Price Community Scholars
Program Overview
The Price Community Scholars Grant assists in the recruitment and support of fifteen (per cohort) high-achieving San Diego State University (SDSU) students from City Heights (primarily from Hoover and Crawford High Schools) with a scholarship of up to $8000. The Price Community Merit-Service Scholarship Committee selects prospective high achieving SDSU students to each mentor three City Heights middle school students for a period of four years. Mentees are selected from the top 20% of their class at Monroe Clark or Wilson middle schools. This initiative provides programs for both mentor and mentee that assists in building a community that enhances the path to higher education through academic success, self-awareness, cross-cultural exchange, and civic participation. Mentors meet with their mentees each week after school in one-on-one meetings and provide supplemental instruction and information to support their pathway to college
Program Structure
- Students Served: Selected high achieving students from Wilson and Monroe Clark Middle School
- Mentoring Focus: College awareness, academic and life skills
- Frequency of Meetings: Weekly one-on-one mentoring after school
- Mentoring Location: At mentee’s school
- Mentor and Mentee Pairing: Mentors and mentees are paired up by career goals, academic needs, and interests
Mentee Selection Criteria
- Obtain parent or guardian permission (demonstrated by a completed parent/guardian permission waiver)
- Be committed for four years (7th grade through the completion of 10th grade at Hoover High School)
- Be enrolled at Wilson or Monroe Clark middle schools
- Commit to meeting weekly with a mentor
- Commit to community service and cultural enrichment projects
- Parent or guardian must be committed to support student success
Student Benefits
- Academic support in critical and fundamental subjects
- Developing and enhancing fundamental academic skills that support gaining admission at selective colleges and universities
- Creating awareness of the pathway to higher education and career exploration
- Engaging in arts, culture and community service in the San Diego Community
become a price community scholar mentor
Apply to Become a Mentor
For details on becoming a Price Community Scholar Leader, read our Price Community Scholars Program Flyer (English / Español).
Service Learning
The Price Community Scholars Seminar is a service learning course designed to provide students with the knowledge and tools to become effective mentors. The class is structured to create service learning opportunities that lead to personal, academic, and leadership growth. Students meet weekly with course instructors and engage in a course curriculum focused on mentoring and tutoring best practices as well as the development of the students’ academic and leadership skills, professional development, career exploration, social and personal awareness, and strong connections between community service and leadership growth.
