Scholarships

Many websites exist for a variety of scholarships offered throughout California and the US. 

The information listed below is mostly related to local scholarships.

Scroll to the bottom of this page for additional scholarship websites/databases. Feel free to explore, but know to never pay money for scholarship information or applications. 

If you need an OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT for a scholarship application, please click here to create an account and request a transcript be emailed to you through Parchment.

2025-2026 FBHS General Scholarship Information

What is the FBHS General Scholarship Application and why should I fill it out?

Preparing and submitting the FBHS General Scholarship Application will help you in a few ways: 

1.  It will put you into consideration for scholarships through the FBHS Scholarship Committee (if you meet other eligibility requirements for those scholarships).

2. Many local organizations use the FBHS General Scholarship Application as their application. They may ask you to make a new cover page and include it with the rest of your FBHS Scholarship Application packet. Please follow all submission instructions listed for each scholarship.

3. You will be able to use pieces of this application packet for other scholarship applications (such as your resume, transcript, and letters of recommendation).
   
   

Please note, completing an FBHS General Scholarship Application does not guarantee that you will be awarded a scholarship. Not submitting an application ensures that you won’t! 

 -Scholarship Instructions-

The initial deadline of Jan 14, 2026 has passed but we are still accepting applications.

Complete each of the application components below and save the entire scholarship packet as one PDF file- NOT a Google Doc.

Once completed, email the PDF as an attachment to: scholarships@fbusd.us 

Please read all instructions.
TIP: Create a “Scholarships” folder in your Google Drive to save all of the pieces of the application.
The links below provide additional tips and instructions for completing the FBHS General Scholarship Application:

How to copy files to your Google Drive
How to sign your application page
How to combine files into one PDF

How to add a PDF attachment to your email

Components of the application:

1. Cover Page (click here for template) 
   Make a copy and replace Timmy Timberwolf with YOUR name. Please do not put a picture of yourself on your cover page.

2. Application Form (click here for the fillable form)
   Make a copy and complete the form. Form must be typed, handwritten forms will not be accepted. There are two options for adding signatures to the form, see instructions here.

3. Résumé (click here for sample)
   Must be limited to one page. You should have a current résumé as part of your Senior Project portfolio.

4. Essay
   Tips: Read your essay aloud to yourself or someone else, make necessary edits, and then request an English teacher proofread it with you; your final essay should be flawless. 

• Essay Part 1:
  Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.

AND

• Essay Part 2:
  In addition to the above, on a separate page, write a paragraph discussing what you see yourself doing immediately after high school as well as your long-term goals.

5. Two letters of Recommendation

• You need 2 letters (Letters are limited to one page each):

  • • • 1- from a high school teacher or school counselor

      • 1- from another adult (not family)

• The process to request a letter:
  1-2 weeks before you need it, ask (don’t assume!) your intended letter writer to write a general scholarship letter for you. If they say yes, provide them with your completed Brag Sheets to assist them in discussing how wonderful you are.
  Do not include Brag Sheets in scholarship applications. The role of the Brag Sheet is to help the letter writer know more about you.

• Senior Brag Sheet (English)  or  Senior Brag Sheet (Spanish): You fill this out about yourself.  Make a copy, complete, then give to the person you are asking to write a letter for you.

• Family Brag Sheet (English) or  Family Brag Sheet (Spanish): Your family member fills this out about you. Make a copy, have a family member complete, then give to the person you are asking to write a letter for you.

6.  Transcript
   Please click here to create an account and request a transcript be emailed to you through Parchment.  

YOU MUST KEEP A DIGITAL or PRINTED COPY OF YOUR ENTIRE APPLICATION.

Please note, completing an FBHS General application does not guarantee that you will be awarded a scholarship. 

Not submitting an application ensures that you won’t!