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10 years of
empowering young scholars

At a White House ceremony,
First Lady Michelle Obama presented
the 2010 National Arts and Humanities
Youth Program Award to the
Scripps College Academy.
Scripps College Vice President for Academic Affairs Amy Marcus-Newhall
(SCA founding professor ) and SCA Scholar Raemi Thomas ‘16 with
First Lady Michelle Obama in 2010. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy)

1030 COLUMBIA AVENUE
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA
91711
June 2012
I am honored to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Scripps College Academy.
For 10 years, Scripps College Academy (SCA) has provided mentorship, college access resources, and
academic enrichment to high-achieving young women in the greater Los Angeles area. Since 2002, the
program has grown from a two-week summer experience serving 30 students, to a nationally recognized
year-round program serving more than 325 students. The development of the program is a credit to the
dedication of Scripps College staff and faculty who are eager to share their talents, expertise, and time.
SCA is an exceptional example of Scripps’ continued leadership as an institution dedicated to higher
education access and diversity.
The Scripps College Academy takes some of the unique aspects of a Scripps College education—
dedicated and accessible faculty members, a community of women scholars and leaders, and a
challenging, stimulating, interdisciplinary curriculum—and makes them available to local middle
and high school students. By expanding the scope of students’ knowledge and introducing them to
college-level critical thinking and writing, SCA prepares its participants for success at the nation’s top
institutions of higher education and introduces them to a liberal arts educational experience.
We are grateful for the support that individuals, foundations, and corporations have bestowed upon
SCA during the last 10 years. It is only through this generosity that SCA has flourished and continues to
deliver high-quality programming at no cost to participants, their families, or their schools.
Initiatives such as the Scripps College Academy are what originally drew me to Scripps College. As
President, there is no greater joy than seeing the world-class education that Scripps students enjoy
shared with outstanding young women in our local communities. I am pleased to salute Scripps College
Academy on the occasion of this remarkable program’s 10th anniversary, and I am proud to lead an
institution committed to higher education access.
Sincerely,
Lori Bettison-Varga
President
Scripps College
SCRIPPS COLLEGE
MEMBER OF THE CLAREMONT COLLEGES

Scripps College Academy Scholars
SCA Scholars, staff, and faculty gather on Wood Steps during the summer 2011 residential program.
S
cripps College Academy (SCA) Scholars is an intensive, multi-year, pre-college program for highachieving
young women with limited resources who seek to become the first generation in their
families to attend college. Through a rigorous summer residential experience followed by monthly
programming throughout high school, SCA Scholars develop the confidence and skills to be wellprepared
college applicants, successful college students, and professionals who create positive, lasting change.
Students are eligible to apply during spring of their 9th and 10th grade year. Like all Scripps College
Academy programs, the SCA Scholars experience is provided at no cost to the student or her family.
2001
Planning begins for a high school
outreach program with support from
The James Irvine Foundation.
2002
Seven faculty members and eight students from
Scripps College meet to design the inaugural summer
residential program.

Summer Residential Program
SCA Scholars begin by attending the two-week Summer
Residential Program which provides the opportunity to
experience what it is like to live among their peers and study
at a private, liberal arts institution. For many SCA Scholars,
this is their first time on a college campus and their first
experience living away from home. Students further their
academic preparation by exploring issues of race, class, and
gender through an interdisciplinary academic curriculum.
Participants develop their writing, critical analysis,
discussion, and presentation skills under the guidance
of Scripps College professors, staff, and undergraduate
mentors and participate in co-curricular workshops, field
trips, and art and recreation activities.
Year-Round Academic Enrichment
Following the Summer Residential Program, SCA
Scholars take part in additional academic and collegepreparatory
programming throughout high school. These
weekend activities include faculty-led book clubs, research
opportunities, SAT/ACT preparation classes, and field trips
to museums and other cultural centers.
College Planning
Beginning in their junior year, SCA Scholars and their
families receive individualized assistance in the college
application and financial aid processes. Through home visits
by SCA staff, workshops by admission and financial aid
experts, and the mentorship of Scripps College students,
Scholars are encouraged and supported in applying to a
wide range of college and scholarship opportunities that fit
their academic and personal goals.
Idalmis Vaquero in a MASS Program lab in 2009.
Math and Science Scholars
(MASS) Program
The Math and Science Scholars
Program is one example of
the year-round academic
enrichment opportunities
provided to SCA Scholars each fall.
Each fall, Scholars work in
small groups in a laboratory with
faculty from the W.M. Keck Science
Department of Claremont McKenna
College, Pitzer College, and Scripps
College. Scholars conduct experiments
and present research on a variety of
subjects: chemistry, biology, physics,
computer science, mathematics, and/or
psychology. The student to faculty ratio
of 6:1 provides an exceptional hands-on
academic experience.
Scholars gain skills in designing an
experiment by forming a hypothesis,
observing and measuring the experiment
in progress, writing results, and reporting
on, evaluating, and supporting their
findings. At the conclusion of the
research sessions, Scholars present their
findings to their family, friends, and
the Scripps College community in a
symposium.
2003
Thirty high school students attend the
inaugural “Scripps College Summer
Academy.”
2004
Services expand to include year-round academic
opportunities and college application assistance.

