Application Forms

Follow these steps to ensure your application to the SSCE is accepted:

1. Notify a Teacher, Mentor, or Supervisor of your interest in applying well in advance of the application due date.

   • Note: Students completing a project outside of class: Notify Tere Ceseña Bontempo, HSS Resource Teacher - mcesenabontempo@sandi.net to share your interest, learn about the process, and get additional support.

2. Complete a civic engagement project

3. Provide evidence of civic engagement learning by

   • Filling out this application

   • Completing and sharing a quick self-reflection (in written, video/audio recording)  to one recommender, and

   • Ensuring a recommendation form is completed by a Teacher, Mentor, or Supervisor (Who supervised the project) or Civic partner OR Community member who has been impacted by the project

Eligibilty Reminder: You must be a Sophomore, Junior, or Senior and must have earned a C or better in two HSS Courses to apply (for more information, visit SSCE Criteria)

Project Summary Questions 2.0

Prepare these responses summarizing your Civic/YPAR Project:

0. What is the title of your Civic Engagement Project?

1. What problem/issue in your community have you attempted to address?

2. Identify a root cause of the problem/issue.

3a. What type of research did you conduct to better understand the problem or issue? 

Choose at least 2: I read a book/article, I watched a video/documentary, I listened to a podcast/interview, I observed people/community/events, I interviewed peers/community members/expert, I surveyed peers/community members, or other (be ready to describe).

3b. For each type of research you identified, share what you learned.

4. Describe the action you took to address the problem or issue.

Reflection Questions 2.0

Prepare responses to the following questions:

1) Self:  What did you learn about yourself and your ability to make change? 

Think about how you grew personally and what knowledge or skills you gained.

2) Community: What impact (effect or change) did your actions have on your community? What did you learn from the community? 

Think about the people, community partners and leaders you worked with who were affected or changed by your actions.

3) World: How does your project connect to the world beyond your community, and why is that connection meaningful to you? 

Think about where else this issue exists, who else it affects, and why it matters to you.

Updates coming soon.

Updates coming soon.