CSF/CJSF - "Scholars For Service"
Welcome to Horizon's web page for California Scholarship Federation (CSF)
and California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF)
The Horizon Chapter of CSF/CJSF supports equality for all
2023-2024 CSF/CJSF Officers
President - Saffiya Sheikh
Vice President - Jack Thomason
Treasurer - vacant
Secretary - Cheyenne Jimenez
CJSF President - vacant
CJSF Vice President - vacant
2024-2025 CSF/CJSF Officers
President - Jack Thomason
Vice President - Alexandria Castro
Treasurer - Lee (L.J.) Khumalo
Secretary - Cheyenne Jimenez
CJSF President - vacant
CJSF Vice President - vacant
For more about officer responsibilities, check out the Chapter Bylaws and this document
7 REASONS TO JOIN CSF 6 REASONS TO JOIN CJSF
Wondering what CSF and CJSF is? View the CSF Intro Letter or CJSF Intro Letter for more information.
Membership
Students must apply for semester membership, towards the CSF Life Member count, each semester and are not automatically counted without applying. See Intro Letter above for more information about becoming a CSF Life Member. Students may still participate in chapter meetings and activities during a semester in which they did not apply or qualify. The hope is they will apply/qualify the next semester.
Congratulations to the following students for qualifying for Spring 2024 Semester Membership in California Scholarship Federation (CSF) and California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF) based on Fall 2023 grades. These names were posted in the March Counseling Newsletter.
The last CSF and CJSF applications were due at noon on February 2nd, 2024 and the application is now closed. The next period to apply will be with Spring 2024 grades and the application will be due on September 20, 2024
If you previously qualified for CSF or CJSF Semester Membership at your prior school, please ask the CSF or CJSF Adviser at your prior school to email a letter stating which semesters of membership you qualified for to Melora Klusnick at mklusnick@hcs.k12.ca.us.
Students whose prior school did not have a CSF or CJSF chapter (verified here) are permitted to submit applications for past semesters for retroactive Semester Membership in order to achieve CSF Sealbearer/Life Member or CJSF Honor Member status.
Contact Melora Klusnick if you have questions about your progress towards CSF Sealbearer/Life Member status or CJSF Honor Member status.
Chapter Meetings
We encourage members to participate in chapter meetings held monthly, online through Zoom; however, meeting attendance is not required. For more information, contact the CSF/CJSF Adviser Melora Klusnick at mklusnick@hcs.k12.ca.us or 916-846-4703.
The next Chapter meeting is TBD. Zoom link and Agenda will be sent to members prior to the meeting.
For prior meeting agendas click HERE
If you miss a meeting, we record them and you can access the recordings on the meeting Agenda.
Get involved now to have your voice heard!
Leadership opportunities available
Scholarship opportunities available
Volunteer Opportunities/Service Projects
Spring 2022 Service Project
Letters that Create Smiles-
Document with directions and rules HERE
Track how many letters you will make on the same doc!
Send your letters to this address: Cards for Hospitalized Kids, 7290 W. Devon Ave. Chicago, IL 60631
Project ends the 1st of May, send your letters to the organization by May 1st!
Fall 2021 Service Project
Treat Of A letter Initiative-
The goal was to write 100 encouragement and birthday cards to foster kids this October. We held writing sessions over zoom to inform students on what to say in the letters, how to mail them, along with some icebreakers. Students bought or made bright, colorful cards suitable for any ages 6-18 and donated them through Braid Mission.
* Information from Braid Mission (https://braidmission.org/get-involved/cards-of-hope/how-to-send-cards-of-hope/)
There was a tracking document to keep track of how many cards students made or bought, which writing session they attended (or both), and attached some photos to the doc! The photos can be seen in this showcase presentation of all of the fabulous card designs!
Treat of a Letter Initiative Update: We made 182 Cards collectively as a chapter! Some foster kids have very special cards headed their way for their Birthday, or just simply to say Hello! That’s 82 more than our goal and 182 smiles :) Thank you for participating and we look forward to presenting all of your card designs at our November meeting on 11/18 at 3 pm. If you haven’t submitted your information or photos, you can still do that here.
Please contact Penny Oliver at penelope.57623@hcseagles.org with any questions.
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In Spring 2021 we completed our COVID-friendly service project, The Kindness Campaign and Charity Walk.
Holiday Giving Drive- This year we helped Wellspring Women’s Center by doing a contactless donation drive. Wellspring Women’s Center in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood nurtures the innate goodness and personal self-esteem of women and their children. Students purchased donations or made a monetary donation to Wellspring at www.wellspringwomen.org.
WE GOT SO MANY DONATIONS! Thank you to Penny Oliver (pictured here) for all her hard work organizing this event. She was recognized at the School Board Meeting by Superintendent Dr. Cynthia Wood in December.
View CSF/CJSF Service Project Ideas HERE
Parent chaperone required for all Service Projects.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our CSF/CJSF chapter members are doing a lot acts of kindness and providing community service to our essential workers.
Aaliya's links:
In December 2019 we volunteered at River City Food Bank. See photos below.
