| Benjamin Mays Profile |  | | The St. Paul community established Benjamin E. Mays School in 1977. The school honors Dr. Mays as a leader in education and a great communicator. The Communication Arts and Leadership curriculum was implemented during the 1995-96 school year. This gives us the focus and commitment to prepare tomorrow's leaders with the communication skills they will need to become great leaders within their own communities. Students are taught the art of communication through both technology and traditional methods.
Special Features:
• All-day kindergarten classes.
• School uniforms required Monday through Friday.
• Spanish instruction provided by a specialist for students in grades
K – 6.
• Enrichment classes in television studio production, African
drumming, harp, orchestra, band, and vocal music.
• Math Masters® and Lego League competitions
• Collaborative/co-teaching model with classroom and
support teachers (Special Ed., ELL).
• Gifted services for qualified students.
• Mays Book Club. Each year, the principal selects four picture books
correlated to the Learner Profile or PYP Attitudes and reads
them to the entire school.
• Speakers, residencies, and field trips correlated to IB/PYP
Units of Inquiry.
• Teachers’ “Leveled Library” for guided reading with
book sets correlated to IB/PYP Units of Inquiry.
• Student produced morning announcements and weekly news show.
• SmartBoards® in all grade 1 – 6 classrooms.
• Leadership Council for fifth and sixth graders.
These students serve as school ambassadors, implement
community service activities, and learn
public speaking skills through Toastmasters International®.
• “Everybody Wins!”® “Power Lunch” reading partnership with the
Minnesota Supreme Court and US Bank. This program
provides a reading buddy each week for every
student in grades 1, 2, and 3.
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