LES INSCRIPTIONS SONT OUVERTES POUR LA RENTRÉE 2025
History
The Values of the Bilingual Montessori School of Saint-Cloud
The Bilingual Montessori School of Saint-Cloud was founded by Anne BICKERT (1929–2006).
Anne BICKERT was educated at the Collège Sévigné in Paris’s 5th arrondissement, a school known for its innovative teaching methods and strong commitment to the values of tolerance, freedom, and secularism. She was 14 years old when her parents and younger brother were arrested, interned, and then deported. From this ordeal, she emerged with a deep sense of humanism and an unwavering determination.
The Bilingual Montessori School of Saint-Cloud was founded by Anne BICKERT (1929–2006).
Anne BICKERT was educated at the Collège Sévigné in Paris’s 5th arrondissement, a school known for its innovative teaching methods and strong commitment to the values of tolerance, freedom, and secularism. She was 14 years old when her parents and younger brother were arrested, interned, and then deported. From this ordeal, she emerged with a deep sense of humanism and an unwavering determination.
After starting a family, Anne BICKERT became a French teacher for foreign students at the Sorbonne. In 1971, she founded a language school in Saint-Cloud, followed shortly thereafter, in 1972, by a Montessori preschool for the children of her foreign students.
In 1986, she opened an elementary section. While sharing many of the values of the French national education system (secularism, respect for differences), she nevertheless recognized its limitations (overcrowded classes, rigid methods, often passive children) and implemented a different approach, aimed above all at fostering children’s independence.
Out of a desire for independence, the Bilingual Montessori School of Saint-Cloud has always remained a private school outside the state contract system and operates without any public subsidies.
Since 2006, the school has been run by David and Anne-Marie BICKERT, the son and daughter-in-law of Anne BICKERT, who continue her project with passion and a constant commitment to the present and future well-being of the children
Key dates
1972 : Creation of the Montessori preschool by Anne BICKERT
1986 : Opening of the elementary section
2006 : David and Anne-Marie BICKERT succeed Anne BICKERT
2022 : The school temporarily relocates to allow for renovation work
2025 : Inauguration of the new premises
