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Whitby School is an independent, co-educational private school in Greenwich, Connecticut, that was founded in 1958 and is accredited by the American Montessori Society, the International Baccalaureate Organization and the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.The school was founded by Nancy McCormick Rambusch, who founded the American Montessori Society (AMS) in 1960.[5][6] The founding of Whitby School is credited with initiating a Montessori revival.[7] The school was named after Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire, England, where a traditional story tells of an abbess who recognized the musical talents of a stable boy and brought him into their educational program.[5] In 1960, the school moved from rented rooms at Sacred Heart School to its own campus.[5] The school, through the AMS, became the first certified Montessori teacher training program in the United States.[5] Rambusch and the AMS promoted a modified Montessori approach that would facilitate transition of the young students to traditional American schools which led to a split from the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI).[8] In 1962, Whitby's first two graduates entered high school. The first graduates then entered college in 1965.