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On Saturday, October 14, May Center co-hosted an event in the Railyard with the Santa Fe Birth 2 Career Collaborative shining a light on the importance of building a strong foundation for reading. The event included a free carnival for children, a children’s book giveaway, a story corner, reading to tiny horses, a literacy provider fair, and more.

Congratulations to May School’s Early Childhood teacher Miss Daisy Guranich, who was honored with the 2017 Montessori Network of New Mexico Bretta Weiss Excellence in Montessori Education Award. 

Last April, Stephanie Binkley and Amy Miller had the opportunity to attend the Power of Art Conference at Lab School of Washington through a grant from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. At this conference, Stephanie and I had the opportunity to see first had how Lab uses arts integration to teach students with learning differences, and to learn from educators from across the country about how they are using the arts to teach content across the curriculum. As a result of this experience, May School launched an arts integration program this school year.

Visitors to the May Center for Learning’s early childhood facility, in a former preschool at the St. John’s United Methodist Church, are greeted with a tower of blocks that reaches halfway to the ceiling...