The MAC Board exists to support our world-class Media Arts Center and programming. Funds donated to the MAC Arts Boosters, a volunteer-run 501c(3) nonprofit, cover essential MAC program needs, including:

  • Website hosting fees and support for our publications 
  • Cameras, graphics tablets, and broadcast/podcast equipment
  • Photographers/videographers’ consumables (batteries, memory cards, etc.)
  • Up to $5,000 annually in membership and contest entries for local and national scholastic press associations
  • Royalty music subscription fee for broadcast and video production courses
  • Paly Media Arts Innovation contest funding) 
  • Contribution to 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.
  • URGENT COVID-19 COST CHALLENGES faced by our MAC programs. For instance, in the 2020-21 school  year when the pandemic severely limited students’ ability to sell advertising space in their publications, the MAC Boosters pitched in with a $25,000 “Pandemic Print Boost” that in some cases was the only thing that kept programs able to continue operating at their usual levels.

Donate 

Click here to donate to MAC Boosters. Please note that the suggested donation amount for parents of students in MAC classes is $250.00.

Boosters-sponsored First Amendment placard outside the MAC

Meeting schedule

Our 2021/2022 board meetings are open to all and will be held this year in the MAC building at 7PM on the following evenings:

  • September 22 (Wednesday)
  • December 9 (Thursday) 
  • Jan 26 Open House (tentative date)
  • March 16 (Wednesday) 
  • May 5 (Thursday) 
“Unintentionally humorous headlines” project, modeled after an exhibit in the bathrooms at the Newseum, selected by students and sponsored by Boosters

Current Board

The MAC Boosters Board is made of parent volunteers who partner with MAC faculty. The board for the 2021/2022 school year includes:

  • Meredith Ackley
  • Katherine Johnson
  • Colleen Gormley
  • Jennifer Antonow

Join us!

We hope to recruit two parent representatives from each publication to volunteer with us this year.  Open roles include:

  • Managing the Awards page of our website
  • 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].

Sponsored pavers at the entrance of Paly’s MAC building, a Boosters fundraising project