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School Board Approves Facility Lease Our school’s long-term, 15-year lease was unanimously approved at tonight's School Board meeting in Key West.  The Superintendent and members of the Board offered their congratulations on the accomplishment.  Details of the lease include increasing the facility enrollment cap to 225 and providing for a [...]

Book Fair – Last Days This is the last week of our book fair! Families are invited to shop mornings (8:00-8:45) and afternoons (3:00-5:00) in the Art and Music rooms. This is a fundraiser for our school; May Sands Montessori School will receive 20% of all sales!   School Facility [...]

This is Teacher Appreciation Week – thank you for sharing a note of thanks to our Instructional Staff! ‘Now, what really makes a teacher is love for the human child; for it is love that transforms the social duty of the educator into the higher consciousness of a mission.’ -Maria [...]

Papio’s Kinetic Parade Our school will have an entry in the parade, which takes place this Saturday, May 6th @ noon.  The parade begins @ the Custom House and will travel all the way down Duval Street to the Southernmost Beach, where everyone will gather for the after party.  Our [...]

There will be an early dismissal tomorrow (4/26) for Lead Guide Program Level Planning.  Students will be dismissed @ noon.  Extended Day Care is available until 5:30.  Theater club will not meet tomorrow, however.   Standardized Assessments Our Upper Elementary (4th – 6th year) students participated in the first session [...]

One of the main reasons we advocate for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) awareness this month is to emphasize the importance of understanding and acceptance.  People with ASD learn, communicate, and behave in ways that are different from most other people1, and learning how to make connections that support positive interactions [...]

Fact: There is no known single cause of autism, but increased awareness and early diagnosis/intervention and access to appropriate services/supports lead to significantly improved outcomes. (source: http://www.autism-society.org/what-is/) Also of interest to note: a new Muppet, Julia, was introduced yesterday on Sesame Street, as their new initiative kicked off: See Amazing [...]

Our Charter Board approved the calendar for SY2018 at its monthly meeting, last week: http://maysandsmontessori.com/resources/msms-families-portal/ School will not be in session next Friday (4/14) as the staff will have a Professional Development Day. April is Autism Awareness Month, and to show support for increasing awareness, I will share a fact [...]

  We have an early dismissal to allow for teacher professional development and planning; thank you for your support! Child care will be available, though Ms. Rachel will not host theater club tomorrow. Florida Standards Assessments Beginning tomorrow our 3rd year students will participate in standardized assessments for English Language [...]

I hope that everyone enjoyed the springtime vacation from school; it has been refreshing to see such scholarly activity in the classrooms today!   If you’ve ever read our school mission statement, then you know that having a safe and nurturing environment is pretty important to us.  It takes effort [...]