Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to open tuition-free preschool
Amazon CEO,
billionaire Jeff Bezos, is set to open his first tuition-free preschool on
October 19.
The Bezos Academy
will be located in Des Moines, Washington, United States. It will serve kids
who are between three and five years old.
Bezos Academy is intended to help underserved communities and will operate year-round, five days a week.
It follows
the Montessori school model in which there is a lot of hands-on learning and collaborative
play.
View this post on Instagram This classroom is just the beginning. The @bezosacademy opens its doors on Oct. 19th. This one in Des Moines, WA, is the first of many free preschools that we’ll be opening for underserved children. Extra kudos to the team for figuring out how to make this happen even amidst COVID, and to Wesley Homes for stepping up with the facility.A post shared by Jeff Bezos (@jeffbezos) on Sep 22, 2020 at 6:30am PDT
In sharing
the development via Instagram recently, Bezos said: “This classroom is just the
beginning. The @bezosacademy opens its doors on Oct. 19th. This one in Des
Moines, WA, is the first of many free preschools that we’ll be opening for
underserved children. Extra kudos to the team for figuring out how to make this
happen even amidst COVID, and to Wesley Homes for stepping up with the
facility.”
The entrepreneur
first mentioned the initiative back in 2018 when he launched the ‘Bezos Day One
Fund’.
