PENFIELD HISTORY
Timeline
The Via Marsi Montessori School for Exceptional Children (aged 3 to 7 years with disabilities) opens its doors on 2433 W. Cherry Street, led by Dr Jon Osterkorn
Via Marsi Montessori School for Exceptional Children relocates to 833 North 26th Street and changes its name to Penfield Children’s Center
Mario Montessori comes to the US and visits the first school to use Montessori education with Children with Special Needs.
Penfield obtains the first Birth to Three contract with Milwaukee County.
The therapy program holds the first annual CP/Ortho Diagnostic Clinic for children enrolled at Penfield.
Expansion to the Penfield campus includes a circular drive, an eastward extension of the 26th Street entrance, an outdoor play yard/therapy area, a 40-space parking lot, an iron gate, fencing and landscaping.
The first Croquet Tournament, a fundraising tradition that continues today, is held at Boerner Botanical Gardens.
Penfield Children’s Center is certified as an Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
The 20,000 sq. ft. Norman Soref Children’s Clinic is added to the existing Penfield building, spanning our physical presence between 26th and 27th streets.
Penfield initiates the Parent Mentor Program and the Grandparent Volunteer Program.
The first floor is renovated and classrooms are divided with walls instead of bolsters, gross motor room is added for indoor play space, Special Care Nursery moves downstairs.
