The Chattanooga Hamilton County branch of the NAACP is looking for talented black high school students in the Chattanooga Hamilton County area to participate the NAACP’s ACT-SO competition on April 24. The deadline to enter is March 27.
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 high school students. There are 25 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, performing and visual arts.
ACT-SO orientation will be held Saturday at Chattanooga High School Center for the Creative Arts, located at 1307 Dallas Road, from 10 a.m. until noon. For additional information, contact Vincent Phipps at 423-400-1040 or chattanoogaactso@gmail.com.