VI Montessori School & International Academy

Virgin Islands Montessori School & Peter Gruber International Academy...an IB World School

Located on the beautiful island of St. Thomas, USVI, our school was established in 1964. We offer classes starting at age two with our L.A. Casa Toddler Program and continuing through 12th grade. Our Montessori program includes Primary through Upper Elementary (ages 3 through 12) and is accredited by Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). Our grades 7 through 12 make up The International Academy. We are thrilled to have received authorization from the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva as an IB World School - and offer the IB Diploma Programme for 11th & 12th grades and the MYP Programme for 7th through 10th grades.
VIMSIA Campus
Overlooking Red Hook Harbor and St. John

We are one of only 141 schools IN THE WORLD that are authorized to offer both of these programs. Add to that our Montessori accreditation and we are truly providing a compelling educational opportunity for our students. All levels at VIMSIA are fully accredited by Middle States Association of Schools. We are proud of our dual accreditation, but beyond that we also boast a Green Campus on seven lush acres. Our beautiful campus fosters outdoor activities and provides a wonderful backdrop for our normal school day as well as our many afterschool program offerings. Our students, staff and parents join to create a loving and caring environment that is diverse and unique in many ways. Like our island, our school is a truly global community.

"IB is well known to us for excellent preparation. Success in an IB programme correlates well with success at Harvard. We are always pleased to see the credentials of the IB Diploma Programme on the transcript."

Marilyn McGrath Lewis

Director of Admissions
Harvard University

"The International Baccalaureate (IB) provides rigorous academic programs and assessments and an unwavering commitment to prepare students to be citizens in an international community. IB is to be commended for its visionary approach to promoting a more peaceful world by engaging students, staff and community in a greater awareness of, and appreciation for, differences between and among the peoples of the world."

Dr. Gerald Tirozzi,
Executive Director, National Association of Secondary School Principals

“Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.”

Maria Montessori

“Our care of the child should be governed, not by the desire to make him learn things, but by the endeavor always to keep burning within him that light which is called intelligence.”

Maria Montessori

Casa dei Bambini

Montessori

International Academy

Toddler Program: Age 2
Montessori Based
Spanish Infusion
Music

Association Montessori Internationale Certified
Primary: Ages 3-6
Lower Elementary: Ages 6-9
Upper Elementary: Ages 9-12

Association Montessori Internationale

International Baccalaureate Authorized
Middle Years Program ~ MYP: Grades 7-10
Diploma Program ~ DP: Grades 11 & 12

International Baccalaureate Organization

“Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.”
~ Pablo Casals, Cellist