La Vista and La Sierra High Schools

Please Return Scholarship Applications to the Counselor

• ALPHA Scholarship (La Vista & La Sierra)

$1000 If you plan to attend a community college, a 4-year college, a university, or a trade school, please consider applying for a post-secondary scholarship from ALPHA (a branch of the Assistance League of Fullerton). Recipients would use their award money to help pay for tuition, other school fees, books, and/or supplies. Deadline to Submit: March 21, 2025

• Assistance League of Fullerton (La Vista High School)

Award Varies Scholarships to be used on tuition and books, The Assistance League serves as a community support group that provides funds for scholarships, academic awards, and other areas of need. Deadline to Submit: March 27, 2025

• Assisteen Scholarship Opportunity (La Vista & La Sierra High School)

$1000 Assisteens have established six scholarships to recognize Fullerton Union High School District seniors who have demonstrated exemplary leadership, citizenship and community service in high school. Deadline to Submit: April 1, 2025

• Career & Technicial Scholarship - $2,500

The Career & Technical Scholarship Program is funded through the generosity of Horatio Alger Association Members, Dennis R. Washington and Jim F. Dicke II. Scholarships are awarded to students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their lives who wish to pursue a career or technical education at an accredited non-profit post-secondary institution in the United States.  - Opens on March 15, 2025

• Dollars for Scholars (La Sierra High School Graduates) -  Deadline to Submit: First Tuesday of May Every Year
• FSTO Scholarship (La Vista & La Sierra High Schools) - $500

FSTO is happy to sponsor scholarships for students planning to enter the education profession - as a teacher, a counselor, SLP, or librarian. 
- Scholarship recipients will be notified on or before May 2, 2025
- Recipients will be invited to be recognized at the FJUHSD School Board meeting on May 13, 2025.
- Deadline to Submit - April 18, 2025 (Before 4:00pm)

• Fullerton Sunrise Rotary Club (La Vista High School)

This is a $500 scholarship to be used for tuition and books or school supplies. The mission of Rotary is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its friendships of business, professional, and community leaders. Deadline to Submit: First Tuesday of May Every Year

• KM Scholarship

The KM Legacy Foundation was created in 2017 by Katharine Monson to raise money for brain cancer awareness & research and also to provide leadership opportunities for Fullerton Joint Union High School District students both during their time in high school and beyond. As a former member of Fullerton Union High School’s (FUHS) ASB, Katie believed that the leadership opportunities that she was offered greatly shaped her personality and outlook on life. Her FUHS experience enabled her to persevere through health and personal challenges that quickly came her way right after high school. The foundation provides scholarships to students as a way to carry forward similar opportunities to future leaders. Remember – Kindness Matters! Deadline to Submit: March 28, 2025 ($2,000)

Tips in Applying for Scholarships

One of the FJUHSD Seniors earned over $13,000 worth of scholarships. Our Senior was happy to write out tips for our fellow students in becoming successful in applying for scholarships. Certainly, earning that much money in scholarships helps your family's financial burdens on university/college costs.
 
1. Apply for all the Scholarships that you are Eligible for. Apply for even scholarships that are $100. They add up!
 
2. Stay Organized. I kept a list of each scholarship that I applied for with the amount and if I got the scholarship. I also kept a folder where I kept a few copies of my resume, letters of recommendation, transcript and personal statement.
 
3. Write a Good Personal Statement. I was able to use my personal statement for 20/27 scholarships that I applied for. I wrote my personal statement on an obstacle that I was able to overcome.
 
4. Make this your job. I spent hours filling out forms and making copies of letters of rec, my personal statement, resume, and transcripts. Applying for scholarships is a good use of your time. If you are applying for a scholarship that is $2000 and you spend an hour working on it, then you just made yourself $2000 an hour!
 
5. Believe in yourself. You do not have to have the highest GPA or be in tech and full IB. You have to be a well-rounded person who has goals and works hard to achieve them.
 
6. Think Ahead. Earning scholarships can lessen or take away your student loans. Save a copy of all the scholarships that you applied for your younger siblings. Ask if you can reapply.
 
7. Never Give Up. It took me a few months to actually get a scholarship, but once I got them I got many. In one week I got 5 scholarships!
 
8. Show your Thanks. After I was awarded a scholarship (I would usually get a letter in the mail, sometimes a phone call) I would send out a hand made thank you card and call them.
 
9. Ask Questions. If you are unsure about a question on the scholarship application talk to your counselors. They are all really nice and more than willing to help.
 
10. Apply for Local Scholarships. 24/27 scholarships that I applied for were local scholarships. I used the scholarships that were listed on Naviance.
 
11. Keep Track. Each scholarship fund has its own way of giving you the money. Some will mail you a check, some will want to wait to see a list of your fall class schedule, some will give you the check at an awards ceremony, and some will need a copy of the paper indicating your tuition. Create a spread sheet so you know which scholarship money you get. If you have not received your money for a while, politely contact the organizations (send an email or call asking what is the next step and if they need anything from you.) Best of Luck! I earned 13/27 scholarships I applied for.