Towles Intermediate School is a public Montessori

Montessori method

Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 20,000 schools worldwide, serving children from birth to eighteen years old.-Overview:...

 school in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

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History

Towles Intermediate School opened in 2006 to replace Ben Geyer Middle School, which had failed to meet state requirements and was facing state intervention. The school is named for Jeff H. Towles, who served as the Fort Wayne Community Schools school board's first black president in 1987-88.

External links

• Jeff H. Towles Intermediate School

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