May Content Ideas

You have made it (if you are in the south…) It’s the last month of school. Things are wide open with students trying to get their grades to respectable levels, parents pressuring you to make it happen, and Admin running around trying to get everything done before your last day of work! 

May is rich with content possibilities. Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5th - 9th. There are several things you can do to build your program's reputation with teachers. From “Teacher Features” to having teachers work as your talent on the show, it’s time to get creative (national creativity day is May 30th). Have fun with teachers this month. They need some stress relief too. 

May seems to be the month of monthly celebrations. This is just a sampling: 

• Miniature Garden Month

• Jewish American Heritage Month

• Better Speech and Language Month

• ALS Awareness Month

• Skin Cancer Awareness Month (Redhead day - May 26 / Sunscreen Awareness Day - May 27)

• International Drum Month

• National Dental Care Month

• National Asparagus Month

• National Mental Health Awareness Month

• Military Awareness Monday (Military Spouses Day - May 9)

• Food Awarenesses

• Mediterranean Diet

• Strawberry

• Salsa

• Salad

• National Photography Month

• National BBQ Month

It’s April and if you haven’t started planning for covering graduation and the related events, you are already behind the 8 ball. It’s time to get started…

Date		Topic		Ideas
5/1/25		World Password Day		Work with your computer science program to discuss the need for strong passwords. Or work with local law enforcement to discuss cyber threats and the need for protecting online assets.
		School Principal’s Day		Do features on your school’s admin team. If you are at a large school, this may be tough but you can make small pieces to use as transitions between elements.
5/2/2025		No Pants Day		This could be a fun show where you tease that no one is wearing pants… but they are all wearing shorts. The immediate image that comes to mind for me are the old Sportscenter commercials where they do a “behind the scenes” look at the show. They have their hosts discuss different things that fans may not know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puleXDhW34s
		Astronomy Day		Work with your science department to create packages about current events in Astronomy or do a package about the program and some of their star/planet watching events. If there is a planetarium near, do a feature about it.
5/3/2025		Free Comic Book Day		Set this up on Friday - Encourage students to go to a local comic book store and pick up their free comic (local tie in) Find a teacher or student who is into comic books and do a package about them.
5/4/25		Star Wars Day		This may be a fun social media element. Have students/staff do quick hits about Star Wars. Make sure they close each with “May The Fourth Be With You.”
		World Laughter Day		Not into Star Wars - Use your socials to tell jokes as a part of World Laughter Day.
5/5/25		Cinco De Mayo		Disspell the myths about Cinco De Mayo - Work with your foreign language department to discuss Cinco De Mayo. The day is much more than Nachos and sombreros… Your history department would also be a great asset for this.
5/6/25		National Teacher’s Day		Build some love in your school. Do a man on the street where students and teachers are asked about their favorite teacher. You may also work with a teacher training/early childhood education to discuss what it takes to become a teacher.
		National Tourist Day		Work with your local convention and visitors board to discuss tourism in your area and it’s impact. If your community has an E-splost or something along those lines where there are additional funds raised by gas or other sales, you can discuss the impact of tourism on the school system.
5/8/25		World Red Cross Day		Work with the local Red Cross Chapter to discuss what they do and how people can help.
		National Have A Coke Day		There are a couple of ways to approach this…. You could buy some cokes and do a man on the street to ask students Coca-Cola trivia and if they get the answer right - they get to “have a coke.” If you are able, you could buy a Coke for all of the teachers (it is teacher appreciation week) and record some of the Coke deliveries.
5/9/25		Military Spouse Appreciation Day		Create a package about military spouses and their life.
		National Lost Sock Memorial Day		This could be a fun bit. Have students create a memorial service for the socks that have been lost.
5/11/25		Mother’s Day		Man On The Street on Friday to ask students to share what they love most about their mother.
5/12/25		National Limerick Day		Work with your ELA department to discuss what a Limerick is and have some of your students create Limericks to read on the air.
		International Nurses Day		Celebrate those who keep us healthy. Work with your healthcare program to discuss what it takes to become a nurse. Interview nurses about a day in their life.
5/13/25		National Apple Pie Day		Work with your culinary department to have an Apple Pie Cookoff. Do a segment where your admin team judge the pies.
5/14/25		Jamestown Colony Foundation Day		In 1607 the first permanent settlement in America is founded. Talk with your history department about the Jamestown settlement.
		National Dance Like A Chicken Day		Man On The Street: Ask students and staff to dance like a chicken. (could be great on the show and social media)
5/15/25		Peace Officers Memorial Day		Work with local law enforcement to create a package about Peace Officers Memorial Day. The day is to honor those who have fallen in the line of duty.
5/16/25		National Pizza Party Day		Channel your inner Ninja Turtle… Celebrate all things pizza (great local partner tie in!)
5/20/25		National Rescue Dog Day		Work with a local ASPCA or animal shelter to feature dogs that are available for adoption. Ask staff if they have rescued a dog and tell that story.
		National Be A Millionaire Day		Man On The Street: If I gave you a million dollars right now, what would be the first thing you would do?
		World Bee Day		Find a local Beekeeper and do a feature on them.
5/21/2025		National Waitstaff Day		Ask students that work as waiters what it is like to be a waiter. Ask staff members if they were ever waiters and get them to tell their wildest stories.
		National Talk Like Yoda Day		Segments of students talking like Yoda will you do…
5/22/25		National Maritime Day		Celebrate all things ocean trade and industry.
5/23/25		World Turtle Day		Our half shelled friends are always a lot of fun to showcase. Work with a local zoo or herpetologist to discuss turtles, etc.
5/26/25		National Paper Airplane Day		Do a segment where teachers and students are asked to make a paper airplane and seeing who’s creation will fly the farthest.
		World Redhead Day		Celebrate your favorite redheads. Redheads are genetic anomalies - maybe work with your science department to create a feature about redheads and how rare they are.
5/27/25		National Sunscreen Day		A fitting follow up to Redhead day. Create a feature to detail the need for sunscreen to prevent skin cancer. Work with local medical professionals to discuss the need for sunscreen and it’s different elements.
5/28/25		National Burger Day		HELLO HAMBURGER TASTE OFF!!! You could focus on local establishments, fast food, or have teachers and students cook burgers. As a part of the package, you can include information about the history of burgers.
		National Brisket Day		This is a taste off with a much higher commitment level! There are several ways to attack this - your culinary program may have the ability to smoke a brisket and talk about it. You could find a local bbq restaurant that cooks brisket and do a package on the process. Also BBQ competitions are huge. There may be a local team that you can do a feature about their competitions.
5/29/25		Learn About Composting Day		Work with your Agriculture department to do a feature on composting.
5/30/25		National Creativity Day		Showcase your fine arts programs! Do packages about your art classes, band performances, and dance troupe. Get creative.
		World Multiple Sclerosis Day		Raise awareness about MS. There are usually charity road races to raise funds for MS research - do a package about the race. Work with a local medical professional to inform your viewers about MS.

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Meet the Author, Tom White

Tom White is the Education and House of Worship Specialist at Amitrace. Tom's role is to help educators build better programs through better training, planning, and equipment. Before joining Amitrace, Tom was the Broadcast Engineer at Grady College of Journalism and Communication at the University of Georgia. Prior to that role, Tom taught at Morgan County High School and Rockdale Career Academy where he and his student produced thousands of live streams for sports, news, and community events. Tom’s program at the Rockdale Career Academy received the NFHS Network Program Of The Year in 2016 and his program at Morgan County High School received the New Program of the Year title in 2018. Tom has been a long time contributor to many publications and is the host of Teaching to The Test Pattern Podcast.

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