Olympic Gold Medalist Joins Montessori Students

As part of our #Rio2016 celebration, Ms. Joan Spillane Postma visited Montessori Preschool at Copperfield.  She shared her Olympic Gold Medal and other mementos from her journey with the Primary and Kindergarten students.

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Ms. Postma, alongside three other athletes, won the 1960 Rome Olympics Gold Medal in the 400-meter freestyle swimming relay in a world-record time of 4:08.9 minutes.