What is ACT-SO???

   ACT-SO National Web Site: www.naacp.org/programs/entry/act-so

ACT-SO is an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. ACT-SO is a year long enrichment program designed to recruit, stimulate, improve and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.  

The ACT-SO program centers around the dedication and commitment of community volunteers and business leaders to serve as mentors and coaches to promote academic and artistic excellence among African-American students. There are 25 categories of competition in the Sciences, Humanities, Performing and Visual Arts.

  ACT-SO GOALS

 The goal of ACT-SO is to encourage and reward the achievement of academic excellence in the Sciences, Arts, and Humanities through a variety of formats, rewards and incentives. Winners of the twenty-six categories in the national competition, receive scholarships for $2,000 and a Gold Medal for First Place, $1,500 and a Silver Medal for Second Place and $1,000 and a Bronze Medal for Third Place.

In addition, various corporations make additional scholarship awards to winners. Locally, hundreds of business and individual patrons provide the awards, incentives and funding to sustain the local competition. Many professionals work weekly on a one-to-one basis with competitors in the various categories.

Today's technologically advanced society makes demands upon our youth, academically and financially. The ACT-SO program provides an excellent motivational support base and catalyst for career advancement. While rewarding hard work, competence and creative genius with open doors to greater success, deserving minority students are afforded the opportunity to compete in the complex and other inequitable global area.

THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN COMPETE INCLUDE:

Visual Arts:             

Drawing

Painting

Photography

Sculpture

Filmmaking/Video

Performing Arts:

Dance

Dramatics

Music/ Instrumental

Music Vocal

Oratory

Humanities

Music Composition

Original Essay

Playwriting

Poetry

Business/ Entrepreneurship

Short Story

Sciences

Architecture

Biology/ Microbiology

Chemistry, Biochemistry

Computer Science

Mathematics

Engineering

Medical and Health

Physics

For more information please contact:

  Javar Godfrey at    javar.godfreyathletics@gmail.com or 

  Mrs.De De at          de2mediallc@gmail.com