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YAA 2025 Candidate Application

Before filling out and submitting this form, make sure all the necessary data is at hand. You should have a PRINTED YAA Candidate Form in your YAA package that you may use for reference.  You May save the form at any time and continue later.  That choice is at the end of the form.  BUT, you MUST  eventually click SUBMIT to be registered as a YAA Award winner! 

The DEADLINE for submitting this form is Monday, May 5th, 2025.

IMPORTANT:  After you click the SUBMIT button, please be SURE you get an immediate confirmation message AND an email CONFIRMING your submission!

YAA Candidate Form

All Fields are Required. *

  • Enter your school.
  • If you prefer to be called by different name than above. Note: This will be the name that will appear on your Award Plaque and you nametag at the YAA Banquet.
  • Your Email Address:
  • Your guidance counselor or equivalent.
  • Bullet format please
  • School-sponsored activities. Describe what you have done, in or for your school (athletics, music, clubs, service projects, etc.). Bullet format please.
  • Activities outside school, whether self-initiated or sponsored by a community organization (church, scouts, town, state, civic organization or club, etc.). Include charitable and patriotic events. Bullet format please.
  • Choose what you will be doing in the next school year or the near future.
  • Please provide any amplifying information about your future plans such as the name of the school you plan to attend, branch of service, corporation, volunteer organization, etc.
  • It is essential that you have your guidance counselor (or senior JROTC instructor) make an assessment of you. (An abridged version of this statement will be read at the YAA Banquet and published in the program as the student’s bio.) This statement (max. 200 words please) must include: 1. Verification of the accuracy of information provided in Sections 1, 2, and 3; 2. A summary/evaluation of your personal qualities and record of achievement; and, 3. Their knowledge of your plans for your future. NOTE: You will need to give your counselor time to accomplish this, get it back to you in a timely manner for you to enter it into the online application by the deadline (Monday, 5 May 2025).
  • Please upload a recent bust photo of yourself. This will be used to create a unique profile slide of you as a YAA Winner for presentation during our Award Ceremony. Make it a good one! Everyone at the banquet will see you on the big screen!
    Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, jpeg, Max. file size: 16 MB.
  • ********************* " Name the ONE patriotic service you performed or community project you completed during high school and expand upon the biggest impact it had on you and the ones you served." ********************* NOTE: Essays are read by a board of 15 military officers to determine the most elegant and thoughtful essay. The top essay award is one of the significant awards at the YAA banquet.
  • Essays are read by our board of military officers to determine the most elegant and thoughtful essay. The top essay award is one of the significant monetary awards at the YAA banquet.
  • In the United States of America, citizens attain the right to vote at the age of 18. The minimum voting age was established by the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. President Richard M. Nixon signed this amendment which lowered the legal age to 18 from 21 in March 1971. A common slogan for the youth voting rights movement was “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote.” The voting ages vary from 16 to 25 in different countries of the world. Statistics from the 2020 national election show that the lowest voter turnout was among the 18- to 24-year-olds. In your opinion, should the voting age remain at 18 in the United States? Why or why not should the voting age in the US remain at 18 AND explain what you view as the single most important national issue for younger voters in the upcoming election?
  • IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED YOU PROOFREAD YOUR ESSAY CRITICALLY BEFORE CLICKING SUBMIT.

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    Please NOTE: You MUST ENSURE all information is COMPLETELY ACCURATE. The information you provide WILL BECOME PUBLIC at our YAA Banquet Event and may be published in local news media and on this web site. IMPORTANT:  After you click the SUBMIT button, please be SURE you get an immediate confirmation message AND an email CONFIRMING your submission!
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