in Kindergarten and Lower Elementary classrooms. Amy is completing the Foundations of Montessori Inclusion in Elementary training through the Hellbruegge Foundation (Europe), Loyola University, and the Oregon Montessori Association.

In her spare time, Amy enjoys spending time with her son (Lucian), being out in nature, traveling, gardening, and going to farmers’ markets.

Elementary Staff

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I especially appreciate the school’s focus on the whole child, which includes social skills development, in vivo problem-solving, community and service experiences, the arts, and practical living skills among so many other things! Most importantly, our children LOVE their school and literally gush about it anytime someone asks them.

Words cannot express the respect and gratitude I have for Elizabeth Academy. Our children’s experience (six years thus far) at both schools has been outstanding.

Our girls have attended Elizabeth Academy for six years now, and we can’t imagine sending them anywhere else for school. The individual attention and caring, collaborative environment at EA have been so good for both of them and we love the holistic Montessori approach to education. We also greatly appreciate all the efforts of the administration and teachers to provide our girls the ability to go to school safely during the pandemic. It has been a lifesaver for our family.