Oct 27, 2021
General Membership Meeting & Dinner
“CTE where STEM Goes to Work”
MAVA Colleagues,
We are pleased to share this announcement that registration is open for our Spring 2023 MAVA General Membership Meeting scheduled on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road W, Marlborough, MA 01752. The Board of Directors meet at 1:00 pm and the General Membership Meeting begins at 3:30 pm.
PLEASE REVIEW THE IMPORTANT ANNOUCEMENT BELOW FROM STEVE SHAREK!!
MAVA Leaders …
I’m pleased to announce that Registration is now open for the MAVA General Membership Meeting on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at 3:30 p.m. at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough.
Commissioner Jeffrey Riley will speak, we will honor six U.S. Presidential Scholar nominees, and we will have several breakout sessions. One is on OSHA/safety in our schools. It will include OSHA Compliance Specialists and a representative from Keene State College. The second breakout session is on protection of our schools against cyber breaches and ransomware attacks. It will be run by a veteran insurance executive. And several of our MAVA Leadership Groups also will hold meetings. So far, six of the 11 groups have confirmed, four haven’t notified us either way, and one has decided not to meet. I have attached the draft Agenda so you can read the details.
For MAVA members, the price will be the same as last fall’s General Membership Meeting: $175 for both the meeting and dinner or $125 for only the meeting. (For non-MAVA members, prices will be $225 and $175, respectively.)
To register, use this link: https://mava.us/event/general-membership-meeting-2/. In the alternative, go to the Calendar on the www.MAVA.us website, find March 16, and click on General Membership Meeting.
I look forward to seeing you.
Steve
Commissioner of Education
We are pleased to inform you that Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley has agreed to speak to us at the MAVA General Membership Meeting.
In 2018, he was appointed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as the state’s 24th commissioner of elementary and secondary education. A Massachusetts native, Mr. Riley’s experience spans urban and suburban districts and includes teaching in Baltimore, Md., being principal of Tyngsboro Middle School, and being principal of Boston’s Edwards Middle School. In January 2012, Commissioner Riley was appointed superintendent/receiver of the Lawrence Public Schools.
Commissioner Riley will provide an update from DESE and recognize the 6 Chapter 74 Massachusetts nominees for the U.S. Presidential Scholar Awards.
CTE (CAREER TECH ED) CATEGORY – 5 RECOMMENDATIONS (of any gender):
| First Name | Last Name | District |
| Amani (Female) | Benouardia | Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School, Hathorne |
| Edgar | Martinez | Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical, Andover |
| Avery (Female) | Hohengasser | Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School, Easton |
| Henry | Knox | Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical, Bourne |
| Alijandro | Ian Mendoza | Worcester Technical High School |
Please note that the following student was also nominated in the General Category (Academics) and are also moving on to the next phase of the Presidential Scholar’s Program:
GENERAL CATEGORY
| First Name | Last Name | District |
| Andre | Arzeno | Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School |
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