The Chattanooga Hamilton County NAACP will announce winners of its 2010 ACT-SO competition Saturday.
ACT-SO, an acronym for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, is a yearlong enrichment program designed to academic and cultural achievement among black high school students.
Community volunteers and business leaders serve as mentors and coaches to promote the students’ academic and artistic excellence. There are 25 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, performing and visual arts, and students may compete in up to three categories.
The awards ceremony will start at 6 p.m. at Olivet Baptist Church Kingdom Center, 740 E. M.L. King Blvd. Admission is free.
For more information, contact ACT-SO chairman Vincent Phipps at 400-1040 or chattanoogaactso@gmail.com.
CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION
Sciences
* Architecture
* Biology
* Chemistry
* Computer science
* Mathematics
* Physics/electronics
* Physics/energy
* Physics/general
Humanities
* Music composition
* Original essay
* Playwriting
* Spoken word
Visual arts
* Drawing
* Painting
* Photography
* Sculpture
* Filmmaking/video
Business
* Entrepreneurship
Performing arts
* Dance
* Dramatics
* Music Instrumental/classical
* Music Instrumental/contemporary
* Music Vocal/classical
* Music Vocal/contemporary
* Oratory