Last Updated On 05/19/15
May 2015: This year's SilverTips Alumni Network scholarships for $1,000 each were awarded on Tuesday night, May 12, 2015, to Seniors Aracely Pulido and Jose Ruezga. Aracely will attend Bakersfield College in the Fall and will major in Organizational Psychology. Jose will attend California State University Bakersfield in the Fall and will major in Electrical Engineering.
May 2014: This year's SilverTips Alumni Network scholarships for $1,000 each were awarded on Thursday night, May 22, 2014, to Seniors Liliana Calderon and Denise Alvarez.
Liliana
comes
from
an
Arvin
family
with
five
girls
and
one
boy,
where
she
is
the
second
eldest
child.
Liliana's
father
is a
truck
driver
for
Agrimix
and
her
mother
is a
packer
for
Grimmway
farms.
Liliana
has
a
3.9
GPA
and
is
ranked
10th
in
her
graduating
class.
Liliana
wants
to
study
biochemistry
CSUB,
with
a
long
term
goal
of
becoming
a
nutritionist.
Liliana
received
the
scholarship
memorializing
Vietnam
War
Veterans
Alvin
Bozarth
(AHS
'65),
Kenneth
Johnson
(AHS
'66),
Jimmy
Montana
(AHS
'67)
and,
Ronald
Youngblood
(AHS
65).
All
four
of
these
young
men
were
Killed
In
Action
in
Vietnam.
Denise
comes
from
an
Arvin
family
with
three
girls
and
one
boy.
Her
father
is a
farm
worker
and
her
mother
is a
stay
at
home
mom.
Denise
has
an
older
sister
who
is
already
attending
college,
so
the
financial
pressure
on
her
family
will
only
grow
more
fierce
this
Fall.
Denise
has
a
3.8
GPA
and
is
ranked
13th
in
her
graduating
class.
Denise
wants
to
study
business
while
taking
a
minor
in
music.
Her
life
goal
is
to
own
her
own
recording
company
and
to
be
able
to
record
her
own
music
as
well.
Denise
received
the
scholarship
memorializing
Kimberly
Reed
(AHS
'82)
who
died
this
past
year,
after
being
in
poor
health
for
many
years.
May 2013: At our most recent Gathering of The Bears, a $1,000 scholarship was given to Marisa Rodriquez (AHS '13) in memory of the late Herbert 'Dean' Perry of the Arvin High School Class of 1965. Marisa will be attending CSUB in the fall and is planning on becoming a teacher. Marisa, her parents, and her two younger siblings were on hand to enjoy the evening and thank all the old Bears gathered there.
April 2013: This year's scholarship will be awarded in memory of Herbert 'Dean' Perry (AHS '65). The recipient will be chosen during the first week of May. Check back then for the name of the 2013 scholarship recipient.
May 2012: This year we awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Judith Aviles in Memory of deceased Arvin High School Alumna Robin 'Cantrell' Waldon of the Arvin High School Class of 1971. Judith will be attending California State University Bakersfield in the Fall and will be pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Nursing..
February 2012: In May 2012, The SilverTips Alumni Network will be awarding a scholarship of $1,000 in memory of a deceased alumnus or alumna. If you want to donate, send your donation to SilverTips Alumni Network, P.O. Box 21171, Bakersfield, CA 93390-1171.
May 2011: This year we awarded a $750 scholarship to Christian Contreras in Memory of deceased Arvin High School Alumnus John 'Jock' Nicodemus of the Arvin High School Class of 1971. Christian is currently attending college in San Francisco and making good progress toward his bachelor's degree.
January 2011: The SilverTips Alumni Network has decided to award it's own academic scholarships going forward. In May of 2011 The SilverTips Alumni Network will be awarding a scholarship for at least $600 in Memory of an Arvin High School alumnus or alumna. If you want to donate, send your donation to SilverTips Alumni Network, P.O. Box 21171, Bakersfield, CA 93390-1171.
May 2010: The Arvin High School Alumni Association awarded a $400 scholarship last week in Memory of Daryl Bradshaw at the annual Arvin High School Senior Awards night held at Jack O. Schulze Auditorium.
October 2009: The SilverTips Alumni Network sponsored a 'Scholarship Team' in the Arvin High School Alumni Association's 8th Annual Alumni Golf Tournament. This entitled the SilverTips to have a $400 scholarship awarded in memory of a deceased Arvin High School graduate in the May 2010 Senior Awards ceremony. This first scholarship will be awarded in the memory of the late Daryl Bradshaw of the Arvin High School Class of 1971. This is the first year that the SilverTips have done this and we now plan to make giving a scholarship an annual event.
May 2009: The SilverTips Alumni Network donated a check for $500 to the Rocky Handy Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund at the Arvin High Alumni Association. Having been in existence only seven months at that time, this was our first effort to support existing scholarships at Arvin High School. In the future we will also be initiating scholarships as more alumni get involved and work with us to build support for specific academic disciplines.
October 2008: To donate or volunteer to help improve scholarship efforts, email us at webmaster@silvertips.org for details about how you can get involved...