Scripps College Academy Scholars
Span the United States
Sofia Arevalo
Roosevelt High School ‘12
UC Berkeley ‘16
“The opportunity to interact
and conduct research with
professors and present to
my peers has improved
my confidence and public
speaking.”
Jennifer Arias
Foshay Learning Center ‘11
Scripps College ‘15
Gates Millennium Scholar
“Interacting with Scripps
students and faculty gave
me a glimpse of what life at a
small liberal arts college is like.
Coming to Scripps, I already
had a network of people
who could help me with the
transition.”
Mayowa Ige
Upland High School ‘12
Pomona College ‘16
“My favorite part of SCA
was the Math and Science
Scholars Program; working
closely with the Colleges’
faculty strengthened my
passion for the sciences, and
led me to choose a natural
science major. “
2005
2006
The SCA Tutoring program is
launched, providing service-learning
opportunities to Scripps students
and weekly academic support to local
middle and high school students.
A California Educational Facilities Authority grant
further expands year-round programming and
increases the number of SCA staff.
The Middle School College Club program
is launched.

Idalmis Vaquero
Marc and Eva Stern Math
and Science School ‘12
Wellesley College ‘16
“I never thought about
attending a women’s college
prior to SCA. Now, I am part of
an empowering and inspiring
community of young women,
which has let me grow as an
individual and scholar.”
Since the first graduating class in
2005, SCA Scholars have enrolled
in more than 65 colleges and
universities across the U.S.
Consistently, SCA Scholars graduate
from high school with top academic
honors and pursue higher education.
Many earn prestigious national awards
following high school, including
the Gates Millennium and Posse
Foundation Scholarships.
One hundred percent of the SCA
Scholars high school class of 2012
will enroll in higher education within
six months of graduation; 95% will
matriculate directly into four-year
institutions. Of this group, over half will
attend a private college or university and
47% will attend a “very selective” or
“most selective” school.
Deborah Won
Warren High School ‘11
Yale University ‘15
“At SCA, I was constantly
encouraged to think critically
when confronted with an
issue or idea. That experience
has helped me prepare for
college and for life!”
2007
The Kathryne Beynon Foundation funds
the inaugural Math and Science Scholars
Program to provide science research
opportunities.
2008
The program is re-named “Scripps College
Academy” to reflect the year-round format.
SCA expands work-study opportunities
for Scripps College students to more than
30 annually.

