U.S. President Barack Obama is holding a competition for high school students to have a chance for him the speak at your High School graduation!
The White House and the Department of Education have announced the
Race to the Top High School Commencement competition and we’re inviting public schools across the country to compete to have President Obama speak at their graduation.
At the beginning of the school year, the President encouraged students across the country to take responsibility for their education, study hard and graduate from high school. The Race to the Top High School Commencement competition encourages schools to show how they are making great strides on personal responsibility, academic excellence and college readiness.
How to Apply Applications must be submitted by a high school’s Principal to
www.WhiteHouse.gov/Commencement no later than Tuesday, March 15th at 11:59 pm EST. Each school may submit only one application and high schools must be public to apply. Following the application deadline, six finalists will be selected by the White House and Department of Education. These schools will then be featured on the White House website and the public will have an opportunity to vote for the three schools they think best meet the President’s goal. The President will select a national winner from these three finalists and visit the winning high school to deliver the commencement address to the class of 2010.
In addition to the essay responses, applicants are invited to submit the following optional supplemental materials:
· A video – no more than 2 minutes in length – showing the school’s culture and character and highlighting how it is a model of educational success for other high schools around the country.
· Supplemental data on key indicators such as attendance, student achievement, graduation rates and where available, college enrollment rates.
Visit
www.WhiteHouse.gov/Commencement for the full application. Submissions may be made public during the selection process.
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Wednesday, March 3rd 2010 at 2:23PM
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