IBMA Student Excellence Award in the amount of $500.00 was granted to Marium Gulzar for the MYP Programme.

• Marium Gulzar (she/her) is a 6th grade student at Glasgow Middle School. Her family is originally from Pakistan,  but she was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia.   Marium  has been in the IB program since third grade as a PYP student and has always had a great passion for learning. Recently,  Marium developed an interest in coding and decided to join her school's coding program where she won the award for “Best Designed Website.”
• Marium is also part of a journalism class where she helps write articles for her school's newspaper, the Panther Post.
• In 5th grade, Marium decided to take action against a growing problem in our society: homelessness. She and a small group of other students collected items such as: food, clothing, toiletries, and then donated these items to shelters near them. They also educated their class as well as their community about the problem.

In her free time, Marium enjoys binge-watching some of her favorite shows, painting, baking, and making jewelry.