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Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center and The Vietnamese Academic Award Foundation proudly annouce the Annual Academic Excellence Awards 2012for excellent Vietnamese students in San Francisco and vicinity.
Deadline for mailed registration and 12th grade scholarship award application: must be postmarked by May 15, 2012.
Mail to: Au Co Center - P.O. Box 347042 - San Francisco, CA 94134-7042
OR submit in-person at Au Co Center at 350 Girard Street, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 noon on Saturdays ONLY. In-person submission will end at 12:30 p.m. on May12, 2012. Please submit PHOTOCOPIES ONLY. We will not return any application materials.
Registration form must include: (Applications will be rejected without one of the followings)
Qualifications
Registration fee of $25 per student (check, money order only - NO CASH ACCEPTED). Make check payable to “Academic Achievement Award.”
A self-addressed stamped envelope (for notification).
A Completed Registration form.
Vietnamese or Vietnamese American students: grades Kindergarten through 12th.
Current student of a public or private school within the area codes of (415) and (650). Students of Au Co Center are exempt from the area code requirement.
Having demonstrated academic excellence (see GPA & Report Card guidelines below).
GPA and Reporting Guidelines):
Kindergarten – 5th grade: Submit photocopies of the two most current report periods. In each period, at least 80% of the total grade points must be “3”, “4”, "S", or "O".
For Fifth Graders ONLY: To be considered for the Outstanding Academics Award for Elementary School, please submit copies of the scores from the student’s 3rd and 4th grade STAR tests (or equivalent) and documentation of other awards.
Please note: These guidelines are based on the San Francisco School District grading system. For students outside of the San Francisco School District, please submit copies of the report cards for the last two grading periods having the equivalent of a GPA of 3.5 or higher. If you don't know how to convert the grade points or if you’re not sure about your student’s qualifications, please send in the application packet and the Screening Committee will do the work for you. If your student does not qualify for an award, your registration fee will be fully refunded.
6th – 12th grade (Middle & High School): Submit photocopies of report cards for the Fall 2011 Semester and Spring 2012 (1st and 2nd grading periods). Overall GPA must be at least 3.50.
For Eighth Graders ONLY: To be considered for the Outstanding Academics Award for Middle School, please submit copies of the scores from the student’s 6th and 7th grade STAR tests (or equivalent) and documentation of other awards.
Scholarships for 12th grade students who have been accepted to a college for the 2011-2012 school year:
Two scholarships of $1,000 each for students from low and moderate-income families with a minimum GPA of 3.5
One scholarship of $1,000 for Outstanding Academics Award for High School, minimum GPA of 3.5.
To be considered for the 12th grade scholarship, the studentmust fill out and submit all application requirements as listed in the application. More scholarship information and the application form can be downloaded from www.aucocenter.org, requested by e-mail from
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, or picked up at Au Co Center as mentioned above.
We will notify applicants 1-2 weeks after receipt of the application. Names of the scholarship recipients will be posted online approximately 10 days before the 2012 Academic Excellence Awards Ceremony at http:/www.aucocenter.org.
If you have any questions, please contact:
• For financial support and other questions: Hang To at (415) 828-4754,
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; or My-Linh Nguyen at (415) 999-5147,
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• For registration: Minh Phan at (415) 971-4622,
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; or Hung Tran at (415) 468-4088,
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.
The 2012 Academic Excellence Award will be held at:
To encourage and motivate high school students of Vietnamese descent to strive for higher education, every year Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center and the Vietnamese Academic Award Foundation make every attempt to award scholarships to college-bound high school graduates who demonstrate academic excellence. This year, through scholarship fundraising efforts and thanks to the support of our sponsors, Au Co Center and the Vietnamese Academic Award Foundation proudly announce the 2012 Academic Excellence Awards and scholarships for 12th graders from the class of 2012.
Three $1,000 scholarships will be awarded. The total number of scholarships may increase depending on funding resources.
Minimum qualifications:
Vietnamese or Vietnamese American students currently in the 12th grade, class of 2011, who will begin their first year of college in the fall of 2012.
Current students of a public or private school within the area codes of (415) and (650). Students of Au Co Center are exempted from area code requirement.
