Dear Friends & Colleagues,

Welcome to the 2006/2007 school year! We are happy to welcome back all our MAIS veterans, and a special hello to all our new MAIS members.

The MAIS Board
Like other professional organizations and most schools, MAIS is governed by a board of directors elected from among the heads of our regular member schools. Here is a list of our current board members:

President: Robert Thompson
ICARDA International School

Vice-President: Sister Anne Marie Hill
Marymount School, Paris

Treasurer: Bernard C. Mullane
Ambrit Rome International School

Secretary: Dolores Peleteiro
Chester College

Regional Educational Officer: Beatrice Cameron
US Dept. of State, Office of Overseas Schools

Advisor to the Board: Walid Abushakra
American International School in Egypt (ESOL)

Administrative Council is made up of all the other school heads or their delegated school representatives.

New Faces in MAIS Places
We have many new school heads from around the Mediterranean region this year. We are happy to have them with us.
Full MEMBER SCHOOLS:

-Allen Hughes Casablanca American School

-Saara Tatem American School of Valencia

-Mrs. Sawsan Dajani Modern English School, Cairo

-Dr. Anthony Mazzullo The American International School in Genoa

-Beth Pfannel American Overseas School of Rome

Welcome to our NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBER SCHOOL

-Mrs. Mona Nashman-Smith ABA An IB World School Oman, Muscat

Welcome to our NEW ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

- CES Holdings LTD. David Shepard

-People to People Ambassador Programs Susanna Stoltz


MAIS Teachers and Administrators Annual Conference
This coming November the MAIS Annual Conference will be held in Cairo.  As in the past years, we have chosen a great location to bring our (school staff,  directors, and business managers) for this most informative and culturally superb conference. You can again register on-line directly from the MAIS webpage .We have a great hotel rate at the Semiramis Inter-Continental.
Please review the outstanding pre-conference, conference and post conference offerings by clicking on preliminary conference program on the
MAIS website.  We are bringing you the best of the best VIP and teacher presenters.  Remember to refresh the page.

*As per your request:  this year we have an IB pre conference and several workshops  Please view the attachment

A Special Thank You to:  ISS, SUNY, Leigh, Wheelock, La Salle, & Emtec for their sponsorship assistance it is much appreciated

MAIS AWARD: Outstanding Contributions to Education
The MAIS Ceremonial Sword was presented to Dr. Peter Mehas, retiring superintendent of Fresno County our region to region partner, for his outstanding contributions to education . Pete will now lead the governor's Education Task Force.  The superintendent elect Larry Powell looks forward to continuing the partnership.

NAESP MAIS Group Membership
As a member of MAIS your school has a membership to NAESP and all their outstanding educational resources
Please ASAP email the MAIS office the name and email of your elementary principal or designated person for this membership and
I will forward to information to NAESP and they will receive their access code.

Updating MAIS List Serves
Please inform MAIS of personnel changes ,additions and their contact emails for:
High School Principal, Elementary Principal Middle School Principal/Coordinator
Early childhood Coordinator, IT Coordinator, Music Teacher and Business Manager

MAIS Homepage
Get all the MAIS information and new updates on our homepage. <www.mais-web.org> You can also register for conferences and hotel on the web page.

MAIS Conferences & Activities in 2006/2007
MAIS Annual Conference in Cairo, Egypt: November 1-5th, 2006
Optimal Match and Technology Conference in Rabat, Morocco:  April 12-15, 2007
MAIS AERO Mini Curriculum & Standards Conference Madrid ,Spain April 28-29
MAIS Mini Curriculum & Standards Conference Magreb location TBA
MAIS Choir in Barcelona, Spain: April 18-22, 2007
MAIS Soccer Coaches Conference 07 Madrid, Spain May TBA
MAIS Directors Retreat in Rome, Italy: TBA
MAIS Annual Conference  2007 in Rome, Italy: Nov. 1-6