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Dos Pueblos High School Financial Aid Appointments Schedule

Dos Pueblos High School Drop-ins 2016-2017 Get help filling out the FAFSA or CA Dream Act applications, SFSB scholarship application, or any other financial aid questions. Sign up in the career center with Rocio Aguilera. • Tuesday, October 11th 9am- 12:22 pm • Tuesday, November 8th 9am- 12:22 pm • Tuesday, November 15th 9am- 12:22… Read more »

San Marcos High School Financial Aid Appointments Schedule

San Marcos High School Drop-ins 2016-2017 When: Thursdays 9-2pm with a lunch break from 11:40-12:30pm What: Get help filling out the FAFSA or CA Dream Act applications, SFSB scholarship application, or any other financial aid questions. Where: SMHS Career Center October 6, 2016 (Limited Slots Available) October 13, 2016 October 27, 2016 November 3, 2016… Read more »

Santa Barbara High School Financial Aid Appointments Schedule

Santa Barbara High School drop-ins 2016-2017 What: Get help filling out the FAFSA or CA Dream Act applications, SFSB scholarship application, or any other financial aid questions. When: Times vary (check in with Spencer in the Career Center) Where: SBHS Career Center October 13th November 2nd November 10th December 5th January 12th January 23th February… Read more »

Honoring Our Legacy Society, The Scholars Circle

The Scholarship Foundation is grateful for every donation to our organization. Every two years we gather to thank our legacy society, The Donors Circle, for including us in their estate planning.

Education pays guaranteed dividends

A huge thank you to Bill Cirone, Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools, for writing about the Scholarship Foundation in his most recent article! “In the U.S., a higher education has long been the key to the door of opportunity and financial sufficiency,” Winkler notes, “but rapidly increasing costs and the subsequent debt burden our… Read more »

Man & Woman of the Year Announced

The Santa Barbara Foundation recently announced that Ed Birch and Vicki Hazard will be honored as the 2016 Man and Woman of the Year. Congratulations to them both! A special nod to Vicki who serves on our Board of Directors and is a stalwart champion of the Scholarship Foundation! To read more about the Santa… Read more »

Student Artists Awarded Scholarships

On January 22, 2016, 21 promising student artists were awarded scholarships at the Scholarship Foundation’s 37th annual Art Scholarship Reception and Exhibition…

New Community Scholarship

The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara officially launched the Lompoc Community Scholarship Fund last Friday at a reception held at the Longoria Winery in Lompoc. The fund will allow members of the Lompoc community to direct their support to scholarships…

Marissa

Marissa attended community college before transferring to UCSB to major in sociology. Starting out at a community college helped her to save money so that she could help support her family during troubled times…

Amir

Amir returned to school for his master’s degree in Education after working as an engineer. In 2001, he began teaching physics at Dos Pueblos High School, and established the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy…