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Click here for 2015 ACTSO Student Application final-2   Student applications can be faxed to: (617) – 431-1443

Be the best you can be!

Join With Other Boston High School Students In ACT-SO!

Compete in: Science, Poetry, Playwriting, Painting,
Music Vocal, Essay Writing, Dramatics, Dance
Business/Entrepreneurship and lots more.

If you think so . . . Then ACT-SO !

Eligibility Rules & General Requirements

(Note: student application & other forms at the bottom of page)

Each contestant must:

1. identify as African descent.
2. be a high school student enrolled in grades 9 through 12.
3. be a citizen or legal resident of the United States.
4. be an individual who has demonstrated a genuine interest in one of the 27 categories.
5. submit a separate project, one contestant per category per city (a contestant may enter up to three (3) categories of competition.
6. conform to the guideline requirements as dictated by the category(s) chosen.
7. submit to his/her local NAACP chapter
a. a final application.

For National contestants, submit to his/her local NAACP ACT-SO sponsor:

1. a completed project.
2. a national application.
3. a one to two page, typed [double-spaced] biography.
4. a completed parental consent form.
5. a medical release form signed by a parent.
6. a small, clear photo.
7. Media release.

Competition Categories

Students who compete in the local and national ACT-SO competition can compete in up to three (3) of the following categories:

 

Sciences                                                                                                             Performing Arts
Biology/Microbiology                                                                                              Dance
Chemistry/Biochemistry                                                                                         Dramatics
Computer Science                                                                                                     Music Instrumental Classical
Earth and Space Sciences                                                                                        Music Instrumental Contemporary
Engineering Music                                                                                                    Vocal Classical
Mathematics                                                                                                               Music Vocal Contemporary
Medicine and Health                                                                                                Oratory
Physics
Humanities                                                                                                             Visual Arts
Music Composition                                                                                                    Architecture
Original Essay                                                                                                             Drawing
Playwriting                                                                                                                   Filmmaking
Poetry                                                                                                                            Painting
Short Story                                                                                                                    Photography

Sculpture

Business
Entrepreneurship

 

Click here for 2015 ACTSO Student Application final-2

Student applications can be faxed to: (617) – 431-1443