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Many websites exist for a variety of scholarships offered throughout California and the US.
The information listed below is mostly related to local scholarships.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for additional scholarship websites/databases. Feel free to explore, but know to never pay money for scholarship information or applications.
If you need an OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT for a scholarship application, please email scholarships@fbusd.us to request one be sent to you via email.
The most important step to obtain money to pay for college is to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) OR the California Dream Act (if appropriate). If you are unsure which is the one for you, ask your counselor.
If you have questions visit the FBHS Financial Aid page for more details or contact the counseling office @ 961-3702 or email your counselor.
2025-2026 FBHS General Scholarship Information
What is the FBHS General Scholarship Application and why should I fill it out?
Preparing and submitting the FBHS General Scholarship Application will help you in a few ways:
It will put you into consideration for scholarships through the FBHS Scholarship Committee (if you meet other eligibility requirements for those scholarships).
Many local organizations use the FBHS General Scholarship Application as their application. They will likely ask you to make a new cover page and include it with the rest of your FBHS Scholarship Application packet. Please follow all submission instructions listed for each scholarship.
You will be able to use pieces of this application packet for other scholarship applications (such as your resume, transcript, and letters of recommendation).
Please note, completing an FBHS General Scholarship Application does not guarantee that you will be awarded a scholarship. Not submitting an application ensures that you won’t!
Scholarship Instructions
Complete each of the application components below and save the entire scholarship packet as one PDF file- NOT a Google Doc.
Once completed, email the PDF to: scholarships@fbusd.us
Deadline: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 @ 5 PM
Please read all instructions.
TIP: Create a “Scholarships” folder in your Google Drive to save all of the pieces of the application.
The links below provide additional tips and instructions for completing the FBHS General Scholarship Application:
How to copy files to your Google Drive
How to sign your application page
How to combine files into one PDF
How to add a PDF attachment to your email
Components of the application:
Cover Page (click here for sample)
Make a copy and replace Timmy Timberwolf with YOUR. Please do not put a picture of yourself on your cover letter.
Application Page (click here for the fillable form)
Form must be typed, handwritten forms will not be accepted. Make a copy and complete the form. There are two options for adding signatures to the form, see instructions here.
Résumé (click here for sample)
Must be limited to one page. You should have a current résumé as part of your Senior Project portfolio.
Essay
Tips: Read your essay aloud to yourself or someone else, make necessary edits, and then request an English teacher proofread it with you; your final essay should be flawless.
Essay Part 1:
Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.
AND
Essay Part 2:
In addition to the above, on a separate page, write a paragraph discussing what you see yourself doing immediately after high school as well as your long-term goals.
Two letters of Recommendation
You need 2 letters (Letters are limited to one page each):
1- from a high school teacher or school counselor
1- from another adult (not family)
The process to request a letter:
1-2 weeks before you need it, ask (don’t assume!) your intended letter writer to write a general scholarship letter for you. If they say yes, provide them with your completed Brag Sheets to assist them in discussing how wonderful you are.
Do not include Brag Sheets in scholarship applications. The role of the Brag Sheet is to help the letter writer know more about you.
Senior Brag Sheet (English) or Senior Brag Sheet (Spanish): You fill this out about yourself.
Make a copy, complete, then give to the person you are asking to write a letter for you.
Family Brag Sheet (English) or Family Brag Sheet (Spanish): Your family member fills this out about you.
Make a copy, complete, then give to people you will be asking for letters of recommendation.
Transcript
Please send an email to scholarships@fbusd.us requesting a PDF copy of your transcript. If you wait until after 1/8/2026 the Fall 2025 semester grades will be posted on the transcript.
YOU MUST KEEP A DIGITAL or PRINTED COPY OF YOUR ENTIRE APPLICATION.
Please note, completing an FBHS General application does not guarantee that you will be awarded a scholarship.
Not submitting an application ensures that you won’t!
Scholarships are sorted by deadline date
