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John Moncure

John Moncure serves as Headmaster of the Montessori School of Camden. He was born in Victoria, Texas, attended The Citadel, and graduated from West Point in 1972. During his military career he served in cavalry regiments in Germany and Texas, and held teaching positions at West Point, Davidson College, the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and the French Cavalry School in Saumur, France. After his retirement from the Army in 1997 with the rank of lieutenant colonel, John joined the Montessori school in Camden where he served as Headmaster from 1998 to 2004 and 2008 to 2021. He has served as president of the Board of Directors of Montessori Educational Programs International (MEPI) from 2000 to 2005 and 2009-2015, and 2020-2022. He was also a founding member of the South Carolina Montessori Alliance (SCMA).

In 2004 John moved abroad where he was Dean of the Apollo Institute of Health Sciences in Hyderabad, India, Principal of Eton Academy, a bilingual Montessori school in Beijing China, and Director of Operations of the Montessori Foundation and the International Montessori Council. He is also an On-Site Visitor for the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) and was honored with the MACTE “Wisdom of the Elders.” John represented MEPI on the Montessori Leadership Collaborative and is the course director for School Administrators with the MEPI-affiliated Institute for Guided Studies in Camden.

John has served his community as a Rotarian, as a President of the Boards of Directors of First Steps of Kershaw County and the Kershaw County Historical Society, and as a member of the Board of Directors if United Way of Kershaw County.

John was an adjunct professor of history at Coker College, South Carolina. He has authored three books and numerous articles, graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and holds a Ph.D. in European history from Cornell University. He resides in Beaufort, South Carolina.