A.C.E. AWARD

The A.C.E. (Accept­ing the Chal­lenge of Excel­lence) Award rec­og­nizes high school stu­dents who have had to over­come great phys­i­cal, emo­tion­al, or social obsta­cles and are now eli­gi­ble for high school grad­u­a­tion.

This is a pos­i­tive pro­gram with two key objec­tives. First, it helps encour­age stu­dents to over­come their hard­ships and get back on track toward a high school diplo­ma. Sec­ond, the award rec­og­nizes those stu­dents who are often over­looked for their accom­plish­ments. This spe­cial recog­ni­tion serves as a pow­er­ful exam­ple to all stu­dents that hard work and per­se­ver­ance real­ly do pay.

This grass­roots pro­gram begins at the club lev­el as each club choos­es its own A.C.E. of the Year from their A.C.E. of the Month win­ners. Those club win­ners are then sub­mit­ted to the dis­trict A.C.E. of the Year chair­per­son for the dis­trict com­pe­ti­tion. All dis­trict A.C.E. of the Year win­ners are then sub­mit­ted to Nation­al for a final com­pe­ti­tion and the selec­tion of the Nation­al A.C.E. of the Year. The win­ner will be pre­sent­ed the A.C.E. Award and a $15,000 schol­ar­ship at the Nation­al Con­ven­tion. Trav­el and accom­mo­da­tions will be pro­vid­ed to the win­ner and his/her parents/guardians.

The sub­mis­sion dead­line for the Nation­al A.C.E. Award is June 1. Appli­ca­tion: Com­plete appli­ca­tion on Mem­ber Resources page. All dis­trict entries for the Nation­al A.C.E. of the Year must be sub­mit­ted to Nation­al Head­quar­ters by June 1.