Community Outreach
Programs
In addition to the SCA Scholars
Program, Scripps College
Academy provides academic
and college preparatory services,
free of charge, to young women and
parents in the local community.
Programs include SCA Tutoring, a
weekly academic assistance program
open to female students in grades
6-12, and SCA College Club, a series
of college-introductory workshops for
middle school girls. These programs
reach between 200-250 students
each year, and provide valuable
professional development and service
learning opportunities to the Scripps
College students who deliver them.
Kelly Hewitt ‘08, director of Scripps College
Academy, advises an SCA Scholar.
2009
Scripps College and
SCA: A Collaboration
The mission of Scripps College is to educate women to develop
their intellects and talents through active participation in
a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may
contribute to society through public and private lives of
leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.
SCA has, since its inception,
functioned as an extension
of Scripps College’s mission
and a meaningful avenue
for community service and
engagement. Focused on
expanding higher education
access and liberal arts education
awareness, SCA engages a
demographic that historically
has been excluded from these
benefits: high achieving, firstgeneration,
college-bound young
women from low-income urban
communities.
At the core of the program
is a group of passionate and
dedicated Scripps College
faculty, staff, and students who
serve as mentors, tutors, and advocates for program participants. To
date, nearly 40% of all Scripps College faculty members have taught
in SCA programs. Additionally, SCA programs provide service
learning and professional development opportunities for more than
35 Scripps College undergraduates each year. Approximately half of
Scripps alumnae who worked with SCA now work in fields related to
education, often in under-served populations.
SCA Scholars at Scripps
Professor Kimberly Drake, center, and
SCA Scholars Mayowa Ige, left, and
Megan Alderson chat after a Saturday
workshop at Scripps College.
Since 2005, 25 SCA Scholars have matriculated to The Claremont
Colleges—19 of those to Scripps College. True to the disciplined and
ambitious nature of SCA Scholars, these students have maintained
a 100% retention and graduation rate, and nearly all have chosen to
work or volunteer with the SCA program during their time on campus.
Ashley Franklin becomes the first SCA Scholar to graduate from Scripps College.
47 students comprise SCA’s 7th cohort.
SCA launches “SCA Connect,” an online platform for participants to interact and
access college preparatory resources.

SCA Scholars and Scripps College
2012 graduates stand on
Denison Library’s steps following
the commencement ceremony.
From left: Melissa Mesinas (a
2012 Fulbright Fellow), Marisa
Mendoza, Adriana Esquivel, and
Leslie Mendoza.
2010
SCA receives more than 400 applications for the 45 spaces available in the 2010 SCA Scholars cohort,
demonstrating the high demand for services.
SCA is awarded the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the nation’s highest honor for
such a program.
100% of the high school graduating class admitted to four-year colleges or universities.

Thank you to our supporters
Founding Donors
California Educational Facilities Authority
James Irvine Foundation
Mericos Foundation
Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Washington Mutual Foundation
Weingart Foundation
SCA Donors 2002-2012
Sara and Robert Adler
Annenberg Foundation
Anoush Bagdoyan ’91
Rosemarie Heredia and Clifford Baker P’13
Janet Barker ’76, P’13
Brooke Barrett ’03
Patricia Aleman Barulich ’81
Nancy Y. Bekavac
Kathryne Beynon Foundation
Abigail Quinn Billington ’06
Rene Bloch Foundation
Elizabeth Bildsoe Bluhm ’76
Carrie Bolster ’76
Ashley Boothby ’07
Deborah Brauer ’76
Mara W. Breech Foundation
Robert M. Breech
Lora Pethick Brown ’76
Barbara Bruner ’76
Carrie Gerich Bullard ’92 and Brian Bullard
California Community Foundation
Jessica Castillo ’03
Jennifer and Luis Caughman
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Susan Robbins Chouteau ’68
Citibank
Megan Condit ’01
Bonnie Berry and Gregory Cooledge P’13
Mercedes Corral-Hernandez ’01
Sara Tholen Curran ’76
Ruth Cusick ’03
2011
Leigh Dale ’10
Robyn Lee Dependahl ’76
Rosa Diaz
Devanie Candelaria Donez ’94
Margaret Downey ’76
Karen Stolte Drinkward ’76
Edison International
Anna Ekindjian Edwards ’98
Elizabeth and Roy Eisenhardt P’05
Jayme Rizzolo Epstein ’83
Mary Dieters and Thomas
Faxon, Jr. P’08, P’11
Focusing Philanthropy
Yvonne Frame
Mishanda Freeman ‘02
Ruth Perry and Scott Friedman P’09
Nancy Garland ’76
Francesca MacArthur German ’76
Catharine Berger Gilson ’71 and
Lawrence Gilson
Matilde Grandberry
Elizabeth Gray ’69
Gloria Jay Greenstein ’60
Nicole Guillen ’09
Andrea Gutierrez ’04
Zeenat Hassan ’10
Mary Hatcher-Skeers
Christiana Henry ’99
Margaret Hess ’76
Kelly Hewitt ’08
Pamela Selleck Holderman ’76
Kirsten Jacobs ’01
Dana Jensen ’11
Sharon Katz P’06
Jan Kawabata ’76
Julie and Mitchell Kertzman P’13
Juli Bliss Kinrich ’76
Lauren Tresnon Klein ’76
Bonnie Konowitch
Nicole Latham ’09
Donald T. Leahy Charitable Lead Trust/
Patricia Van Every
Hana Lee ’09
David Levy
Wendy Liang ’06
Rachel Link ’07
Charlotte Miller Long ’76
Cathy Lydon ’76
Amy Marcus-Newhall
Courtney Mayeda ’03
Kristen and Brian McInnis
Catherine McIntosh ’76
Leslie Mendoza ’12
Microsoft Corporation
Lisa Farber Miller ’76
Melinda Moeur ’76
National Association for College
Admission Counseling
National Endowment for the Arts
Denise Nelson Nash ’76
Laura Nolan ’11
Laura Sherman Oberdorf ’08
Selina Okeyo
Anita Snow Orlikoff ’76
Julie Otto ’76
Pamela Bales Panzieri ’76
Grace Park ’02
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
John Peavoy
Janis and Gregory Peralta P’05
Christy Vega Perez ’02
President’s Council on the Arts and
the Humanities
Carolyn Revelle
Kimberly Rideout
Veronica Rosales ’05
Sylvia Ruiz ’05
Lisa Haney Sanderson ’76
Susan Savell ’69
Katherine Schwab ’76
Vicki Seldon ’80
Charla Connelley Shadduck ’69
Deborah Bergseid Shaffer ’76
The SCA College Club program expands to four schools, serving more than 125 students.
Catharine Berger Gilson ’71 provides a generous gift to SCA, expanding the 2011 SCA Scholars
cohort to 50 students.
Through the generous support of The Donald T. Leahy Charitable Lead Trust and Patricia Van Every,
Scripps is able to establish an endowed fund to support SCA in perpetuity.

