Welcome to the 2013-2014 DHS CSF website!
A note regarding this website:
All parts of this website are open to the public except for the CSF Member Information. If you have been a registered member of CSF at any point during your high school career at Davis Senior High School, you should have received a Log-In and Password for accessing the Member Information page. If you have not received this information via e-mail, please e-mail us at dhscsf@gmail.com. This page contains all of the records pertaining to CSF Members and gives you information on what membership status you could qualify for based on your CSF Registration forms and the Hours sheets. It would also, on a case by case basis, tell you what you need to do in order to qualify for either CSF Life Membership or CSF Active Life Membership. It is vital to pay attention to the highlighted sections. Your page also tells you which and how many meetings you've attended in the previous and in the current semesters. The pages will be updated after every meeting, please allow a time-span of a week for the changes to be implemented.
In addition, all information regarding the current and past CSF officers, our DHS CSF adviser, the current or upcoming semester's meeting dates, registration information and dates for both the Fall and the Spring semester, upcoming CSF events, hour sheets, registration forms and required paperwork along with the qualifications for CSF memberships is available on this website.
If you have any questions/concerns, please e-mail us at dhscsf@gmail.com or join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/dhscsf
Important Announcements
Frequently Asked Questions and DHS CSF Information
What is the California Scholarship Federation?
The California Scholarship Federation, or CSF, started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, seeks to recognize students living in California who possess high standards in academic scholarship, community service and citizenship. Students qualifying for the Davis Senior High School chapter are offered various opportunities to serve their community through volunteering their time. Commitment and dedication towards community service may be rewarded by scholarships for graduating seniors.
DHS CSF chapter number: 376N
PTA Newsletter for CSF:
"The California Scholarship Federation (CSF) exists to promote and
recognize high standards of scholarship, service and citizenship on the part of
students in
When and where does the DHS chapter of CSF meet?
CSF meets on scheduled Fridays during lunch (12:00pm) in P-13, Mrs. Fern O'Brien's classroom. List of meeting dates will be announced at the start of each semester (Fall and Spring). See the list of meeting dates for the upcoming/current semester of CSF here.
Location of CSF (P-13) at Davis Senior High: Link to map of DHS
Links for more information:
California Scholarship Federation
Davis High School CSF- Facebook Group
California Scholarship Federation- Facebook Page
DHS CSF in the News
February 20th, 2013
'CSF registration opens doors for new semester' - Daisy McKim, Blue Devil HUB
"“CSF’s mission statement is ‘Scholarship for Service’ and the goal is to identify and recognize students at the high school who have excelled in academics, community service and citizenship,” Gill said. “The main goal for the DHS chapter each year is to provide opportunities for the students to be able to give back to our community.”
In the hopes of improving communication between officers and members, Gill created the first comprehensive CSF website. With this new site, each CSF member can view their volunteer status, and keep up to date with new projects and their personal membership."
September 26th, 2012
'New Start for California Scholarship Federation' - Yrenly Yuan, Blue Devil HUB
"“I’d like to learn skills that I can’t in my classes from CSF, but I think that it would take some time out of my life,” Sophomore Jeff Whalen said. [...] O’Brien said students display different levels of commitment, “Of the 300 plus members we have, by the time those members graduate […] only about 20-25 end up fulfilling the active lifetime service requirements, so it really takes a lot of dedication to do it for four semesters.” ...“I hope to gain more leadership skills from CSF because I feel that being involved with it makes you feel like a better person,” sophomore Ankita Singh said."September 17th, 2012
'CSF registration continues for second week' - Grace Calhoun, Blue Devil HUB
"A line of eager Davis High students spend their lunchtime patiently waiting in the room of Davis High’s social science teacher Fern O’Brien. Why? It’s registration time. For what? The California Scholarship Federation. According to its website, CSF “emphasizes high standards of scholarship and community service for California high school students.” In other words, it’s a community service club. Among Davis High’s students, CSF is consistently one of the most popular clubs on campus.
Junior and year-long member Danielle Gantar joined CSF as a way to make friends and serve in the community, “I love helping out my town and CSF is a great way to do it” Gantar said. Besides being a fun way to log service hours, CSF has credential as being the oldest scholarship institution in California."
