CENTER FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

M & I Bank Awards Educational Grant—
Continues Support for CAE and SCSC Programs and Initiatives

The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) and South Central Service Cooperative (SCSC) would like to thank M & I Bank for their continued support. Through M & I Bank’s generous $5,000 donation, CAE and SCSC have been able to honor students for their academic accomplishments as well as provide additional opportunities for educational enrichment activities for thousands of students in Minnesota during the 2006–2007 school year.

Together, M & I Bank, CAE and SCSC have formed a partnership aimed at recognizing academic excellence in students and providing students and schools with increased opportunities for students to participate in various educational enrichment and competitive events. Because of their generous donation and continued support of academic excellence, M & I Bank will again be a featured sponsor at the Gathering of Champions statewide parade of Academic All-Stars in August at the Mall of America.

The Gathering of Champions is an annual event honoring K-12 students who are named as Academic All-Stars by officials in participating schools. All-Stars may include top academic achievers, students who have made a dramatic improvement in their academic work or achievement, and the top finishers in academic challenges and competitions at a regional or higher level endorsed by the state’s Academic League Council.

M & I Bank’s grant also helps to provide funding for many of the other academic outreach programs and competitions sponsored by SCSC, including the Fine Arts Conference, Science & Nature Conference, MN Student Inventors Congress, MN Academic Decathlon, Math Masters, and the SCSC Regional Chess Tournaments.

 

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