[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6419-6420]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PHYLLIS REYNOLDS-HEBB

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 7, 2013

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud 
Phyllis Reynolds Hebb for her commitment to early childhood education.
   Phyllis's story begins when she enrolled her daughter in New Child 
Montessori School in Arvada and realized the potential of the 
Montessori Method. She resigned from her job at the United States 
Geological Survey and went to work at the Montessori school.
   In 1983, the opportunity to purchase the New Child Montessori School 
presented itself. Phyllis bought the school, renamed it Cornerstone 
Montessori School and eventually moved the school to the Applewood 
area. In January of 1997, Phyllis purchased the property at 15970 West 
50th Avenue and renovations to the buildings began. Cornerstone 
Montessori School moved to its current location at the end of May 1997.
   Phyllis continued growing the school and extending into the 
community with a Toddler Program in 2004 and expanded the Spanish 
Language Program in 2005. Cornerstone Montessori School currently 
provides dual language Montessori classrooms for preschool and 
kindergarten aged children. Cornerstone has come full circle with three 
people on staff who attended Cornerstone as preschoolers and several 
students who are children of former preschoolers and kindergartners.
   I extend my deepest congratulations to Phyllis Reynolds Hebb for 
thirty years of providing early childhood education to our future 
leaders. I have no doubt Phyllis will continue

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to provide adventure, learning and fun to all of her students.

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