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MPA General Meeting/State of the School
School News
Check out what we've been up to!
![Martha Raddatz at podium in the Maret Theater]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1730400553/maret/fw3ncrf1atox5uoxmyuc/Raddatz_552-369.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1730400553/maret/fw3ncrf1atox5uoxmyuc/Raddatz_552-369.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1730400553/maret/fw3ncrf1atox5uoxmyuc/Raddatz_552-369.jpg","width":552}])
This fall, Maret welcomed award-winning journalist and ABC News’ Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz P ’99, ’10 for an upper school assembly. Raddatz gave a frank, wide-ranging talk, engaging her audience with stories from her 30-plus years in journalism.
![Maret Community Members Helping with Horizons]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1727807915/maret/sghxqn6qqgzndr9k9uhq/HorizonsVolunteers_MG_9967.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1727807915/maret/sghxqn6qqgzndr9k9uhq/HorizonsVolunteers_MG_9967.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1727807915/maret/sghxqn6qqgzndr9k9uhq/HorizonsVolunteers_MG_9967.jpg","width":552}])
This summer, Horizons at Maret hosted 115 students under the experienced leadership of Site Director Marta del Cid ’11. Eight current students, five alumni, and two faculty members worked or volunteered to support students in classrooms on campus and at the pool.
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Maret is proud to announce the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, Dr. Phoebe Aron ’09 and Dr. Rinad Beidas ’99.
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Simone Leigh’s exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum has created a buzz on campus this year.
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2016. 2019. 2021. And now 2023. Maret football edges out Coolidge High School 30-27 in a hard-fought, evenly matched contest to earn its fourth DCSAA Class A Championship banner.
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Saturday, December 9 was a perfect day to “Gear Up for Good" — an event combining a sports gear drive for Leveling the Playing Field and an all-gender flag football clinic with Maret's DCSAA championship football team.
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Middle School Humanities Teacher Lesley Younge was named as a finalist for The American Library Association’s YALSA 2024 Excellence in Nonfiction Award. Her book, Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself is a tale in found verse, using Equiano’s own writings.
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This year, Maret has welcomed to the Upper School a new group of faculty members who bring wide-ranging experiences to their work with students. This article first appeared in the November 2023 issue of Woodley Leaves.