Students who have demonstrated academic excellence with a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Parents' tax returns will need to be submitted. Financial need will be taken into consideration for two of the scholarships. The third scholarship for the Outstanding Academics Award (for High School) will not consider financial need.
To be considered, students who meet the minimum qualification above must fill out and submit all application requirements as listed in the application. The application due date is May 12th, 2012 if submitted in person at Au Co Center, or must be post-marked by May 15th, 2012 if sent by postal mail. Applicants will be informed of the results by the last week of May.
Applications can be obtained in the following ways:
(2) e-mailing
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; or
(3) picked up in person at Au Co Center on Saturdays only at 350 Girard Street (between Bacon/Burrows), San Francisco, CA 94134, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Scholarships will be presented at the 2012 Vietnamese Academic Excellence Awards Ceremony on Sunday, June 3rd, 2012, held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, at 350 Girard Street, San Francisco, CA 94134.
On the Faces of Asia Culture Parade & Arts Exhibit & Traditional Music Performance
At the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration
On Saturday, May 19, 2012 in San Francisco
May is known as Asian Heritage Month to acknowledge the contributions of the Asian communities to the State of California. Once a year, the AsianWeek Foundation organizes a street fair in an Asian business district to celebrate the recognition by the State. The Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) is rotated among Asian business districts in the City. However, for the last three years, the AHSC at Civic Center/Vietnamese Little Saigon have been very successful; therefore, this year AHSC returns to the neighborhood again. The 8th Annual AHSC will be on Saturday, May 19, 2012.
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center collaborates with the AsianWeek Foundation to organize the Face of Asia Culture parade for the Street Celebration. The parade’s purpose is to present the distinctiveness of each people’s culture. Last year Street Celebration and parade attracted lots of public media interests and almost a hundred thousand visitors. This year, it is very likely that there will be many more representatives from the media; especially the SBTN will be present to carry the event on their channel to all Vietnamese communities over the US.
Therefore, we are asking the participation of all community organizations as well as all members of the Vietnamese community so that our party will be the largest group of the parade, showing the public of our strength and great contribution, as well as introducing the beauties of the Vietnamese culture and traditions. Please contact Ms. Hang at 415-828-4754 to register. Registration deadline is May 10, 2012.
Participation in the parade and street fair is free. Those who take part in the parade should be dressed in cultural attires, including minorities’ traditional costumes and outfits (women must be dressed in áo dài; men could be in dress suit if no traditional dress available). Each community organization should have their own organization name sign/banner in English and must have at least six participants. Individual participant will be grouped with Au Co Center. While marching in the parade, participants can bring items representing Vietnamese traditional culture such as flags, fans, round sunshades, gongs, drums, etc.; can perform traditional dances and music or qilin dance. Please confirm if you will bring these items or will perform during the parade when register your participation.
In addition to the parade, Au Co Center also has an art exhibition and traditional music showcase inside Samsung Hall of Asian Art Museum from 12:00 to 2:00. Entrance to the Asian Art Museum is free.
Au Co Cultural Center will host six workshop on Vietnam. Guest speakers are invited to give lecture and discussion on various topics such as Vietnamese history, the Vietnam war, Vietnamese culture and language, and the future of Vietnamese communities.
We proudly announce
WORKSHOP 4: Vietnamese Communities
Saturday, April 21, 2012
11 am - 12:20 pm
presented by Mr. Bui Van Phu
Bui Van Phu is an educator and a journalist. He is a UC Berkeley graduate and has worked with Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa from 1983-85 as a high school science teacher and with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Southeast Asis from 1986-88 as an educational consultant.
He currently teaches public schools and community college in the East Bay.
Mr Bui is a regular contributor for many media outlets. His work has been published in San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, Người Việt, Thời Báo (San Jose), Việt Tribune, BBCVietnamese.com, talawas.org, vietbao.com.
This workshop will cover the issues for the Vietnamese boat people and the creation of the Vietnamese communities outside of Vietnam
Location
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
350 Girard St, San Francisco, CA 94134
Free admission and open to the public
Minimum age to attend: 17 and up
Please contact Hang To, 415-828-4754 or 415-298-3705 for rsvp and information.
