Scholarship
Know someone graduating from a Thurston County area high school or vocational/trade school in the spring of 2025? If this student has a GPA of at least 3.0, he/she may be eligible to apply for our annual scholarship grant opportunity!
FACSPS is giving $1,000 each to three graduating students who plan to pursue their education after high school graduation. Please carefully read details and instructions on our forms available for download below. If you have any trouble obtaining these forms, please let us know on our contact page.
Please email our Scholarship Coordinator Judith Ogan Son at [email protected] if you have any questions. Applications are due JUNE 20, 2025.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to submit all required documents by the due date; applications will be accepted either electronically (preferred) or mailed to the FACSPS P.O Box. The Scholarship Award Ceremony will take place at the FACSPS Summer Picnic at Rainier Vista in August 2025.
FACSPS is giving $1,000 each to three graduating students who plan to pursue their education after high school graduation. Please carefully read details and instructions on our forms available for download below. If you have any trouble obtaining these forms, please let us know on our contact page.
Please email our Scholarship Coordinator Judith Ogan Son at [email protected] if you have any questions. Applications are due JUNE 20, 2025.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to submit all required documents by the due date; applications will be accepted either electronically (preferred) or mailed to the FACSPS P.O Box. The Scholarship Award Ceremony will take place at the FACSPS Summer Picnic at Rainier Vista in August 2025.
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE JUNE 20, 2025.
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Scholarship Application Form:
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The FACSPS 2025 Scholarship Application form is available for download following the links above. Students may type directly on the form and send electronically to the FACSPS email, or mailed to FACSPS P.O Box address.
Applications must be postmarked no later than JUNE 20, 2025.
Please mail all required documents to:
Applications must be postmarked no later than JUNE 20, 2025.
Please mail all required documents to:
Filipino-American Community
of South Puget Sound (FACSPS)
P.O. Box 3108
Olympia, WA 98509-3108
of South Puget Sound (FACSPS)
P.O. Box 3108
Olympia, WA 98509-3108
About Scholarship Program
Every year, FACSPS awards competitive college-bound students $1,000 scholarships individually to aid in their academic endeavors. The awards are given to Thurston High School Senior graduates who do not have to be of Filipino descent to apply.
In past years, the Community held a spelling bee, or Tagisan ng Talino competition, annually in the fall while celebrating the scholastic and athletic achievements of its youth members. It’s a contest in spelling for Grades 2-6, general knowledge and Filipino culture quiz competition for grades 6-7, and essay-writing contest for students in high school. The competition can be intense and challenging at times. FACSPS not only honors those who academically succeed but also to those who show promise in the arts and prowess in athletics. A past winner of an essay writing contest was Vanessa Cendana who wrote a provocative, scholarly piece on the topic, “The Filipino-American Student and the Call to Academic Excellence."
Why is the scholastic and athletic achievement celebrated by the FACSPS community? It is because FACSPS wants to emphasize to our youth in their early formative age the value of academics and athletics. It is through the development of the intellect and healthy body that one can give fruition to an individual’s ambition. We want to establish a norm whereby the pursuit of knowledge and formal education is achievable.
FACSPS wants to strengthen the notion that for a Filipino-American student, college education is the next logical step after high school. That education per se is a never-ending search for what is true, noble and beautiful. With an appreciation for academics and competitive spirit, we impart to the youth, albeit slowly, a tradition of excellence, of leadership, and of concerned citizenship in our new country. And that indeed, America is a great country where opportunities arise especially for those who are willing to prepare themselves academically, and to compete fair and square in the various arenas of human endeavor.
In past years, the Community held a spelling bee, or Tagisan ng Talino competition, annually in the fall while celebrating the scholastic and athletic achievements of its youth members. It’s a contest in spelling for Grades 2-6, general knowledge and Filipino culture quiz competition for grades 6-7, and essay-writing contest for students in high school. The competition can be intense and challenging at times. FACSPS not only honors those who academically succeed but also to those who show promise in the arts and prowess in athletics. A past winner of an essay writing contest was Vanessa Cendana who wrote a provocative, scholarly piece on the topic, “The Filipino-American Student and the Call to Academic Excellence."
Why is the scholastic and athletic achievement celebrated by the FACSPS community? It is because FACSPS wants to emphasize to our youth in their early formative age the value of academics and athletics. It is through the development of the intellect and healthy body that one can give fruition to an individual’s ambition. We want to establish a norm whereby the pursuit of knowledge and formal education is achievable.
FACSPS wants to strengthen the notion that for a Filipino-American student, college education is the next logical step after high school. That education per se is a never-ending search for what is true, noble and beautiful. With an appreciation for academics and competitive spirit, we impart to the youth, albeit slowly, a tradition of excellence, of leadership, and of concerned citizenship in our new country. And that indeed, America is a great country where opportunities arise especially for those who are willing to prepare themselves academically, and to compete fair and square in the various arenas of human endeavor.