March '22 Newsletter
May School students were excited to welcome this year’s hover of trout to campus! Each year, May School students raise trout through the Trout in the Classroom program offered through New Mexico Trout Unlimited.
Students of all ages participate in learning about and caring for the trout. Ms. Daisy’s early childhood students learn about the life cycle of fish and eagerly participate in the feeding the trout. Mr. Scott’s intermediate students study the health of the water by testing the water chemistry and are responsible for cleaning the tank. Students will release the trout in a local lake or stream this Spring!
Pictured: Mr. Bret teaching early childhood students how to feed trout.
May Teacher Institute Road Trip!
May Teacher Institute instructors Amy Stanton and Amy Miller have been traveling around New Mexico over the past several weeks visiting Dyslexia Specialist candidate teachers from our CES LEAP alternative licensure program. They have visited classrooms in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Mesilla, Roswell, Clayton, and the Navajo Nation to conduct coaching sessions. These candidates will be wrapping up their coursework at the beginning of May and taking a national reading specialist exam, the KPEERI to complete their program. New Mexico is fortunate to have these hardworking and dedicated teachers using their expertise in structured literacy across the state!
Pictured: May Center Teacher Institute instructors Amy Miller and Amy Stanton visit CES LEAP dyslexia specialist candidate Edith Murray-Wolf at Navajo Elementary in Navajo, NM.
Ms. Trudy is an Intermediate Math + Science teacher who has been with May Center since 2013. Trudy embodies what it means to be a lifelong learner. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and French Literature, a master’s degree in secondary education, is a Certified Academic Language Practitioner and has completed additional training in leadership and racism through Educational Equity Consultants, Sequential English Education multi-sensory language program, Lindamood Bell Visualizing & Verbalizing, Big History Project, and Mindful Schools.
Trudy’s love of learning is apparent whether working with students in a classroom or teaming with colleagues regarding curriculum or individual student needs. Trudy’s math students are met each day with individualized attention and instruction designed to meet their needs. In science, her students can often be found designing projects or experiments to explore science concepts. As an added bonus, Trudy is also a skilled knitter. Each year, she teaches her students how to knit which supports fine motor and executive function skills.
(L): Ms. Trudy’s student showing off his Rube Goldberg machine created in science class.
(R): Ms. Trudy’s student showing off a completed knitting project.