Senior Awards and Scholarships

The First District PTA (FDPTA) Commemorative Scholarship Fund was established to commemorate FDPTA volunteers who were long-time, dedicated child advocates and whose tireless efforts contributed greatly to the benefit of students, parents, and schools within the geographic area of FDPTA. The district stretches across the foothill regions of the greater San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County. It includes 270-plus school PTAs and 21 local councils.

Each year, FDPTA awards commemorative scholarships, in the amount of $750 each, to acknowledge graduating high school students who have achievements, service and involvement in the following areas:

COMMUNITY SERVICE
LEADERSHIP
SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
WORK EXPERIENCE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

Who can apply:

The scholarships are to support students who are planning to attend a community college, trade or tech school, or a four-year college or university in the fall (2024).

Applicants must be current graduating high school seniors, members of their high school PTA/PTSA, have a GPA of at least 2.0, and should have a strong record of community service and/or school activities, held an after school, part-time, or summer job, and/or managed extra home responsibilities.

Applications due: March 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm. Get started early so you have time to complete the application and collect the necessary information.

Applications:

In summary, applications must include the completed application form, the student’s transcript, a completed reference form with letter of recommendation, and your SPHS PTSA Membership ID #. (To locate your Membership ID #, login to TOTEM or contact membership@sphsptsa.net for assistance.) For full details, applicants must read and complete these three (3) FDPTA Commemorative Scholarship documents. Please read EACH and follow all of the instructions COMPLETELY.

• The instructions.
• The application. 
• The reference form.

Students must

• use the First District PTA Commemorative Scholarship fillable forms.
• answer all questions on the application.
• include a personal statement that touches on as many of the essay prompts as are applicable to the student. The applicant’s personal statement/essay should be typed and attached to the application.
• include all required documents in the order prescribed in the application.
• Student applicants must follow the guidelines and deadlines created by their PTA/PTSA Councils or Out-of-Council (OOC) High School PTSAs (in this case, the South Pasadena PTA Council). .
• Include your Totem membership number on your application.

Process:

Each Council PTA/PTSAs will review applications and select ONE student application from each high school PTA/PTSA (in this case, the SPHS PTSA) in good standing in their council to be forwarded to First District PTA for consideration by the FDPTA scholarship committee.

Questions: If you have any questions about deadlines or process, please contact scholarships@sphsptsa.net. Please do NOT contact First District.