{"id":4760,"date":"2018-08-16T12:09:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T16:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdstudentcouncils.org\/?page_id=4760"},"modified":"2026-09-15T22:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T02:21:08","slug":"lead-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/lead-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAD Conference – National Association of Student Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/em>Mark your calendars for the 2027 LEAD Conference, taking place February 26-28, 2027,\u00a0 in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 This premier event brings together more than 2,000 students and advisors from the National Association of Student Councils (NASC), National Honor Society (NHS), and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) for a weekend of leadership training, networking, and inspiration. Held at the Washington Hilton, the conference offers a variety of sessions designed to empower student leaders and enhance the effectiveness of chapters and councils. Registration opens in Fall 2026.<\/p>\n

School delegations attending register through their school advisor, the school advisor must attend.<\/strong>\u00a0 MASC will also be taking a delegation of MASC Executive Board students (additional interested students on a case-by-case basis, as there is a chaperone-student ratio limit).<\/p>\n

\u2022 Date: February\"\"<\/a> 26\u201328, 2027<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Washington Hilton<\/strong> (1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009)
\n\u00a0 Registration kicks off this fall<\/em>
\n\u2022 NASC or NHS Member Registration:<\/strong> $299 (member schools)
\n\u2022 Non-Member Registration:<\/strong> $474 (non-member schools)<\/p>\n

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Estimated Costs:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
$330.00<\/td>\nRegistration Fee (assuming membership in NHS or NASC for schools – the MASC delegation attends at the membership rate, regardless of the individual’s school’s membership)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$0.00<\/td>\nTransportation – students provide their own (Metro, parents, carpooling)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$50.00 (estimation)<\/td>\nMeals not included (two dinners) – approximately<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$50 (estimation)<\/td>\ntwo evenings sightseeing or other activities (including transportation – Uber\/Metro)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$532.00<\/strong><\/td>\nTOTAL – PLUS add HOTEL costs below <\/span><\/strong>(two nights: Friday\/Saturday)<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPrices below are for two nights<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$531.05<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n* one per room \u00a0($229\/night plus 15.95% tax per night $265.52)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$265.52<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n* two per room \u00a0($229\/night plus 15.95% tax per night $265.52)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$184.74<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n* three per room\u00a0 $239\/night (plus 15.95% tax per night $277.12)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
$138.56<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n* four per room\u00a0 $239\/night (plus 15.95% tax per night $277.12)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

HOTEL<\/strong>: The MASC executive director will book rooms for the MASC delegation based on student sign-up.\u00a0 There is no guarantee that a student can be four in a room (gender dependent).<\/p>\n

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On or before October 9th<\/span>\u2013 students interested in going with the MASC Delegation should complete this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Early October<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 Mrs. Crawford, MASC Executive Director, will email parents to confirm student attendance before registration is finalized<\/strong>. Please note that registration is NON-REFUNDABLE (per NASSP rules).<\/strong> Once registered, participants are responsible for the registration fee or for securing a substitute (of the same gender if rooming has already been assigned).<\/h4>\n

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  Mark your calendars for the 2027 LEAD Conference, taking place February 26-28, 2027,\u00a0 in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 This premier event brings together more than 2,000 students and advisors from the National Association of Student Councils (NASC), National Honor Society (NHS), and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) for a weekend of leadership training, networking, and inspiration. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4760","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4760"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15425,"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4760\/revisions\/15425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masc-temp.on-forge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}