Datzyk Montessori School teaches youngsters according to the principals and methods of Maria Montessori, a doctor who believed children learn best by doing, not passively accepting other people's knowledge as their own. Ruth Datzyk, a former public school teacher who studied the Montessori method for self-directed activities, founded the Datzyk Montessori School in 1968. She had been unsatisfied with her options for her toddler's education and followed her dream of establishing a nursery school and kindergarten in the first floor of her home. Classes are offered September to June and nine weeks in summer.