NAACP ACT-SO in Cincinnati

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On Thursday morning July 14, 2016 the Toledo Branch of the NAACP proudly sent off seven local ACT-SO winners bound for Cincinnati, Ohio to participate in the 38th annual national ACT-SO competition. The students were accompanied by Chairman Bea Daniels and Cochairman Rose Rankins.

ACT-SO is Afro Academic Cultural, Technological, Scientific Olympics proudly called "The Olympics of the Mind." These seven students competed and won locally in April at the Toledo School of the Arts and performed nationally in the following categories:
Arthur Bishop – instrumental contemporary; Courtney Draper – dance contemporary; Keyara Edwards – poetry performance; Andre Matthews – written poetry; Jamaia McKinley – vocal contemporary; Jenasis Savage – dramatics; Lyricka Robinson Smith – drawing
 

Toledo’s first-place winners competed at the national competition on Friday, July 15 along with approximately 650 other first place winners from around the United States. In addition to competing, two of our students were honored by being selected to participate in the Awards  Ceremony on Sunday, July 17. 

Although the students didn't win nationally, they are Toledo's winners and they are looking forward to participating in the 2017 ACT-SO competition in Baltimore, Maryland. Local members expressed their pride in the students’ commitment to excellence.

If you think you can, then ACT-SO!!

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