Background & Purpose

ScholarScript.com's purpose is to empower students with the knowledge they need to attain a higher education, and to simplify and organize the process of getting there.

ScholarScript.com began as a simple idea: help students get to college. That idea has evolved into the greater goal of empowering students by providing them with the resources and information they need in order to prepare for education beyond high school.

This website is for all the students who want to go to college but don't know how to get there. It's for all the students who have what it takes but lack the guidance. It's for any student who wants to succeed. This website is for all the firsts – first generation high school graduates, first generation aspiring college students, first generation Americans. ScholarScript.com is for everyone.

The development of ScholarScript.com is part of a public service project proposal that was made possible through the Donald Kennedy Public Service Fellowship from Stanford University . The website is currently in its first year of existence, and is being piloted and case-studied at Desert Hot Springs High School in Desert Hot Springs, California as a tool to assist students on the path to higher education.

To learn more about Stanford's Public Service Fellowship programs, visit the Haas Center for Public Service website at http://haas.stanford.edu .

ScholarScript Team

Amber Rose Mc Cartney graduated from Desert Hot Springs High School in 2003. The idea to create ScholarScript.com was inspired by her own experiences as a high school student trying to pursue higher education. Amber aims to have a career in the field of education, and hopes that one day the goal of college will be brought within reach for all students. The first in her family to attend college, Amber is now a Junior at Stanford University working towards her bachelors degree in English and Spanish.




Harry Zhong is currently a Junior at Stanford University pursuing a bachelors degree in Product Design. An avid designer since high school, Harry welcomes artistic and technical challenges from simple web pages to complex corporate web presentations. Harry dabbles in everything from photography to drawing and is well versed in Dreamweaver, Fireworks, FLASH and Photoshop in addition to several programming languages including PHP, JSP, JAVA, Javascript and FLASH Actionscript. He currently works as a freelancer and part time at Stanford's on-campus IT consulting company, Tech Group, as a web developer.



Special thanks to the following for their contributions and support:

The students, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, administration, and staff at Desert Hot Springs High School, especially:

Dr. Brian Murray, Principal
Kelly Daly, Vice Principal
Tripp Doepner, Assistant Principal
Roxanne Zoss, Guidance Counselor
Scott Cooper, Teacher
Kim Monnie, Teacher
Marissa Davis, Teacher
Wendy Girardin, Teacher

At Stanford University:

Sheryl Linksy & Ilana Golin, Haas Center Fellowships Program Coordinators
Ali Miano, Professor & Mentor
Donald Kennedy, Professor Emeritus
Michael D. Brown, Student
The Sisters of Sigma Theta Psi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.