Charles Kline of Delone Catholic High School
Winner
of the 2011
Exchange Club of Hanover A.C.E. Award
A.C.E. is an acronym for Accepting the Challenge of Excellence.
The award recognizes high school students who have overcome difficult
times and obstacles, yet still have managed to graduate from high school and
excel in some area. These
students have overcome great physical, emotional or social obstacles, but
few receive recognition.
This positive program has
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.
The Exchange Club of
Hanover works with area high school counselors to have qualified students
submit an application for the A.C.E.
Award. The student, as part of
the application form has to submit two narratives.
In the first narrative, the student has to describe in his/her own
words the event or events in his/her life that he/she are the most proud of.
In the second narrative, the student has to describe in his/her own
words his/her plans for the future to make his/her community and world a
better place to live. The
guidance counselor also has to submit a narrative describing the problem(s)
the student faced and how it was overcome, including implications for the
future.
The club makes contact with the area high
school counselors beginning in early November of each year.
The A.C.E. Awards presentation is made the first Tuesday in May at a
general membership meeting of the Exchange Club of Hanover.
Deadline for applicants to file their application is March 31st.
All applicants and their parents/guardians are invited to the May
meeting and the winner is announced that evening.
All applicants are recognized with certificates and the winner is
awarded a $1000 college scholarship.
The winning application is then submitted
to the Mid-Atlantic District A.C.E. Awards Committee for consideration.
If the Hanover A.C.E. Award winner is selected as the district
winner, they and their parents/guardians will be guests of the Mid-Atlantic
District Exchange Clubs at their annual convention, usually held in June.
As the winner at the district level,
the individual will be presented a $1500 college scholarship at the
convention.
The district will then submit the winning application to the National
Exchange Clubs A.C.E. Awards Committee for consideration and if they are
chosen as the national winner, they and their parents/guardians will be
guests of the National Exchange Club at the national convention, usually
held in July. At this
convention, The National A.C.E. of the Year recipient receives a $10,000
scholarship and the opportunity to address hundreds of Exchangites at the
National Youth Recognition Luncheon.
All travel accommodations will be
provided the winner and his/her parents/guardians.
The ability to attend both
the district and national conventions is part of the criteria when Exchange
Club of Hanover chooses the winning applicant.
For further information contact: Janet Black at
717-637-1768, your high school guidance counselor, or visit this National
Club website link:
www.nationalexchangeclub.org/programofservice/Youth/A.C.E.Award.htm
Currently serving on the A.C.E. Award
Committee is Janet Black, Chairman; Harold Shorb, Gary Brown, Stacey
Saltzgiver, and George Hubbard.
