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 college dreams and your life goals.
OPPORTUNITIES EACH YEAR
Two scholarships are available for your application:
- $500 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, 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 a medical field.
Applications, reference forms and all supporting documents must be received in the California State PTA office by February 1. All applicants are notified of their status in March. Scholarship winners receive a letter of congratulations and recognition certificate from California State PTA along with a check. Download the application for a complete list of requirements.
Applications are now closed for 2021.
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For questions and more information, please contact the California State PTA at scholarships@capta.org.
Congratulations to our 2020 Graduating High School Senior Scholarship winners. Winners are listed in alphabetical order by district.
FIRST DISTRICT
Steven Aguilar
Quyen Ballagh
Rachel Berns
Elijah Carlton
Gabriella Chuang
John “JD” Dunkin
Brendan Harvey
Natalie Hauser
Nicholas Leong*
Anais Martinez Castaneda
Eve McCreary
Sehee Oh
Megan Shadrick
Eileen Soghomonian
Diego Valle
*Also received the Dr. Ralph E. White Graduating Senior Scholarship
SECOND DISTRICT
Kevin Yieh
FOURTH DISTRICT
Carson Denyer
Charles Gravitt
Julia Iacono
Anita Mohajeri
Priya Patel*
Cooper Peterson
Samantha Retz
Franklin Schulte
Maxwell Tsao
Ellen Wang
Riley Wong
*Also received the Dr. Ralph E. White Graduating Senior Scholarship
FIFTH DISTRICT
Bryan Mcnair
EIGHTH DISTRICT
Tressie Goodman
NINTH DISTRICT
Samantha Amantea
TWELFTH DISTRICT
Liana Leininger
Steven Sarkisian
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Amy Bommersbach
Issac Morales
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT
Sarah Bobich
TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT
Marisa Casarez
Jackson Dodd
Jadyn Gomberg
THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT
Michael Chatham
Willie Logan, IV
Dalena Ong
Jesse Wilson
THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT
Ryan Alimento
Kyle Allemand
Justin An
Benny Castillo
Sundeep Chakladar
Allyssa Chan
Jaelynn Christensen
Agnes Cosico
Joanna Diaz
Nallely Estaban Morales
John Gorski
Lauren Kim
Katelyn Nye
Estrella Rochin Figueroa
Camille Rodriguez
Emily Santo
PERALTA DISTRICT
Ryan Koski
Radha Sri-Tharan
APPLICATION TIPS
Don’t forget to include these items in your application:
- Proof of your PTA membership
- Descriptive essay (no more than 500 words total — approximately 2 pages double-spaced) outlining your PTA responsibilities and your career plans, goals, objectives and any other information you feel would be valuable to the selection committee
- All of your school service-related activities including any service you provide to others in your school
- Your volunteer service in the community
- 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).