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California Scholars at PVS

September 26, 2025 by szachik@pvs.org Leave a Comment

Meet the PVS students who qualify as members of our state honor societies: California Scholarship Federation for high-school students and California Junior Scholarship Federation for middle-school students. The California Scholarship Federation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to recognize and encourage academic achievement and community service among middle and high school students in California. There are approximately 1500 chapters in middle school and high schools throughout the state (CSF website). Palm Valley School has active chapters in both CSF and CJSF. Students qualify each semester using the grades earned in the previous semester. If they become long-standing members through multiple semesters, our upper-school members will graduate with honors as CSF Sealbearers and our middle-school members will be acknowledged as Honor Members at 8th-grade Commencement.

CONGRATULATIONS FALL 2025 CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION MEMBERS 

Chapter 1234 @ Palm Valley School

Isolde Junge

Shayan Habibipour 

Matteo Lam

Shibo (Tom) Hong 

Oliver Martinez

Olivia Puetz 

Gabe Rodriguez-Portugues

Louisa Richardson 

Elijah Berliner

Evan Wang 

Rylie Conway

Pip Watson 

Leah Ferreira 

Zander Eaton

. . . and ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

Valeria Vazquez

John Webster 

. . . and Honorary ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

Moses Gizaw

Steven Liu 

Elizabeth Trevino Greenwood

Upper-School honor students qualify based on CSF state rules. For Fall Semester, Spring Semester grades are used.  Only 5 grades may be used to reach 10 points. Academic classes must make up the first 7 points.  An “A” is worth 3 points, a “B” 1. Two weighted grades are allowed. No “D” or “F” grades. 

California Scholarship Federation is a statewide honor society.

Meet the 2025 CSF Officers (from left to right): Treasurer Pip Watson, Secretary Evan Wang, Librarian Olivia Puetz, and Vice President Shayan Habibipour (President Matteo Lam not shown).

CONGRATULATIONS to our FALL 2025 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION MEMBERS 

Chapter 1418 @ Palm Valley School

Sami Alnabelsi

Madeline (Millie) Flemings

Sarah Alnabelsi

Emmy Kaminsky

Soleil H. Antle

Jackie Pretorius

Julian Berumen

Maxwell Pretorius

Sophia Bottine

Benjamin Rouche

Peter Collier

Calum Webster

Emerson Dunn

Morgan Richardson


Middle-School honor students qualify based on CJSF state rules. For spring-semester qualification, Fall semester grades are used. Students must earn twice the number of points than courses in which they are enrolled. No points are earned for P.E., a repeated course, or work experience. An “A” is  worth 3 points, a “B” 1. Two weighted grades are allowed. No “D” or “F” grades. 


California Junior Scholarship Federation is a statewide honor society.

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