More than 1,000 high-achieving Oakland students will gather Monday, May 14 when the African-American Education Task Force and the Oakland Unified School District host the 2012 African-American Academic Achievement celebration.

Held at 6:30 p.m. at Acts Full Gospel Church, 1034 66th Ave., the annual event honors the city’s top African-American public school students enrolled in Grades 8 through 12. To qualify, students had to earn at least a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) in the first semester of the school year.

One of the largest ceremonies of its type in the nation, the African-American Honor Roll brings together the Oakland community to support promising scholars