Chandler Education Foundation 1525 West Frye Road
Chandler, Arizona 85224
Office: 480-812-7631 or
Fax: 480-812-7020
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Rising Stars Recognition
Reception - RSVP here Please join us as we honor our 2008
Community Donor Scholarship Recipients, VISION:CollegeBound Recipients, CUSD
Teachers Selected by the Students, and our CEF Donors and Volunteers. RSVP Here.
VISION:CollegeBound
SCHOLARS PROGRAM VISION:CollegeBound is an innovative college
tuition program started by the Chandler Education Foundation in 1995 that
requires students to commit as freshmen to maintain their grades and
attendance and complete at least 100 hours of community service throughout
their high school years. Based on student effort and dedication
VISION:CollegeBound makes college an attainable goal for every student. Since
its inception, the program has awarded more than $750,000 in scholarships and
VCB students have provided over 113,500 hours of service to the community.
Announcing the new
VISION:CollegeBound SCHOLARS program for the class of 2011 In an effort to increase the value of the VISION:CollegeBound
program, while still meeting the needs of our growing school district, the
Chandler Education Foundation is introducing the modified VISION:CollegeBound Scholars program for the class of 2011. We are revamping the program
so students have the potential to get even greater rewards from it and be better
prepared for college.
· Requirements staying the same:
Students will still commit as freshmen to maintain a 3.4 GPA, 95% attendance and
complete 100 hours of community service throughout their high school years. It
is strongly recommended that students complete 25 hours per year.
· New addition(s) to come to the program:
CEF is in the process of organizing leadership coaching for our VCB Scholars
that will help them develop a portfolio, establish goals, track accomplishments
and document service learning experiences.
· Changes to the program: Rather than
funding a set amount of money, qualifying students will now get an equally
divided amount of what is designated that year by CEF for the
VISION:CollegeBound program. Students can use their funding for tuition at any
post-secondary accredited college or university in Arizona. See below for
details on how to enroll in the program.
2007 Freshmen Only (class of 2011) Tentative
open enrollment dates for VISION:CollegeBound are: Wednesday, March 26
through Friday, April 4, 2008. Deadline to turn in signed forms to your
school counselor is 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2008. NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS
DEADLINE! A counselor at each high school will notify all ninth grade students
of the open enrollment dates.
Attention Seniors: Community service hours must be submitted by Tuesday, April
1, 2008 by 4:00 p.m.
Documentation of
the hours should be submitted directly to the Chandler Education Foundation
office at 1525 W. Frye Rd. in Chandler. All mailed documentation must be
postmarked no later than April 1.
Click
here for a Community Service Activity Form >
Congratulations to
Disneyland trip winner! Congratulations
to VCB student Scott Horne of Chandler High School! Scott won a Disneyland
package donated by Get Away Today at CEF’s annual BMW raffle on Feb. 13, 2008.
The trip was part of a drawing CEF had specifically for its past and present VCB
students.
VCB provides tuition funding to all qualifying VCB students to apply towards
college tuition. To qualify, VCB students must meet all the criteria listed
below by the end of third quarter of their senior year:
1. Student Participation Commitment Form completed, signed and submitted to the
school counselor/registrar during the open enrollment period of student’s
freshmen year.
2. Student received confirmation of enrollment in the program by January 30th
(May 15, 2008 for class of 2011) of their freshman year (enrollment year). If
confirmation is NOT received by that date, it is the student’s
responsibility to contact the Chandler Education Foundation office during their
freshman year.
3. Student continuously enrolled in a CUSD high school throughout enrollment in
the VCB program.
4. Student continuously resided within CUSD boundaries throughout enrollment in
the VCB program.
5. Student will graduate from one of the CUSD high schools.
6. Student will achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 or higher.
7. Student will achieve a 95% school attendance or higher.
8. Student participated in 100 hours or more of supervised community service
activities subsequent to enrollment in the VCB program. Community service hours
must be documented on the CEF Community Service Activity forms and submitted
directly to the CEF office prior to April 1st of graduation year (no
exceptions will be made to this deadline). Download forms here.
Note: VCB students will receive two mailings per year indicating status of
criteria compliance.
