SHORECLIFFS MIDDLE

Current 7th & 8th graders enrolled in a minimum of 4 classes at Shorecliffs may apply, according to the CJSF Bylaws.  

 

 

 

CJSF

Founded in 1967, CJSF fosters high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship in the middle school grades. Like CSF, CJSF emphasizes service to the school and the community while fostering pride in scholastic achievement. In recent years the rapid growth of the California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF) has greatly strengthened CSF.

CJSF students may become Honor Award Members. Those who qualify have the Honor Award seal placed on their certificate of promotion and are eligible to wear the CJSF gold pin. CJSF also sponsors an awards program. Each year, advisers nominate Honor Award members for special recognition in the CJSF Outstanding Student Award program. All nominees are recognized at their spring conferences, receiving award certificates. Those selected as recipients by regional subcommittees are presented with a $250 award and medallion, in addition to the certificate. In April, 1989, the state board of directors changed the name of the award to “The Marian Huhn Memorial Award,” in honor of Mrs. Marian Huhn, long-time CJSF adviser at St. Jeanne de Lestonnac School, Tustin, and CJSF state Registrar at the time of her death in November, 1988. The first Huhn Awards were presented at the 1990 spring regional conferences.

CSF

The idea for a state-wide organization to honor outstanding high school students was first proposed by Mr. Charles F. Seymour at a convention of high school principals in Oakland in 1916. Mr. Seymour was then vice-principal of National City High School in San Diego County, and in 1916 he had organized a scholarship society on his campus, modeling it after one already established at Long Beach Polytechnic High School. No action was taken on his proposal at that time.

For the next five years Mr. Seymour led an active campaign to win support for his idea. As a result, a number of schools throughout the state organized similar societies. Two of these, National City and San Luis Obispo, began to use a seal patterned after the one used by Long Beach. These were the first steps toward affiliation.

In 1921 Mr. Seymour, now head of the Social Studies Department at Long Beach Polytechnic, again appeared before the Principals’ Convention in San Rafael and asked that a state-wide scholarship society be founded. Despite significant opposition, Mr. Seymour’s idea carried the day, and a few weeks later all high school principals received an invitation to send representatives to Los Angeles on June 4 to establish such an organization.

In June, a committee of five began work on a constitution, which was finally ratified on October 15. Once the California Scholarship Federation had become a reality, thirty-four schools applied for charter membership. Twenty-nine of these received full status immediately, and chapter numbers were determined by lot. All subsequent chapter numbers have been assigned in the order of approval.

While students have never participated directly in the establishment and maintenance of eligibility standards, a means of student expression has been sought from the very outset. To this end the first student convention met in Pasadena in December, 1921. This meeting produced a “Student Branch of the California Scholarship Federation” established to hold an annual banquet and conference each Christmas vacation and to serve as a clearing house for the exchange of ideas among student leaders. During the 1925-26 academic year the format was expanded to include two meetings, one in the southern part of the state in December and another in the central or northern part in April. The first spring convention was held in Stockton.

Because of the rapid growth of the organization, the general business meeting of October 1928 in Los Angeles, approved a plan to divide the state into regions for the student conferences. This plan was accepted by the Student Branch Convention held in December in Los Angeles. As a result, the Student Branch semiannual all-state conventions were replaced by regional conferences and the use of a statewide “Student Branch” was discontinued. Three regions (Northern, Central, and Southern) functioned until 1957, at which time the Southern Region was divided into the Southern and South Central Regions. In 1966, the Central Region was divided into the Central and Central Coast Regions. At present, the regional conferences are usually hosted by individual high school chapters often in collaboration with local CJSF chapters, and the use of regional student officers has been discontinued.

To establish more intimate contacts between chapters, affiliated schools were often grouped into districts, each containing six or more chapters. These groups held business and social meetings or outings. District XII in San Francisco was the last of these to continue this practice, until the creation of a new District I, in the southern region, in 1990.

The annual convention in Sacramento on October 18, 1930, voted to incorporate under the laws of California. Articles of Incorporation were adopted and signed at this meeting. The CSF constitution thereupon assumed the nature of by-laws appended to the Articles. The California Scholarship Federation thus became a legal entity, capable of making valid contracts and receiving bequests.

One of the functions of CSF has been to recognize academic accomplishment in tangible ways. The original constitution provided for only one award, an embossed seal placed on the diploma of each qualifying graduate. Many voiced the desire for a pin to be worn by student members, so at a special meeting on December 20, 1922, the CSF lamp pin was approved, to be awarded only to qualifying seniors. Subsequent to this, several chapters began using local membership pins. In 1927, the April CSF meeting held in Fresno approved a “semester membership” pin, but its use was optional and has since been discontinued.

