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ACT-SO ACADEMIC COMPETITION SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY
9
January 31, 2002
The annual ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological
and Scientific Olympics) academic competition will be held
at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the historic Booker T.
Washington Senior High School, 1200 N.W. 6th Ave.,
Miami.
Themed as "An Olympics of the Mind," ACT-SO is a year-long
enrichment program designed to recruit, stimulate, improve
and encourage African-American high school students. The
competition promotes excellence by recognizing and
celebrating students' high academic and cultural
achievements. Categories include natural and physical
sciences, humanities, performing and visual arts, and
business/finance/economics via entrepreneurship.
ACT-SO provides a national forum for a learning experience
in which scholarships and prizes are awarded and students
develop new skills and greatly enhance their academic
abilities.
Founded in 1978 by renowned author and journalist Vernon
Jarrett, ACT-SO is a major youth initiative of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Since its inception 25 years ago, Miami-Dade has won 47
national medals, more than any other single school district
in the nation.
For further information contact Hyacinth Johnson, ACT-SO
Chairperson, at 305-685-9436 or Doris Hart at
305-623-9540.