Your education doesn’t end once you walk across that high school graduation stage.
That’s why California State PTA has two scholarships to help you achieve your continuing education dreams and life goals.
OPPORTUNITIES EACH YEAR
The application period for 2023 is closed. Check back in late fall 2023 for 2024 scholarship opportunities.
Two scholarships are available for your application:
- Volunteer Service Scholarship — This scholarship recognizes graduating seniors for their volunteer service in schools and communities, allowing them to register for courses at accredited colleges, universities, and trade, or technical schools. Applicants must be PTA members graduating from a California high school between January 1 and June 30 of the current academic year.
- $500 Dr. Ralph E. White Graduating Senior Scholarship – Honoring the volunteer and public-service legacy of Dr. Ralph E. White and his wife, Eleanor, this additional scholarship provides $500 each to two successful applicants of the Volunteer Service Scholarship who intend to pursue a career in the medical field.
Applications, reference forms/letters, and all supporting documents must be received in the California State PTA office by February 1 each year. All applicants are notified of their status in March. Scholarship winners receive a letter of congratulations and a recognition certificate from California State PTA along with a check.
For questions and more information, please contact the California State PTA at scholarships@capta.org.
APPLICATION TIPS
Don’t forget to include these items in your application:
- Proof of your PTA membership
- Descriptive essay fully answering the questions asked regarding your PTA experience and service, service to other organizations or individuals, your career plans, job experience, and any other information you feel would be valuable to the selection committee
- Two completed reference forms and letters, written specifically for this application (first reference written by a community volunteer leader unrelated to you and with whom you volunteered; second reference written by a member of the high-school faculty).
Congratulations to our 2023 Graduating High School Senior Scholarship winners. Winners are listed by district in alphabetical order by first name.
RALPH E. WHITE SCHOLARSHIP ($500)
Anvitha Marlapati – First District
Jenny Fuentes – Tenth District
FIRST DISTRICT
Anvitha Marlapati *
Daniel Chiem
Jane Marriott
Maxwell Higginbotham
Reagan Rogers
Sophia Galstyan
Suzan Manoian
Taanish Alam
Weber Lin
Zachary Elhusseiny
* These students also received the Dr. Ralph E. White Graduating Senior Scholarship
SECOND DISTRICT *
Kaden Leung
Zach Yieh
FOURTH DISTRICT
Arman Nemati
Cooper Novosel
Nathan Wang
SIXTH DISTRICT
Kavan Doctor
Samantha Leong
NINTH DISTRICT
Sarai Rojas
TENTH DISTRICT
Jenny Fuentes *
Owen Blanchard
* These students also received the Dr. Ralph E. White Graduating Senior Scholarship
TWELFTH DISTRICT
Anneliese Wong
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Seth Baird
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT
Aisha Randhawa
Isabel Vega
Kyle Sheehan
THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT
Adrienne Ashford
Alyssa Villarde
THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT
Charlotte Chiang
Claire Santo
Jaden Hunt
Luke Rafijah
Makayla Cheng
Sofia Neumann
PERALTA DISTRICT
Kevin Dalton
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