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How to Claim Your Award

Your LBHSSF Kaleidoscope scholarship account: Click HERE and log in.

All previous awardees should contact us at scholarships@lbhssf.org 
Class of 2023 Extensions: please log into your LBHSSF Kaleidoscope account using the link above
Class of 2022 or previous Extensions: Create an account on the above link and complete the Acceptance form. 
 

To claim your scholarship award:

  1. Attend Convocation on May 30, 2025. Wear your cap and gown.

  2. Attend workshop on “How to Claim your Scholarship” in the LBHS Library,TBD.

  3. Send a thank you letter(s) to the scholarship donor(s) in the mail, upload a copy of the thank you letter to your LBHSSF Kaleidoscope Thank You Upload form by July 15, 2025. Your letter should express a little about your future educational plans as well as share what this scholarship means to you.

  4. Upload a copy of your full time Fall 2024 class schedule to your LBHSSF Kaleidoscope Acceptance Form by December 1, 2025. (pdf)

  5. Provide name of college attending, the financial aid office address where funds are to be sent, your college student identification number, your current email address, and your current cell phone number.

  6. Upon receipt of the above information, scholarship award checks will be made payable to and sent directly to the college. Scholarship Awards are to be used exclusively for expenses necessary for attending an accredited secondary educational institution.

  7. Scholarship recipients must claim their awards or submit a written request for a one-time, one-year extension of eligibility by December 1, 2025.

  8. As a rule, scholarships will not be distributed to less than full-time students (12 units), however a waiver may be requested.

 

Awards unclaimed by Dec. 1, 2025 will be forfeited, no exceptions.

 

** If your scholarship award is funded directly by the donor, you received either a check or instructions on how to collect the scholarship award at Convocation. Follow the instructions provided to collect your award. Additionally, you are required to follow the steps 1-3 outlined above. LBHSSF is not able to approve extensions, waivers or renewals for scholarships funded directly by the donor. See list below.

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To request an extension:

  • Students are eligible for a one-year extension of their scholarship.

  • Extension requests must be completed on your LBHSSF Kaleidoscope Acceptance Form and be received by Dec. 1, 2025. Explain why you are asking for an extension—gap year, managing funds, part-time status, community college, etc. Questions? Contact us at scholarships@lbhssf.org

 

To request a waiver:

  • Students carrying less than 12 units, with special circumstances, may request a waiver on your LBHSSF Kaleidoscope Acceptance Form by Dec. 1, 2025. Questions? Contact us at scholarships@lbhssf.org

  • Waiver requests will be reviewed by LBHSSF and authorized or declined.

 

Renewable Scholarship funded by LBHSSF: 

  • Patsy Ann Weaver Scholarship

  • Laguna Beach Rotary Foundation's Fred R. Sacher Scholarship

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**Scholarships funded directly by donors:

Checks given at Convocation:

  • American Legion Post 222 Citizenship Award

  • Boys and Girls Club Bluebird Branch and Canyon Branch

  • Christian Service Award

  • Friends of Laguna Library

  • LBHS Band Boosters

  • Ben Blount Memorial Award, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 5868

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  • Rotary Student of the Month

 

Award instructions given at Convocation:

  • Festival of Arts—Film, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Writing

  • Soroptimist International of Laguna Beach

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