Indigo
Green,
June
2022
graduate
from
Charles
J.
Colgan
Sr.
High
School,
won
the
Bronze
Medal
in
the
Poetry
Written
category
at
the
National
NAACP
Afro-Academic,
Cultural,
Technological,
and
Scientific
Olympics
(ACT-SO)
competition
held
recently
in
Atlantic
City,
New
Jersey.
More
than
400
high
school
students
from
29
states
attended
this
year's
annual
competition.
As
part
of
the
award,
Indigo
received
a
$1,000
scholarship
and
several
other
prizes,
including
an
iPad,
Air
Pods,
and
an
Oculus
virtual
reality
game
set.
Indigo
attended
Colgan
High
School's
Center
for
Fine
and
Performing
Arts
Program
with
a
concentration
in
creative
writing.
She
also
plays
the
guitar
and
several
percussion
instruments
and
is
working
to
publish
her
first
poetry
collection.
Indigo
and
three
other
local
Prince
William
County
students
had
the
opportunity
to
compete
at
the
national
level
after
being
one
of
five
gold
medal
winners
at
the
local
PWC
ACT-SO
competition,
held
on
the
Woodbridge
campus
of
Northern
Virginia
Community
College
in
April.
Only
gold
medal
winners
earn
the
right
to
compete
at
the
national
level.
The
NAACP's
Afro-Academic,
Cultural,
Technological
and
Scientific
Olympics
is
a
yearlong
achievement
program
designed
to
recruit,
stimulate,
and
encourage
high
academic
and
cultural
achievement
among
high
school
students
in
grades
9-12.
Although
the
program
targets
African
American
students,
all
students
are
welcome
to
participate.
ACT-SO
includes
34
competitions
in
STEM,
humanities,
business,
and
performing,
visual
and
culinary
arts.
Almost
300,000
young
people
have
participated
in
the
program
since
its
inception.
