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The California Scholarship Federation and California Junior Scholarship Federation (CSF and CJSF) exist to promote and recognize high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship on the part of students in California schools. |
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| CSF History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In 1916, Charles F. Seymour proposed a state-wide organization to honor outstanding high school students. In 1921, the CSF Board of Directors initiated a program with several colleges and universities to award scholarships specifically to CSF Life Members. The California Junior Scholarship Federation was founded in 1967 to honor outstanding junior high students. The rapid growth of CJSF in recent years has greatly strengthened CSF and the joint organization continues to foster the recognition, motivation, and education of academically talented students. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Membership Requirements | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Membership shall be based on scholarship and citizenship. If a student is placed on probation for citizenship violations, she will be disqualified for that semester.
2. Membership is for the semester following the one in which the qualifying grades were earned, and is for one semester only. In order to become a member, the student must submit an application for each semester for which she is eligible. Grades earned in the second semester of the twelfth grade will count toward Life(Sealbearer) Membership, but no application is necessary at that time. 3. Semester membership is by application only and shall not be automatic or compulsory. Neither may retroactive membership be granted to any student who has failed to avail herself of the opportunity to become a member. 4. A student carrying 6 or 7 subjects (not counting Physical Education and repeated subjects) must earn a minimum of 10 CSF points. All courses beyond 5 will not be used to compute CSF points and will be ignored, except any D’s or F.s immediately disqualify the student. 5. CSF points shall be calculated as follows: ONE ADDITIONAL POINT SHALL BE GRANTED FOR A GRADE OF A OR B IN AN AP OR HONORS COURSE, UP TO A MAXIMUMOF 2 SUCH POINTS PER SEMESTER 6. The requirements for becoming a Life Member (Sealbearer) are as follows: CSF membership in at least 4 of the last 6 semesters (10th, 11th,12th grades) one of which must be based on senior grades. 7. The benefits of Life Membership status are the following:
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Total Points = 11 |
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Spiritual, Educated, Collaborative and Integrated Women
