CJSF

Scholarship for Service

CJSF Application Period Open

Attention students: CJSF Applications are being accepted. Use your grades from 2nd quarter to apply. Get the application packet here. The deadline is February 3, 2016. Please note: we are changing things up this year. Turn in your CJSF application, community service letter and field trip permission slip all at once.

Volunteer Drivers Needed

We need parent volunteers for our trip on March 3rd. Get the volunteer packet here.

Quarter 3 CJSF Deadlines

Revised January 23, 2016

Please listen carefully to the morning announcements for all CJSF updates and deadlines.

February 3 – Deadline for: membership application, grades, community service, field trip permission slip, and volunteer driver forms. Turn all of these items in at once to Ms. EL in room 21 or Mr. Simms in room 16 by 3:00 PM.

February 15 to 17 – Turn in $20 to Mr. Simms in room 16 to secure your attendance on the field trip.

Febrary 23 – Sign up for car groups outside room 21 at break.

March 3 – Field trip to the IMAX Theater and Sharks Ice We need volunteer drivers.

March 6 – Thank you card or letter rough-draft is due. See information in this packet for requirements.

March 9 – The final draft of your thank you card or letter must be approved by a CJSF advisor before 1:05 PM.

CJSF membership is open to all students who meet the eligibility requirements and submit their application to one of the CJSF advisers before the deadline. To be eligible, a student must:

1) Complete an application form.

2) Have at least 10 points as determined by their most recent Aptos Junior High School report card.

Optional: If you wish to come on our fun field trips, you must complete a minimum of two hours of community service, then get a formal letter (on letterhead) from a nonprofit organization verifying what you did, where, and when. See below for more details.

To come on our fun field trips, you need to complete two hours of community service with a non-profit organization. Once you have completed the service, obtain a letter that verifies your service. Your letter should include:

o  A description of the duties/services you performed.

o  The number of hours you volunteered.

o  The date you performed the service.

o  The letters should be on letter-head stationary.

o  Signed by the adult supervising you.

      (The adult signing the letter may not be a parent or relative.)

Visit the Home Access Center to print your report card.