Prizes & Awards

NYC ACT-SO LOCAL CASH PRIZES
1st Prize Gold Medal $500**
2nd Prize Silver Medal $300
3rd Prize Bronze Medal $200
** Contingent upon attending the National Competition 
Certificates, Plaques Special Awards  & a Chance to participate in the National Competition

 NYC ACT-SO NATIONAL PRIZES
1st Prize Gold Medal $2,000
2nd Prize Silver Medal $1,500
3rd Prize Bronze Medal $750
Plus Certificates, Laptop Computers, Scholarships & Special Prestigious Science Award

Gold medalists (those with scores between 95-100 in their category) are invited to compete on a national level. (2016 National Competition Scoring Criteria) The National Competition and Ceremonies are held every July in conjunction with the NAACP National Convention.

The deadline for submission of national registration documents is in May.

NYC ACT-SO is a not-for-profit organization, having an IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt designation.

The mission of NAACP New York City Academic, Cultural, Technological, & Scientific Olympics (NAACP NYC ACT-SO) is to overcome the vicious cycle of low scholastic expectations and achievement that plagues Black underserved minority youth throughout New York City; to strengthen Black high school students’ academic skills and inspire the confidence they will need to succeed as adults; and, to offer individualized academic mentorship and diverse enrichment activities, of which there is short supply in the New York City public high schools. - read more - 

Pictures by: Jeffrey Gamble, ACT-SO alumnus, and Gerald Peart, NYC ACT-SO Photography Coach

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