Send photos and Horizon photo release to Melora Klusnick at mklusnick@hcs.k12.ca.us to share what you are up to. If you would like your photo included in the CSF 100th Anniversary TV Ad, also complete this CSF photo release and email to Melora Klusnick. More Info:
https://csf-cjsf.org/photos-needed-csf-100th-anniversary-tv-ad/
Members are currently discussing the possibility of doing service projects around one theme, for example an Environmental theme. More information to come!
Fundraising
The next Panda Express Fundraiser will be on April 19, 2024- all day!
Why participate in a CSF - Panda Express virtual fundraiser?
Participation allows your chapter to earn 10% of Panda Express net sales by your supporters from all over the U.S.
Double the reward – Benefit your chapter and the CSF/CJSF state organization!
Additional fundraisers will be posted here as needed.
Awards (CJSF / CSF) (click on links for more detailed information)
CJSF DiGiovanna Award- Nov 1-Jan 13 each year. Essay contest for 7th and 8th grade students only. $100 award.
CJSF Marian Huhn Award- Nov 15-Feb 25 each year- Adviser nominated (8th graders let Mrs. Klusnick know if you are interested in being nominated by approx. Jan 17/packet due to Mrs. Klusnick by approx. Jan 24). All Huhn Award nominees must attend the mandatory virtual Huhn Nominee Workshop.
CSF Michelson Memorial Award Essay Contest- Nov 1-Dec 22 each year. Essay contest for 11th and 12th grade students only. $1,000 award.
CSF Seymour Memorial Award- Jan 1-Feb 18 each year- Adviser nominated. Mrs. Klusnick will evaluate all seniors with Life Membership by approx. February 5th and choose up to 2 to nominate (let Mrs. Klusnick know if you are interested/packet due to Mrs. Klusnick by approx. Feb 15). All Seymour award nominees must attend the mandatory Seymour Interview. The Seymour Award is regarded as one of the highest scholastic honors given to high school students in the state of California. Each year, 50 finalists receive awards of $2,000 each, and five of these (one per region) each receive an additional $3,000 as the regional award recipient.
2023 Seymour Memorial Award-
No nomination was made from Horizon.
2022 Seymour Memorial Award-
Katie Huddleston was selected for nomination from Horizon, and moved on to the next round of selection. Unfortunately, she was not selected as a Finalist.
2021 Seymour Memorial Award-
Hawa Desai and Safiya Munif were selected for nomination from Horizon, and moved on to the next round of selection. Safiya Munif was selected as a Finalist for the North region and will move on for an interview round. Congrats!
Virtual Celebration of Awards-
California Scholarship Federation (CSF) and California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF) held the Virtual Celebration of Awards on April 17th. 2021 at 9am.
All finalists and recipients of 2020-2021 awards were honored and Recipients announced.
Our CSF nominee Safiya Munif of Chapter 1226 from Horizon Charter School is among the North Region Finalists for the 2020-2021 Seymour Award.
They are delighted to present this amazing group of CSF/CJSF members who truly exemplify Scholars for Service.
Watch the video of the Virtual Celebration of Awards! It's on the CSF website here.
Student Leadership Conference (Virtual)
The 4th Annual Statewide Student Leadership Conference will be on February 10, 2024. This is a student-focused event on Zoom to share ideas, answer questions, and gain experiences involving your CSF/CJSF Chapter. All sessions will be presented virtually by students, for students, and about students! This is an exciting opportunity for all CSF/CJSF students to network with other members throughout California! FLYER
Students will present on a variety of topics. Link to videos and PDFs from the 2023 conference HERE.
Interested students need to register HERE. You will need to put our chapter number and Region. Our region is North and our chapter numbers are CSF- 1226 / CJSF- 1326.
In 2021, three of our Officers (Safiya Munif, Hawa Desai, and Katie Huddleston) were part of this amazing event by presenting at the conference! Their 20 minute session called "How to Virtual" highlighted all the amazing ways our chapter has mastered virtual operations, from virtual meetings and agendas to online communication. This will be valuable to so many CSF/CJSF chapters struggling to pivot to virtual operations during Covid-19.
Recording Link for "How to Virtual" presentation
After the event the flyers that Safiya Munif created for our chapter were adopted by CSF and posted on their website! You can find them here.
Click HERE for recordings of all of the 2021 sessions
SPRING CONFERENCES
The North Region's Conference will not take place as planned. Stay tuned for more information about next year.
OTHER LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Members interested in the Student Advisory Council can also register for more information: https://csf-cjsf.org/stay-informed/
CSF/CJSF Blog
Share your experiences, questions, and concerns! Click HERE to share a message (choice to post publicly or not).
CSF/CJSF Table at College and Career Fair
Thank you to Penelope Oliver and Katie Huddleston for volunteering to work at the CSF/CJSF table and the College and Career Fair on November 17, 2021. Their leadership helped inform more students about the benefits of joining CSF and CJSF.
Related Resources/Information
Official CSF/CJSF website: https://csf-cjsf.org/
CSF Chapter Number: 1226
CJSF Chapter Number: 1326
Region: North
Adviser Name: Melora Klusnick
Adviser's Email: mklusnick@hcs.k12.ca.us
Adviser's Phone: 916-846-4703
Important Dates
TBD- next chapter meeting
April 19th- Panda Express Fundraiser
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