The Paly Media Arts Boosters board exists to support our world-class Media Arts Center and programming. Funds donated to the Paly Media Arts Boosters, a volunteer-run 501c(3) nonprofit, help cover essential MAC program needs, including:
- Support for the costs involved in physically publishing our student publications
- Website hosting fees
- Cameras, graphics tablets, and broadcast & podcast equipment
- Consumables for photography & videography (batteries, memory cards, etc.)
- Up to $5,000 annually in membership and contest entries for local and national scholastic press associations
- Camp MAC, our amazing summer camp — run by dozens of current Paly students — for rising 8th and 9th graders
- NorCal Media Day, a regional journalism held in the Media Arts Center, that provides leadership, presentation and community service opportunities for dozens of Paly MAC students
- National journalism convention attendance support — for instance, we assist with travel and registration expenses for students attending national journalism conventions
- Royalty music subscription fees for broadcast and video production courses
- Paly Media Arts Spark Innovation Grants funding
- Supporting Washington Post, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal subscriptions for all Paly students, particularly Beginning Journalism students who are developing daily news consumption habits
Please support journalism at Paly
Paly Media Arts Boosters is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization and our Tax ID is #46-2866404.
Preferred Payment is through PayPal: http://paly.net/donate or QR code:
Donations can also be made through donor-advised funds such as Fidelity Charitable. Please search for us on those sites using our Tax ID #46-2866404
The suggested donation amount for parents of students in MAC classes is $350 per student
Participate in our meetings
Our board meetings are open to all Paly parents. Our 2024-25 school year meetings are held the MAC building at 7PM on the following evenings:
- Wednesday, August 21
- Tuesday, December 3
- Tuesday, January 28
- Wednesday, May 14
Current Board
The MAC Boosters Board is made of parent volunteers who partner with MAC faculty.
The 2024-25 school year board for the 2024-25 is:
- Meredith Ackley, Fundraising Lead
- Varsha Bhatia, Member-at-Large
- Stephanie Frick, Events Production Co-Lead
- Lauren Goody, Marketing Communications Lead
- Laurel Robinson, Events Production Co-Lead
- Diego Rodriguez, President
- Schwark Satyavolu, Member-at-Large
- Amy Yang, Treasurer
Join us!
We hope have parent representatives from each student publication volunteer with us this year. Open roles include:
- Leading our Spark Innovation Grant program
- Organizing parent volunteers to help with meals and snacks
- Helping organize special events
- Serving as a teacher-parent liaison for your class
If interested, please email [email protected].
