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District partners with local businesses to reward ACT preparation; nearly $8,400 in donated incentives
Summary
Communications staff said local businesses donated prizes and nearly 1,000 coupons to incentivize ACT participation and preparation; one grand prize is a year of pizza from a local restaurant.
The Agua Fria Union High School District's Communications and Strategic Alliances team launched an ACT incentive program in partnership with local businesses to encourage juniors preparing for the ACT.
Alyssa Scribe presented the initiative on behalf of department leader Megan Griego, who was excused. Scribe said 10 local partners recorded customized encouragement videos and donated nearly 1,000 coupons with an estimated total value of about $8,400. Participating partners named in the presentation included Modern Grind, NYPD Pizza, Kane's Chicken, Bubba's 33, Texas Roadhouse, Main Event, Wildlife World Zoo, Phoenix International Raceway, City of Avondale Mayor Pineda, Sunbonnet's Mexican Kitchen, and Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Teen Center.
The incentive structure entered students who attended study sessions or showed preparation effort, or who improved their ACT score by one point, into drawings for donated prizes. The district also offered a grand prize: free pizza for a year donated by NYPD Pizza. Scribe said the partners received social-media recognition across the district's network of roughly 10,000 people and that the program will be refined in collaboration with academics for next year.
