The Mays School

Welcome to September, MAYS families! We made it through the hottest month! Thank you to everyone for sticking with us through our recent Executive Board changes, and we hope to see you all at the first General PTO Meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 16th from 8:30-9:30am in the MAYS library. We will be voting on a slate of officers as well as the annual budget. We also will be kicking off our PTO committees! If you can't make it but want to chat, please email us at he

Hi, MAYS families! We hope you enjoyed the first week of school as much as we did! I personally had some very tired kiddos last weekend, but it sounds like friends were made and trees were climbed. So, all in all, a great success! Unfortunately, the PTO had a setback during this first week: Callye Emmons--our fearless PTO leader for the last 18 months--made the difficult decision to step down from her role as President. She was instrumental in starting the MAYS PTO, and she i

PTO President's Message Callye Emmons MAYS PTO President Greetings! On behalf of the MAYS PTO, I would like to welcome you to the 2026-2027 school year and introduce our new PTO Monthly Newsletter. The Executive Board has been hard at work this summer, and we have some exciting updates to share for year two. But first, we encourage you to confirm your PTO Membership using the Membership Form, and we invite you to join us for our first General PTO Meeting on Friday, Augu

Homemade finger paints are a great way to encourage self-help skills and spend some creative time with the kids! Here’s a quick and easy...

The school’s new pet is a hedgehog named Quill! He took up residence in the Laurel classroom this winter. Quill joins a diverse family of...

Snow Cone Social Hope to see you at the Snow Cone Social! The event will take place on March 23rd from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Evergreen...

The MAYS School Parent Advisory Board is a group of parents who help by representing our different age groups, solve school-wide issues,...

Tuesday 2/5 – Lunar New Year Celebrations Thursday 2/7 – Pre-K field trip to Houston Children’s Museum Thursday 2/14 – Valentine’s Day...

Have you read the Curriculum Corner newsletter that goes out at the beginning of each month? Be sure to take a look—there’s lots of...

Not only are play-dough and bubbles an inexpensive and wonderful way to encourage many areas of development and learning for younger...

Loris Malaguzzi, the founder of Reggio Emilia's educational philosophy, considered the learning environment to be the “third” teacher,...

Paint! Pets! Protective gear! Oh my! It’s shaping up to be an exciting new year at MAYS. As you have likely seen, the school received a...

12/8: 10th Annual Gingerbread Build-Off (Downtown Houston) 12/8: Christmas Boat Lane Parade (Kemah) 12/8: Santa, Selfies, and Jammies...

Just a reminder—The Mays School will be closed from Monday, December 24th through Tuesday, January 1st. School resumes on Wednesday,...

As the holidays approach, we would like to take this time to remember the staff at the Mays School who work so hard taking care of our...

This year’s Fall Carnival was a great success! The expanded playground provided more room for all the fun activities and it turned out to...

What is the Reggio Emilia Approach, anyway? We talk to many friends and colleagues about the Mays curriculum, but we often find ourselves...

What would you like to read more about? Please give us feedback and ideas! Questions about school events, library books, decorations, the...

After a quick trip to the veterinarian, our trusty uromastyx lizard is back and healthy. Reptar has enjoyed a cage update, in which his...

Tuesday 11/13: Pre-K field trip to the Bayou Wildlife Zoo Saturday 11/17: Fall Carnival! 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM at The Mays School. RSVP at...