Challenge Program holds kickoff assembly at school
WAYNESBURG – The Challenge Program Inc., a regional non-profit organization designed to provide high school students with incentives for success, recently kicked off the program with an orientation assembly at Waynesburg Central High School.
The program partners with businesses to motivate high school students to excel, both in and out of the classroom, and to introduce them to careers in their back yard. CONSOL Energy serves as the sponsor of the program at the school.
Fifteen students in the sophomore, junior and senior classes who excel in the areas of attendance, academic excellence, academic improvement, The STEM Award, and community service this school year, will receive a $200 award for their efforts. The awards total $3,000. Last year’s sophomore and junior award winners were awarded during the assembly and last year’s seniors were awarded this past spring.
Jessica Johnson, external relations specialist with CONSOL Energy, addressed the students about the company and how The Challenge Program, Inc. award categories apply to success on the job.
In Greene County, CONSOL Energy also sponsors The Challenge Program Inc. at Mapletown and West Greene high schools.
Since 2003, through the generous support of businesses, foundations and individuals, The Challenge Program Inc. has been introduced to more than 330,000 students and checks totaling more than $2 million have been presented to more than 8,000 high school students in more than 100 high schools in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
For additional information about The Challenge Program Inc., call either Mary Dreliszak, director of program development, at 724-984-0860 or Barbara Grandinetti, executive director of The Challenge Program Inc., at 814-533-7401.