Dubbed the "Triple
A Scholarship Program”, the aim is
to enlist Students at an early age and through a modest year-to-year
honorarium maintain their focus on academic achievement. Qualifying
students would be offered participation in a continuing college
investment fund. This fund would increase in value each year provided
the student continues to demonstrate a year-to-year sustainability
in scholastic accomplishments.
The Program and Foundation
are the creation of Paul S. Bailey, electronics executive, and
recent candidate for election to the West Milford,
NJ School Board. Commenting on the Program, Bailey noted; "As
a candidate, it became apparent to me in examining various school
programs, that without genuine motivation on the part of the individual
student institutionalized programs will inevitably fall short of
their goals. Motivation of the individual student is the vital imperative."
"Our National Academic Award Foundation and the Triple A
Scholarship are an effort in the major overall task of helping
to focus student
participation and motivation. The basis of the Triple A Scholarship
Program is to attract the student's attention early and motivate
that student in a pragmatic and creative manner."
Each school
year, starting in the qualifying student's Sixth Grade Year,
each student who can raise the combined Reading,
Math, and
Science Grade Point average two points from the previous year
would be granted a cash award deposited in a special Scholarship
Investment
Account for that student. A sustainability award would
follow for each year that the grade point average is maintained,
through
high school graduation.
An integral part of the plan
is to encourage the participation of parents as more active
partners in the process of education
by providing
them with an additional benchmark of their children’s
scholastic progress.
The Triple A Scholarship Program
will launch on an initial "test" basis
in West Milford Township, NJ. Special efforts are being
made to enlist local business, corporate, and of most critical
importance,
parental support and involvement.
For more information:
National Academic Achievement Award Foundation
P.O. Box 640
West Milford, NJ 07480
Tel: 888-832-4772
Fax: 973-208-7715
http://www.naaaf.org
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