A short assembly is held about one month before the test to explain the program to the students. One of our volunteers or representatives will be available to explain the program at this assembly if the school wishes, or it can be done by theCAT Director. Students place addressed sponsor letters in a container in their room each morning. These are picked up by the mailing committee who stamps and mails them to prospective sponsors. The students do only two things.
Address sponsor letters and take the spelling test.
The sponsor letter is a two-way mailing piece. The sponsors letter returns to our bonded trustee for entry into a main frame computer. The spelling test is given on the appointed date and the grades sent to the data processor. A computer generated bill is then sent to the sponsor thanking them for their support and informing them of the amount of their pledge. Thedata processor then sends the school a computer printout showing, room by room and student by student, the pledges received and the amount pledged.