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DuPage County ACT-SO March 2018 - News and Updates
Date:
Mar 01 2018
Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological
and Scientific Olympics
DuPage County ACT-SO Mar. 2018 - News and
Updates"Committed to Excellence. Destined for Greatness."
Greetings Family. Please take note of the special events, dates and actionitems for March in the 2017-2018 DuPage County ACT-SO program.
All articles and event details are located on our website at www.dupageact-so.org. Problems viewing newsletter?
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Competition InformationPre-Competition Meeting
The Pre-Competition meeting will be held at COD in room SRC 2000 onSunday March 4 (3-4 p.m.). Final information and logistics for the March 17competition will be provided at this meeting. This is also the deadline forsubmitting reports and papers. These items are forwarded to the judgeswho will review them prior to the competition. Students who are submittingcreative works, such as, poetry, short stories, original essays, and musiccompositions will need to have them notarized. Please refer to yourcategory’s requirements and criteria for details on what should be submittedand how many copies.
>>Calendar: Pre-Competition Mtg
Important Upcoming Events:
Event Date Time/Notes
Jr. ACT-SO Competition Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 9:00 - am - 1:00 pm Glenbard
South Highschool
Pre-Competition Meeting
(Mandatory)
Sunday, March 4th, 2018 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
(STEM, Humanities, Filmmaking
and Business submissions must be
turned in at this meeting. NO
LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE
ACCEPTED!!!)
College of DuPage- Student
Resource Center Rm. 2000
ACT-SO (HS) Competition Saturday, March 17th, 2018 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
(Student Registration 7:30 am -
8:00 am)
College of DuPage
ACT-SO Awards Banquet Sunday, March 18th, 2018 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
(students arrive at 1:00 pm,
doors open to the public at 2:00
pm)
Bolingbrook Golf Club
National ACT-SO Competition July 12th - 15th, 2018 San Antonio, Texas
Jr. ACT-SO
Team Competition to be held March 3, 2018
The Jr. ACT-SO Team Competition is only days away. The students are busy makingthe final changes to their team PowerPoint and rehearsing their team presentation.The competition is being held Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Glenbard South HighSchool, 23W200 Butterfield Rd, Glen Ellyn, IL from 9:00AM – 12:30PM. Each teamwill present its problem and solution to a panel of judges who will identify twowinning teams: 1st Place (Gold) and 2nd Place (Silver). The competition is free andopen to the public. Please plan on attending and bring a friend or two. You will beimpressed with the maturity of the students and the quality of the solutiondeveloped by each team.
John Pritchard (Jr. ACT-SO Program Director)
Leslie Ford (Jr. ACT-SO Program Manager)
Community Enrichment SessionsThe Human Race is our time to Shine!
Whether you’re running, walking, or cheering on the sidelines, please comeout and support our DuPage County ACT-SO family in the 7th annualDuPage Human Race sponsored by Giving DuPage non-profit group. TheHuman Race® is a community event & fundraiser that benefits over 70 non-profit organizations serving DuPage County.
Proceeds for DuPage County ACT-SO will come directly to us!
What? 5k Run/Fitness Walk – A family friendly ‘feel good’ fundraiser eventsupporting several local charities including ACT-SO
When? Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
Where? The Esplanade at LocustPoint, 1901 W. Butterfield Road,Downers Grove
When you register, please chooseACT-SO, and we will receive 50% ofeach race/run.
One time donations will provide100% of the proceeds to go to our ACT-SO branch!
Click here to register:
http://www.dupagehumanrace.org/registerdonate/
GPS - Glenbard Parent Series
When: March 1
Dr. Ruha Benjamin: Using Science for Good: Innovation, Inequality and Imaginationin the 21st Century
7:00 p.m., Glenbard South High School, 23W200 Butterfield Rd., Glen Ellyn
>>Calendar: Event Info
When: March 8
A Day with Dr. Laura Kastner
† Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Raising Independent 3 to 7 Year Olds
9:30 a.m., Marquardt Administration Center, 1860 Glen Ellyn Road, Glendale Heights, IL60139
Getting to Calm: Cool-Headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens and Teens
Noon, Marquardt Administration Center, 1860 Glen Ellyn Road, Glendale Heights, IL60139
Calm Parenting for Tough Teen Topics: Healthy Relationships, Substance Use, MediaManagement and Worry
A community conversation will follow this program.
7 p.m., Glenbard West; 670 Crescent Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
For questions, contact Gilda Ross at (630) 469-9100 [email protected]
Please visit glenbardgps.org for more information about all GPS programming,videos, schedule updates and parent resources.
VolunteersThank you so much to all those families that have completed or committed tocomplete your volunteer hours, we could not do this without you. For those thathave not volunteered, rime is running out ACT-SO family to complete your 10volunteer hours. If you opted for the waiver, please pay the $75 to Yvonne atthe Pre-Competition Meeting. However, if you would rather fulfillyour volunteer hours, please contact BrendaDavis ([email protected]).
RaffleLast Chance to Donate Items to the Raffle and for the ACT-SO Students. Drop offdate is at the Jr. ACT-SO Competition on March 3rd and Pre-Competition Meeting onMarch 4th. See Pat Johnson ([email protected]) for the raffle and ChiomaAguncha ([email protected]) cell 312-636-1031 for the gifts for the students.Thank you for supporting our students.
ACT-SO Awards Banquet
2018 Awards Banquet
We can't wait to have you join us at the Awards Banquet this year. Each personattending the banquet must purchase tickets in advance. Deadline to purchasetickets is Sunday, March 11, 2018. The cost of the Banquet tickets are $60 each.
To purchase tickets online go to: www.dupageact-so.org
Join us in celebrating our students who are Committed to Excellence and Destinedfor Greatness.
To purchase tickets or for additional information contact:
Banquet Chairperson – LaBrenda Slayton, [email protected]
or
Director of Finance - Yvonne Taylor, [email protected]
Sunday, March 18, 2018 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
(Doors Open at 2:00 p. m.) Attire: Sunday Best
Bolingbrook Golf Club 2001 Rodeo Drive
Bolingbrook, IL 60490
Stay connected through ACT-SO Social Media
Students and parents can stay up to date through the following ACT-SO socialmedia links on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DuPageACTSO/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dupageactso
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dupage-county-act-so-7a7b7056
Keep on Dreaming!Carolyn Wilson - Newsletter Editor Claude Lee - Publisher
DuPage County ACT-SO, c/o College of DuPage, 1223 Rickert Drive,Naperville, IL 60540, (331) 462-2876
[email protected] www.dupageact-so.org
DuPage County ACT-SO, c/o College of DuPage 1223 Rickert Drive, Naperville, IL 60540, (331) 462-2876
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