The 2009 ACT-SO Team

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By Pamela Hale-Burns on July 4, 2009 5:18 PM | | Comments (0) |

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2009 ACT-SO Team from left to right, Friend of Simmie Sims of Renaissance High School, Ariana Campbell of Cabrillo High, Tarah Marshall of Milikan High, Auriel Armstrong of Wilson High, Williams Taylor-Dancy of Cabrillo High, Emily Pearson of Renaissance High and Ashia Keyes of Polytechnic High and Brandon Jenkins of Cabrillo High.
The Long Beach Branch NAACP is proud to announce the 2009 ACT-SO Team representing the city of Long Beach at the National Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Competition. The competition will be held July 8-12 in New York City. It is a major youth initiative of the NAACP. The program's theme is "Today's Youth ... Tomorrow's Legends."
The categories of competition are; Biology/Microbiology, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Health, Physics, Music Composition, Original Essay, Playwriting, Poetry, Dance, Dramatics, Music Instrumental/ Classical, Music Instrumental, Contemporary, Music Vocal/Classical, Music Vocal/Contemporary, Oratory, Architecture, Drawing, Filmmaking, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, and Entrepreneurship.
For further information or to make a contribution to the ACT-SO team, call the Long Beach Branch NAACP at (562)856-7586 or send your donation to LBNAACP/ACTSO Program, P.O. Box 1594, Long Beach, CA 90801.

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