The Convention has a NEW look for 2025.  Using three walkable hotels, all activities will take place at the spacious Ocean City Convention Center!

PLEASE NOTE: MASC event registration is the sole responsibility of the school SGA advisor as an authorized agent of the school. Students or their parents may NOT carry out the online registration.

• Listening to a nationally recognized motivational speaker
• Grade-level workshop with the motivational speaker
• Exciting and meaningful student-led leadership workshops
• Networking with student leaders from across the state
• MASC 2024-2025 Officer Elections
• Voting on stances for youth-related bills in the MD general assembly
• Fun recreational activities
• Team building and get-to-know activities

Date: Tuesday through Thursday, March 11 – 13, 2025
Location: Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Ocean City
Early Bird Registration: Dec. 1, 2024 – closes at 11:59 p.m., Jan. 10, 2025 (payment due Feb. 7)
Regular Registration: January 11, 2025 – closes at 11:59 p.m., Feb. 7, 2025
Member Schools Only: Member schools can register the number of allocated voting delegates according to their membership, plus MASC executive board members (see FAQ). Please feel free to email Karen.Crawford@mdstudentcouncil.org if you have questions.

Convention Cost (not hotel): Includes conference venue space, two breakfasts, one lunch, one plated dinner (Awards Banquet), two evening snacks, recreational activities, an on-site nurse at the convention center, a motivational speaker, a convention t-shirt, and other behind-the-scenes conference contracts and expenses.
CLOSED – Early Bird: $265 per person (registration fee must be paid by 11:59 p.m., February 7, 2025, to receive the early bird reduced registration fee)
Regular Registration:  $285 per person (MASC requests that the registration fee be paid by March 10, 2025.  MASC has contracts to pay before the actual event!  Payment issues, reach out to the MASC registrar)
Emergency Plans: Hotel emergency plans are posted in every room.  The Convention Center emergency plan will be in the event app and will be reviewed during the opening session of the convention.

The hotel reservation process is ready for schools/regions to reserve rooms.  Special thanks to all of Jeremy Borwn’s time and work making this process the easiest it could be!

Hotel Information:  MASC-2025-Convention-Hotel-Registration-Guide

Individual schools or regions must provide their Maryland Sales Tax Exemption information to the hotel.  Local taxes may apply. Rates listed include the local tax, but not MD Sales Tax

Aloft Ocean City: 4501 Coastal Hwy, Ocean City, MD 21842
$124.95/night: Double Queen Rooms with pullout sofa- max 6 per room (price includes local tax, but not state tax)

Doubletree by Hilton, Ocean City Oceanfront: 3301 Atlantic Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842
$145.95/night: Oceanfront- Double Queen Rooms with pullout sofa- max 6 per room (price includes local tax, but not state tax)
$130.20/night: Ocean View-Double Queen Rooms- max 4 per room (price includes local tax, but not state tax)

Hilton Suites Oceanfront: 3200 North Baltimore Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21841
$147.00/night: Double Queen Rooms with pullout sofa- max 6 per room (price includes local tax, but not state tax)

GOOD NEWS:  Because schools are doing hotel housing, you can substitute a student as late as the on-site check-in!

Transportation is up to the individual school or region.  Check with your regional advisor for information.

CLOSED:  Early Bird Registration December 1, 2024 -January 10, 2025
Early Bird payment or PO is due by 11:59 p.m., February 7th
to receive the early bird rate.

ADVISORS ONLY  –
Only member schools may register.   

• Before registering, review the Registration Checklist and complete the Registration Worksheet. Do NOT attempt to register until you have done this. A completed Registration Worksheet will contain the information required to register your delegation.

• Convention Invitation Letter – Convention-Invite-Letter-2025
• Advisor Bulletin – AdvisorBulletin-2025
•  Sample Family Letter – Word format so it can be personalized
• Sample Family Letter SPANISH (need to personalize)
• Emergency Form – Student Form / Adult Form  (recommend bringing two copies – keep one at the hotel)
• Emergency Form – SPANISH (student form only) STUDENT-Emergency-Form-Conv 2025.en.es
• Delegate Contract – Needed for EVERY Student   (SPANISH: Delegate-Contract2025.en.es)
• Registration Checklist – RegistrationChecklist-CON25
• Registration Worksheet – RegistrationWorksheet-CON25
• Schedule – (Draft: Convention-Schedule-2025)
• Guest Speaker – Ed Gerety (https://www.edgerety.com/about/)
• Workshop Choices: – WEB-Convention-Workshop-Descriptions (form for reporting choices emailed to advisors)
• MASC Convention App –
• Hall of Ideas – schools should bring a display board of their best project or activity (promotional movie)
• Officer Election Rules – Officer-ElectionRules
• Convention Standing Rules – ConvStandingRules
• Convention Center Emergency Plan – Emergency-Plans
• First Aid Station: Inforamtion

EACH SCHOOL ATTENDING SHOULD BRING a “project/activity” display of their best project/activity at their school – this is a GREAT way to “brag” on your best project/idea and to get great ideas from other schools.  Click here for more details and great examples.

CLICK HERE to begin registration after reviewing the Registration Checklist/Worksheet,

• Frequently Asked Questions (updated January 2025)

CLICK HERE to PAY your invoice with a credit card. Do not attempt to pay until you have submitted your registration and have an invoice.

If you have registration questions, please email Wayne.Perry@mdstudentcouncils.org. 

For all other questions, email Karen.Crawford@mdstudentcouncils.org