May 29, 2013 1 min read

Local businesses contributed $28,500 to The Challenge Program Inc. to support the program’s efforts to motivate and reward high school students during the 2012-13 school year in Greene County high schools.

The mission of The Challenge Program Inc. is to partner with businesses to motivate high school students to excel, while introducing them to careers in their back yard. This partnership creates good habits in students and provides businesses with tangible results for their investments.

Sophomores, juniors and seniors who excel in the areas of attendance, academic improvement, academic excellence and community service receive a monetary reward. Introduced into pilot schools this year was a fifth award, The STEM Award, to encourage excellence in science, technology, engineering, and math and to further prepare students for careers in the region.

Participating Greene County schools and their sponsoring business ambassadors are: Carmichaels High School, Chevron; Jefferson-Morgan High School and the Greene County Career and Technology Center, Alpha Natural Resources; and Mapletown, Waynesburg Central and West Greene high schools, Consol Energy.

For more information about The Challenge Program Inc., contact Mary Dreliszak at dreliszakm@tcpinc.org or at 724-984-0860 and visit www.tcpinc.org.