What is CJSF?
CJSF is a statewide organization that honors academically excellent students in junior high.
What are the benefits of membership?
Students will find that being a member of CJSF allows them to be in a group of students who are also academically successful. Honor members will receive a certificate award in their 8th-grade year for their hard work.
Becoming an honorary member in middle school gives students an advantage when entering high school. Being in CJSF will provide experience tracking academic progress and better prepare students for the high school CSF application. Joining CSF as a high school student offers opportunities for scholarships at the high school level.
Honor Members
CJSF students become Honor Award Members by achieving membership in both 7th and 8th grade. Honor Members will receive the official CJSF Honor Pin and the CJSF Honor Member Certificate.
Who can apply?
7th and 8th-grade students who meet the requirements are eligible to apply for CJSF. Membership is based on scholarship and is gained after qualifying grades are earned each semester. In order to become a member, the student must submit an application each semester the student is eligible. A point system specified in the CJSF State By-Laws establishes the membership requirements.
Application Deadlines
Since Springs Charter Schools are now on an annual grading period, students will only apply for membership ONCE a year. The application window will open once the final report cards are issued in May. The window will remain open until the last Friday in September (using only classes/grades from the previous school year to qualify).
Steps to Apply
- Download the application form here. Please make a copy of the application prior to filling it out.
- Email your completed copy of the application and a copy of your most recent report card to chapter adviser, Madeline Holkeboer at Madeline.Holkeboer@springscs.org
Membership Dues
Membership is applied for annually using the final report card in the Spring. If membership requirements are met, CJSF eligibility is secured for both semesters of that school year. Dues are $5 per semester ($10 annually) and can be paid via cash/check. More details will be provided in an acceptance email.
Frequently Asked Questions
I submitted my application…does that mean I am automatically a member?
Unfortunately, no. The state organization has a rigorous point system for membership based purely on the letter grades of the student. The adviser will review your application and your point total will decide if you become a member or not.
I applied but I haven’t heard anything yet.
Please contact the CJSF adviser at Madeline.Holkeboer@springscs.org.
I have A’s and B’s, but I didn’t qualify for membership. Why?
Membership is based on points, if you have more B’s than A’s you might not have enough points. If your A’s are in classes like P.E or Teacher Assistant then we cannot count them. Do your best each school year to earn the most outstanding grades you can!
Why do we have to apply each year?
We apply each year because grades change. We want to make sure you still qualify.
