California Scholastic Federation
CSF Application Part 1 CSF Application Part 2CSF MEMBERSHIP:
If your student believes he/she is egible for CSF, they must:
- Pick up an application from the Counseling Office or download from our web site after receiving grades for the semester JUST completed.
- Pay attention to the first deadline for submitting applications.
- Once eligibility is determined, the student’s name will appear on a list in the Counseling Office.
- Then, the student should go to the Financial Office to pay a $5.00 membership fee by the second deadline.
- After the second deadline has passed, an official membership list will be posted in the Counseling Office.
FYI: CSF BY-LAWS:
- Do not allow us to make membership retroactive.
- Do not allow a student to miss deadlines, based on absence, forgetfulness, not-knowing etc. School Bulletins, PTA Newsletters, are all vehicles for disseminating information. Bulletins are also available on the LJHS website.
- A student is eligible to become a member after a student completes his/her first semester as a sophomore, and is encouraged to apply at that time.
- To be a CSF Lifetime member, a student must be a member in CSF for 4 semesters, one of which MUST be the first semester of his/her senior year. It is not possible to calculate grades, applications, and fees by the time a student graduates if the student is counting on the second semester.
ACTIVE VS. INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
- To receive standard awards for CSF, a lamp pin, a stamp on the transcript and diploma seal, a student need not be active. INACTIVE Students must still attend mandatory meetings and pay attention to deadlines.
- To receive some additional awards, site-based CSF scholarships, and some at the state level, a student MUST be ACTIVE. ACTIVE members must complete 8 hours of volunteer service. These hours must be through CSF sponsored activities. Students should stop by to pick up a handout with details about various options for completing service hours.
- An ACTIVE member will receive, in addition to the above rewards, a stamp indicating ACTIVE service on his/her transcript, IF the student completes 4 semesters of ACTIVE membership. ACTIVE members will also be eligible to receive additional awards determined at the local level.
