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YOU get the REWARDS!

Straight A students get a $20 REWARDS! gift card & B Average students get a $10 REWARDS! gift card along with a coupon sheet to take advantage of your great Exchange offers.

Students who make the grade qualify to enter a worldwide sweepstakes to win a $2,000, $1,500 or $500 REWARDS! gift card. Drawings are held in December and June.

TO ENTER: You Made the Grade sweepstakes entry forms are on the back of the Exchange gift card carrier sleeve. Students can send completed forms to:

You Made the Grade
PO Box 227398
Dallas, TX 75222-7398

RECENT WINNERS

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1st Place - Trenton Hall

9th Grade - Fort Gordon - Augusta Christian School
The first-place winner of the Exchange’s "You Made The Grade" sweepstakes is planning to use his winnings to give back to the local community. A ninth grader from Augusta Christian School, Trenton Hall, will donate supplies with his $2,000 Exchange gift card.
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3rd Place - Bronsyn Dungey

3rd Grade - Fort Belvoir
Fort Belvoir Upper School rising third grader Bronsyn Dungey accepts his You Made the Grade Prize at the Fort Belvoir Exchange, accompanied by his mother, Megan Dungey, and his sisters. At right is Fort Belvoir Store Manager Nanami Taniguchi.
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2nd Place - Leo Velez

5th Grade - Fort Worth
Leo Velez, a Bryson Elementary School fifth grader in Fort Worth, Texas, and son of a retired Marine staff sergeant, won second prize in the Exchange’s worldwide You Made the Grade sweepstakes for academic excellence. Leo was selected from more than 2,300 military children who entered the sweepstakes.

Gallery of scholars, past & present

  • From left, Carl Carpenter, Kaiserslautern Military Community Exchange general manager; Maj. Frederik Maul, commander, 106th Financial Management Support Unit; Brandon Maul, a ninth-grader at Baumholder Middle High School; Dawn Maul, Brandon’s mom; and Sean Childers, Baumholder Exchange store manager; celebrate Brandon’s $500 prize in the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s You Made the Grade sweepstakes. The Exchange program rewards military students who shine in the classroom.
  • Seventh-grader Sara Cockrell won the grand prize of a $2,000 Exchange gift card, which she received in a presentation at the Fort Bragg Exchange. Left to right: Fort Bragg Exchange Gen. Mgr. Amanda Hartfield, winner Sara Cockrell and Fort Bragg Garrison Commander Col. Scott Pence.
  • HOHENFELS, Germany - Exchange Retail Store Manager Daniel Czichran, left, in blue, presents You Made the Grade gift cards to children recognized as honor roll recipients by the community. More than 400 family members and the Joint Multinational Readiness Center Command team were present for the ceremony.
  • LUKE AFB, Ariz. - Exchange Senior Enlisted Advisor Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes, left, and Col. Robert Sylvester, 56th Mission Support Group commander, present Mary Rita Kostas, 13, with a $2,000 gift card July 25 as the grand prize in the Exchange's You Made the Grade sweepstakes.
  • VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - Col. Michael Hunsberger, 30th Mission Support Group commander, and Ladda Marx, the Exchange general manager, were joined by associates Jan. 24 to present the You Made the Grade sweepstakes second-place prize to first-grader Douglas Anderson IV.
  • SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, N.C. - Mission Support Group Commander Col. Jason Knight and Exchange General Manager Bill Shoffner presented You Made the Grade third-place winner Josephine Simmons with a $500 gift card Jan. 18 to honor her academic achievements. Josephine was accompanied by her parents, Air Force Master Sgt. William Simmons and wife, Sarah.
  • SCOTT AFB, Ill. - Dylan Hughs, is presented with a $500 Exchange gift card after winning third place in the Exchange's You Made the Grade academic sweepstakes. From left, Rita Sheridan, Exchange general manager; Dylan; Dylan’s mother, Jennifer; and Oliver Westphal, Exchange store manager.
  • DYESS AFB, Texas - Tyler Burgess of Abilene, Texas, is presented with a $1,500 gift card after winning second place in the Exchange's You Made the Grade academic sweepstakes. From left, Chief Master Sgt. Michelle Browning; Teresita Williams, Exchange general manager; Amy Burgess, Tyler’s mother; Tyler; Air Force Lt. Col. James Burgess, Tyler’s father; Jackson Burgess, Tyler’s brother; Dennis Billig, Deputy Commander; and Sean Briggs, Exchange assistant manager.
  • FORT SILL, Okla. - Aalyisha Williams, 18, of Fort Sill, Okla., is presented with a $2,000 Exchange gift card after winning the grand prize in the Exchange’s You Made the Grade academic sweepstakes. From left, Deputy Garrison Chaplain James Hall, Exchange General Manager Daniel Wise, Aalyisha, and Main Store Manager Teresa Paul.
  • FORT LEE, Va. - Fifteen-year-old Kahlil Townsend, second from right, receives a $1,500 gift card for finishing second in the Exchange's You Made the Grade worldwide sweepstakes. Townsend said he plans to spend the first $500 of the gift card on video games and the remaining $1,000 later. GM Rita Inchaurregui-Powell, in blue jacket, and Main Store Manager Candice Ford, right, present the award as Townsend's family gathers around. Through the You Made the Grade program, first- through 12th-graders with a B average or higher can receive coupon books filled with Exchange discounts and a sweepstakes entry form for a shot at a $2,000, $1,500 or $500 prize. By Elizabeth Isakson
  • FORT GORDON, Ga. - Dallas Lein made the grade! Fort Gordon Manager Delores Norris presents the fifth-grader with a $2,000 Exchange gift card after he won first place in You Made the Grade. By Christine Karimkhani
  • LUKE AFB, Ariz. - Manager Jeff Bailey shows the Exchange's You Made the Grade booklet to a mother during an installation's "Holiday Magic" community event. Bailey also passed out flyers and information about MILITARY STAR benefits to dozens of people who stopped by the Exchange table. By Nerissa Skol
  • U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, N.Y. -- Store Manager Urvi Acharya presents a $1,500 gift card to Aliyah Banks, the second-place winner in the Exchange's You Made The Grade sweepstakes. By Loterly Wehmeyer
  • U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, N.Y. -- Store Manager Urvi Acharya presents a gift card to Aliyah Banks, the second-place winner in the Exchange's You Made The Grade sweepstakes. By Lot Wehmeyer
  • FORT GORDON, Ga. -- Associate Natasa Stroud, left, hands out information about the Exchange's You Made the Grade program and the upcoming tax-free weekend discounts to a mother during a back-to-school bash. Main Store Manager Page Clark looks on. By Christine Karimkhani