Baltimore County NAACP ACT SO 

ACT-SO is the NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. It is a yearlong program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement. High school students work with volunteers who help them develop projects and performances in various categories. There are 33 categories in six areas that students can choose from to compete at the local level and may get an opportunity to compete at the national level. At the national level the student contestants attend workshops, network, and can win prizes for their work.