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Carol Marcotte And Sally Bigg Video Analysis

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After watching the Carol Marcotte and Sally Biggs video, I decided to respond to the topic of budgeting to meet the needs of our students. Specifically, how we can validate what we say in one of our belief statements. That belief statement reads, “we believe that learning and living abroad facilitates a cosmopolitan world view” and as such, it is the desire of the school to have each student have an international travel experience. While the word “cosmopolitan” has become a running joke among our faculty conversations, the premise is that we are able to see beyond our rural campus and have a positive impact on the greater world. Mercersburg has raised funds in order to provide financial aid to students who qualify for these break travel programs that will expose students to various cultural, educational, and community service oriented experiences. Ideally, we want …show more content…

Flock before he died, it is an arduous process to award aid to students and meet Flock’s bequest requirements. Flock’s bequest included that trips must have a price tag of no more than $4,500, that aid awards go to students who have completed their eleventh grade year (this is to include seniors who have just graduated for summer travel after their senior year), that a student who has already participated in an international trip that was fully funded by the school will be last in line to receive aid in future years, that the trips maintain gender balance when possible, and that exchange trips in each of the modern languages remain a priority. We also have a committee made up of the Sr. Associate Director of Admission and Financial Aid, the Director and Assistant Director of Summer and Extended Programs, the Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs, the Associate Head of School, and the Assistant Head for Finance and Operations who will vet ideas and situations before final decisions are made and relayed to the students and their

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