7 Perks Students Can Get for Good Grades

As finals approach and the first half of the 2011-12 school year draws to a close, we round up a variety of incentives that businesses are offering students who earn good grades. Here are some freebies a good report card can net you.

Pizza and soft drink
Pizza Hut(YUM) will give elementary and middle school students that earn three As (or an equivalent mark) a free personal pizza and small soft drink when they present their report cards to a manager. The offer is valid at participating locations for dine-in only.

Video game tokens
Students can exchange good grades for up to 15 game tokens at their local Chuck E. Cheese, as long as they also make a food purchase.

Movie rentals
Blockbuster will give out one free non-new release movie to students in grades K-12 who present a report card with a collective B average grade (Satisfactory, 2.7 GPA or 80% grade) or better to a manager on duty. Family Video also lets students from kindergarten through college earn one free overnight rental of a movie or video game for each A (or equivalent mark) they get in any core subject. Cookies
Ohio-based bakery chain Cheryl's gives students who present their report cards at retail locations a cookie for each A earned.

Doughnuts
Krispy Kreme(KKD) is known to give out free sweets to students of all ages who get good grades. The number of treats you are eligible to get varies by location.

Kids' meal
Teachers should consider participating in Applebee's A is for Apple program, which provides educators with gift certificates for free kids' meals that the educators can then give to students as an incentive for students to achieve a specific goal.

What other freebies can students score that aren't necessarily contingent on good grades? Find out! in this MainStreet roundup!

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