Beginning in 1925, the Board of Directors initiated a program with several colleges and universities so that tuition scholarships were set aside specifically for CSF Life Members. Today there are still a few colleges and universities in California and throughout the nation that participate in the program. CSF Life Members need to check with the individual college or university upon admission. The Seymour Memorial awards were established to honor both Charles F. Seymour and his devoted wife, Marian H. Seymour, who together supplied the inspiration and leadership which fostered the California Scholarship Federation. Each spring, regional subcommittees of five advisers choose outstanding Life Members from among candidates nominated by their advisers within each of the five regions. The selection is made on the basis of character, leadership, and service. In 1936 a single award of $25.00 was given to Elizabeth Murphy of Fresno High School, the first Seymour Award recipient. Currently, fifty finalists receive awards of $2,000 each, and 5 of these (one per region) each receive an additional $3,000 as the regional award recipient. The award is now regarded as one of the highest scholastic honors given to secondary school graduates in and for the state of California.

Founded in 1967, CJSF fosters high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship in the middle school grades. Like CSF, CJSF emphasizes service to the school and the community while fostering pride in scholastic achievement. In recent years the rapid growth of the California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF) has greatly strengthened CSF.

CJSF students may become Honor Award Members. Those who qualify have the Honor Award seal placed on their certificate of promotion and are eligible to wear the CJSF gold pin. CJSF also sponsors an awards program. Each year, advisers nominate Honor Award member for special recognition in the CJSF Outstanding Student Award program. All nominees are recognized at their spring conferences, receiving award certificates. Those selected as winners by regional subcommittees are presented with a $250 award and medallion, in addition to the certificate. In April, 1989, the state board of directors changed the name of the award to “The Marian Huhn Memorial Award,” in honor of Mrs. Marian Huhn, long-time CJSF adviser at St. Jeanne de Lestonnac School, Tustin, and CJSF state Registrar at the time of her death in November, 1988. The first Huhn Awards were presented at the 1990 spring regional conferences.

To help preserve its tradition, in 1981 CSF donated many materials to the California State Library in Sacramento. These include a bound collection of Bulletins, the newspaper published yearly by the State Board. The CSF/CJSF archives, accessible in the State Library’s California History Room, were updated in 1995.

At its October 1990 meeting, the State Board of Directors approved a proposal for a CSF/CJSF Central Office; contractual arrangements were soon finalized with an Orange County administrative services firm, and for the first time in its 70-year history, CSF enjoyed an ongoing fixed address with “800” number telephone service, significantly increasing accessibility and service to CSF and CJSF chapters statewide.

Since the organization’s inception, approximately 1400 CSF chapters and 1200 CJSF chapters have been approved. Today’s chapters continue to foster the recognition, motivation, and education of academically talented students. Chapter memberships promote the CSF/CJSF ideal of service to their communities.

 

http://csf-cjsf.org/history/

8TH GRADE FOUNDING MEMBERS 2015-2016

Armistead, Charlotte		Koning, Gretel
Arnone, Alyssa		Krufal, Brooke
Arnone, Mikaela		Kuhn, Nathan
Bahena, Oyuky		Leff, Ryan
Barajas-Rojas, Jennifer		Lindquist, Emily
Bates, Ashley		Lyon, Cassidy
Bay, Trevor		Macpherson, Tanner
Beach, Max		Mantecon, Roland
Benedict, Trey		Martin, Nicholas
Benson, Malia		Massau, Nicole
Best, Francesca		Matossian, Sophie
Bettenhauser, Sydney		McDonald, Kelly
Biolos, Piper		McKernan, Kate
Bodino, Al		Medina, Bianca
Bracamonte, Alexandra		Meyler, Zachary
Burick, Sophia		Morgan, Alexis
Campbell, Emily		Mortensen, Zoe
Campbell, Mylee		O'Neill, Lauren
Campbell, Paige		Ortiz, Vanessa
Carter, Hannah		Paredes, Isabella
Cassidy, Kayleigh		Perez, Isabella
Castle, Reese		Petersen, Erin
Catsimanes, Hana		Phillips, Garrett
Chambers, Rory		Polk, Alexa
Chappell, Nolan		Prussak, Everett
Chuc, Serena		Ramos, Heidi
Colbert, Halston		Ramos, Leslie
Connelly, Ty		Reinicke, Danielle
Davey, Maxine		Ringor, Gwyneth
de Koeyer, Andrew		Ripley, Jaxon
Delahooke, Carissa		Robertson, Cade
Denney, Nicole		Rodriguez, Perla
Economos, Matthew		Rowe, Shanna
Evans, Caden		Ruby, Emma
Faris, Katie		Sachse, Isabelle
Farrow, Christina		Sanseverino, Julien
Folsom, Tyler		Sattel, Kinsey
Fomenko, Jenna		Silver, Keaton
Gatica, Solomon		Snow, Spencer
Gilman, Faith		Speakman, Austin
Girard, Cory		Stafford, Ashley
Gott, Clayton		Stevens, Presley
Hammargren, Katherine		Stewart, Abby
Hanning, Delany		Swann, Alan
Hanning, Sydney		Todd, Jackson
Harris, Hannah		Torticill, Trey
Herrod, Matthew		Trager, Carson
Hirsch, Jack		Valle, Daniel
Hollibaugh, Kellen		Van Kampen, Grace
Jacobs, Gwenyth		Wilson, Julia
Johnston, Aubrey		Worthington, Vivian
Keefe, Jack		Yost, Marlee
Kint, Jasmine		Zeutenhorst, Cayden
Koepsell, Michael		Ziomek, Ashley