July 4, 2007

Greetings,

As the new school year begins, so we begin to plan our Mid-Atlantic sub-Regional Coalition of IB Schools (MARC) activities.  This year we will have coordinator sessions which will include "how to" information as well as informative programs designed to help to improve or refine your school's program.   In addition, MARC will host networking sessions for our teachers.  There are several projects which we are considering which range from the enhancement of our webpage to sponsoring an introductory workshop for prospective schools. We also find that an advantage to being the third largest sub-regional organization is that we are able to express our concerns/suggestions to IBNA and IBO as a group consensus.

The membership fee of $250.00 affords you the opportunity to become an active, decision-making participant for future activities/programs.  Your fee is used to defray the cost of the coordinator meetings and net workings.  Our budget proposal also allots funds for speakers, legislative initiatives, website maintenance, and miscellaneous office expenses.

Your membership may be defined as one of the following:

• authorized diploma school
• authorized middle years program
• authorized primary years program
• prospective school (associate member)

While attendance to our coordinator meetings is generally at no cost to you, attendance to our networking sessions does include a fee for non-members. 

We currently have forty-eight members representing schools in the District of Colombia (2 schools), Delaware (1 school), Maryland (12 schools), and Virginia (33 schools).  Most of our members are located within a two hundred mile radius from the northern Virginia area which makes it feasible/convenient to travel to the meetings with minimum cost.

Our next meeting is scheduled for September, and information can be found on this website. We hope you will consider becoming a member this year, and we wish you great success with your program.

Sincerely,

Linda Hutchinson

MARC President

Click here to download and print a membership invoice.