May 31st, 2012
'DHS recognizes seniors at awards night' - Blue Devil HUB
"...California Scholarship Federation (CSF) Awards
CSF Scholarship Recipients (DSHS Local Chapter): Feiyang Liu, Kyle Nadler, Beverly Nguyen,Felix Pu
CSF Lifetime Members: Benjamin Alpers, Vivian Au*, Hagr Balla*, Emily Bamforth, Lauren Blackwell, Eunghee Cho*, Shayne Clementi, Benjamin Crow, Nicholas Dao*, Madeleine Davies*, Madison Delmendo, Gary Djajapranata*, Jacob Dunaway*, Amelia Duplantier, Thomas Gepts*, Kyra Gmoser-Daskalakis*, Jennifer Gold*, Kelly Goss*, Ryan Greenough, Evan Hamaguchi, Emma Hunter, Anna Jiang*, Erik Kennedy-McDonnell*, Naomi Kibrya*, Minuk Kim, Timothy Kim*, Vasilisa Kitson*, Anna Klavins*, Katerina Kokkas*, Sarah Kolarik*, Lian (Nikki) Kong*, Mika Kroencke*, Cara Lammers*, LiYuan Lee*, Feiyang Liu*, John Louie, Alina Lusebrink*, Xiao Ma, Michelle McBeth*, Tre Moynihan*, Kyle Nadler*, Kelsey Nelson, Beverly Nguyen*, Amy Pan*, Spencer Park*, Risa Pesavento*, Paul Phillips*, Allison Premzic, Felix Pu*, Connor Quinn*, Sriram Ramesh*, Russell Richardson, Laila Rizvi*, Rubia Siddiqi*, Anais Sidhu*, Matti Siltanen*, Jane Tannous*, Samuel Theg*, Jacob Vanderbilt*, Puxiao (Preston) Wang*, Megan Whitworth, Alexandra Wong*, Juliana Wynkoop*, Jack Yoder, Patrick Zhang*
(*Asterisk denotes Active Lifetime Members)..."
May 30th, 2012
'Davis High honors top seniors'- Anna Sturla, Davis Enterprise
"...Social studies teacher Fern O’Brien accepted the Rotary Teacher Service Award, after Moore read several minutes of praise from O’Brien’s students. O’Brien walked to the podium to a standing ovation, and emotionally faced the students before saying, “Can I sit down now?”..."
March 28th, 2012
'Potential CSF officers learn the tricks of the trade' - Chloe Clouse, Blue Devil HUB
"...However, there will be competition to obtain an officer position. Three club members are running for the public relations position, five for project coordinator, and two for secretary.
“I want to be more actively involved in community service and CSF,” said Amanda Glazer, a sophomore running for secretary.
Sophomore Margaret Lawson feels the same way.
“I want to make a positive impact on my school and my club,” Lawson said.
CSF club members will vote for their preferred officers on March 30, and the elected students will begin to fulfill their new CSF duties the coming semester.
“There’s a lot of behind the scenes work and it’s the officers job to get that done,” Pu said...."
June 1st, 2011
'DHS honors the cream of the crop at Senior Awards Night' - Chloe Kim, Davis Enterprise
"...California Scholarship Federation Scholarship Recipients (DHS Local Chapter): Deanna Cheng, Esther Koo, James Liu
California Scholarship Federation Awards: Simone Aldredge, Krista Anderson, Veronica Andrade Afonso,Vishal Bhula, Sarah Bolander, Clara Bonetti*, Spencer Bowen*, Jie Jane Chen*, Deanna Cheng*, Christine Chu*, Jiangcheng (Oliver) Chu*, Maxine Chui*, Selene Clay, Brian De La Mora*, Adam Drown, Maria Dutulescu*, Katherine Eadie, Gabriel Ehrlich, Carolin Fan*, Jing Feng*, Sarah Finley*, Shuya Gao*, Cyrus Ghaffari, Kayla Gibson, Michelle Greenough, David Gygi*, Trevor Halsted, Brandon Hassid, Jennifer Hawkins, Stephen Hill*, Kristy Hoe*, Keelia Houston, Constanza Jackson, Elisabeth Jee, Philip Jones, Cassie Kang*, Gurpreet Kaur*, Jeehyun Kim*, Esther Koo*, Elizabeth Lawson*, Tammy Lee*, Taylor Leuschen, Megan Li, Felicia Lin*, Kirby Linvill*, James Liu*, Raymond Liu*, Brent Louie, Kaitlin Magliano, Michelle Marciel*, Joseph Moghadam*, Alexandria Muller, Sarah Owens*, Sneha Pandey, Amy Ragsdale, Halley Rainer, Haley Riesenberg, Sarah Riesenberg, Erin Savoia*, Valerie Schmidl*, Andrea Setiawan*, Benjamin Sharp*, Jaber Tannous, Jillian Uejio*, Alexander Vivona, Xunyi (Peter) Wang*, Ariella Wolfe, Wesley Wong, Yangyu (Annie) Yang*, Alec Zavala, May Zhang* (*active lifetime members)
California Scholarship Federation Seymour Award: David Gygi..."
February 10th, 2011
'DHS students make a difference' - Gary Djajapranata, Blue Devil HUB
"...More than eighty people clustered together in P-13 for the Dec. 3 California Scholarship Federation general meeting. As soon as CSF President David Gygi finished speaking, the entire mob of “CSFers” bolted from their seats and charged towards the board, pen in hand, to sign up for new community service projects.
The unfortunate students who found themselves on the outside of the crushing throng were desperate to sign up before all the slots were filled. They urgently screamed to their friends towards the front of the crowd, “Sign me up! Add my name!”
It was so chaotic and crowded that you’d have thought they announced the opening of a new Disneyland ride right there in P-13.
Gygi, a senior and longtime member of CSF, is aware that many of his club’s members commit themselves to community service projects solely for the academic prestige they can gain from colleges by volunteering.
“Kids are under phenomenal stress to produce the best résumé; unfortunately, this attitude is detrimental to the reputation of our club,” Gygi said...."
P-13, Davis Senior High School 315 West 14th Street, Davis, CA
