Cherry Hill Montessori’s roots go back to 1971 when the original Montessori School opened on Kings Highway in Cherry Hill, and later moved to the present location in 1983. A family-owned and operated Montessori School, the Director/Owner of Cherry Hill Montessori is Tina Nugent, a lifelong resident of Cherry Hill. With a B.A. in Economics from Duke University and a law degree from Northwestern, she practiced law for twenty years before assuming the position of Director of Cherry Hill Montessori. Miss Tina grew up in Cherry Hill, attended Cherry Hill East High School and returned after graduate school to raise her family in Cherry Hill. All four of her children attended the Cherry Hill Montessori School. Her eleven nieces and nephews attended the School. Her relatives and friends’ children attend the School.
After experiencing the impressive growth and development of her two oldest children as Montessori preschoolers, Miss Tina and her family became the owners of the Cherry Hill Montessori School in 1994. Miss Tina then gave up her law practice and, without ever looking back, happily built the School into what it is today.
