SAVE THE DATE – CSF/CJSF North Conference – April 5, 2025

Dec 6, 2024

SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, April 5, 2025

OCCUPATION ODDYSEY
CSF/CJSF North Region Conference

  • Career Pathways
  • Adviser Workshops
  • College/University
  • Booths

Special Guest Speaker

College And Career Readiness Workshops from The Following Fields:

  • Medical Profession
  • Aviation
  • Food Industry
  • Hotel Industry
  • Law Enforcement
  • Arts And Music
  • Computers And Technology
  • And More!

By invitation only – held concurrently with Occupation Odyssey

  • Seymour Awards Interviews
  • Huhn Awards Workshop
  • Student Summit

BIDWELL JUNIOR HIGH
2376 North Ave, Chico

Registration Coming Soon

For more information contact Sandra Villasenor – [email protected]

Download CSF/CJSF North Conference Flyer

CSF Michelson Award Essay Contest is open until December 22nd

Dec 2, 2024

Although community service is not required for CSF membership it is strongly encouraged. Many chapters give extra recognition for participating in service activities. If you are a CSF junior or senior who gives back to your community, please take this opportunity to tell us about it, and compete for a $1,000 award at the same time.

This essay contest honoring Glenn Michelson is a great opportunity for CSF Junior and Senior members to write about their community service activities. Your community begins with your family and spreads out from there.

To apply, students must write an essay in response to this prompt:

“Describe a volunteer experience you have had and its impact on you and your community.”

Previous Michelson Award Essay Contest winners have written about:

  • Serving 600 meals since 2021 at The Union Rescue Mission in DTLA and as a result created with other students a slide presentation to raise awareness and funds for URM.
  • Using a 3d printer which Weber used to print disinfectable, reusable masks for use during the COVID pandemic.
  • Planting trees throughout the community, Kylee gave personalities to the various trees that were planted as part of an experiment to see which would best survive the harsh coastal conditions.

The Michelson Award is available to all Juniors and Seniors who are members of a CSF chapter in good standing. Eligibility is NOT limited to Sealbearers.

Get all the details and submit your essay and application on https://csf-cjsf.org/csf-awards/.

How to Workshop: Panda Express Fundraiser Virtual on Zoom

Oct 30, 2024

How to Workshop: Panda Express Fundraiser
Virtual on Zoom

November 4, 2024 | 5pm

Join us on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96110458118
Open to CSF and CJSF Advisers, administrators, and student members.

Focus: How to earn a donation from CSF for participating in the CSF/CJSF Panda Express fundraisers

  • Get ideas on how to get your supporters to send their receipts to you.
  • Learn how to combine the receipts into a PDF.
  • Tips on completing the Tally Sheet.
  • Uploading the receipts PDF and Tally Sheet using the online form.

 

 

Seeking Session Proposals for 5th Annual Virtual Student Leadership Conference

Oct 16, 2024

The 5th Annual CSF/CJSF Virtual Student Leadership Conference will take place on Zoom on Saturday, February 8, 2025, from 9-11:30am.

What would you like to share with other CSF and CJSF chapters?

Be a part of this annual event by submitting a proposal for a presentation at the conference.

We are very excited to collaborate with you on bringing your chapter’s presentation to hundreds of students throughout the state! Your efforts will reach members from CJSF and CSF chapters from Crescent City to San Mateo, Long Beach and Orosi to Santa Ynez and all points in between. You can inform and influence thousands of CSF and CJSF members with your presentation.

All sessions will be presented by students, for students, and about students! Your session should be 5-20 minutes long and CSF/CJSF-centered and may be prerecorded or live.

Here are some possible session topics:

  • Service projects
  • Academic support
  • Creative events
  • Promotion/Marketing
  • Communication
  • Social media presence
  • Ceremonies
  • Recognition
  • Fundraising projects
  • Community and Campus involvement
  • Chapter organization/leadership

Please submit your proposal by December 15, 2024!

Some previous presentations are here.

Steps to nominate for the CJSF Huhn Award

Sep 21, 2024

Nominations open November 15th and are open through February 25th every year.
Note: The nomination form will be open until 6pm. Don’t wait until 5:59pm to hit the submit button, you risk losing out.

CJSF Advisers are encouraged to nominate one or two 7th or 8th grade CJSF members for the Marian Huhn Memorial Award.

Get started – Identify one or two 7th and 8th grade CJSF members you want to nominate and find out if they will be able to attend the Region Conference in the Spring. Check the Calendar for the dates. All nominees must attend your region conference and participate in the Huhn Award Workshop. Once you have established that they will be able to attend you can move forward collecting the materials needed for the nomination.

Nominee Requirements
Ask your nominees to provide these materials to you. Give them a due date enough in advance to allow yourself time to make the nomination deadline.

  1. Parent contact information including telephone, email and mailing address.
  2. Service & Awards (PDF or Word) – This is a single document (not limited to one page) with the following category headings. List items using bullet points. Include degree and length of involvement. Only list items that have occurred in 7th & 8th grade but include previous years if activity has continued into 7th & 8th (eg. played AYSO soccer from 3rd grade to present).
     – CJSF Service & Activities
     – Academic Awards & Activities
     – School Service & Activities
     – Community Service & Activities
  3. Nominee’s Personal Statement (PDF or Word) – One typed page double-spaced, signed by the nominee. The Personal Statement should give the selection committee insight into the nominee’s character, interests, hobbies, and goals for the future. Do not include photographs.
  4. Publicity Release form signed by a parent or guardian.

Adviser Requirements

  1. Write the CJSF Adviser Letter (PDF or Word) – One page letter signed by the advisor. This letter should help the committee to gain insight into the nominee’s intellectual and emotional maturity, reaction to criticism and disappointment, leadership capacity or organizational skills, sense of humor, integrity, concern for others, willingness to serve, and creativity. Support generalities with specific anecdotal evidence whenever possible. The committee will already be familiar with the nominee’s academic and activity records.
  2. Gather all of the nomination materials in a folder on your computer. The nomination form requires four files to be uploaded when completing the nomination form. Only Word and PDF files are acceptable.
    Name these files as follows:
     – Nominee Service & Awards: nominee_last_name-service | Example: tyler-service.pdf or Tyler-service.docx
     – Nominee Personal Statement: nominee_last_name-personal | Example: tyler-personal.pdf or Tyler-personal.docx
     – Nominee Adviser’s Letter of Recommendation: nominee_last_name-adviser | Example: tyler-adviser.pdf or Tyler-adviser.docx
     – Nominee Publicity Release Form: nominee_last_name-release | Example: tyler-release.pdf or Tyler-release.docx
  3. Complete the nomination form and upload the documents one at a time. Nomination form: https://csf-cjsf.org/cjsf-awards/