“SCA is where we engage with and learn from each other, our Scripps College student-staff, and SCA
Scholars. Participation in SCA has made me a better teacher and mentor, both to the SCA Scholars
and to my college students. It has been one of the most rewarding and impactful experiences of my
teaching career.” — Mary Hatcher-Skeers, SCA Academic Coordinator
Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Chair of Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry
Barbara Trippel Simmons ’76
Allyson Simpson
Victoria Sonntag P’10
Southern California Edison
State Farm Companies Foundation
Cheryl Cormia Stoneham ’76
Melinda Storch ’76
Ayako Takaishi ’04
Susan Talbot ’69
Amperia Torres
Duyen Tran ’10
Nancy Trejo
Joanne Ward Turner ’76
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Carolyn Ditte Wagner ’72
Jessica Wang ’03
Lee Ann Wang ’03
Nancy Ward P’08
Wells Fargo Foundation
Mandy Westfall ’98
Roxanne Wilson ’76
Andrew Zanella
Elizabeth Zeitler ’06
Ellen Zucker Frank ’76
Hildreth Green von Kleinsmid ’33, P’55
Staff and Faculty
Endowed Scholarship Donors
Gail Abrams
Sara and Robert Adler
Rita Alcala
Nancy Ambrose
David Andrews
Jennifer Armstrong
Nancy Neiman Auerbach
Neva Barker
Paula Barnett
Jamie Barron ’05
Lori Bettison-Varga
Bradford and Mary Anne Blaine
Boeing Company
2012
Peggyann Book
Roswitha Burwick
Elizabeth Capasso
Socorro Chavez
Melissa Coburn
Ana Collisson
Cecilia Conrad
Kalani Craig ’95
Donald Crone
Emily Cuming and Tony Crowley
Patricia Dillon
Julie Boone Elliott
Carol and Walter Entler
Diane Evano
Margaret and William Faust
FirstQuadrant, L.P.
Yvonne Frame
Patrice Frey ’99
Kiran Gajwani
Adrienne Walsh Gibson ’02
Leigh Gilmore
Patricia Goldsmith
Ken Gonzales-Day
Bernadine and Mark Greenwood P’99
Daniel Guthrie
Mary Hatcher-Skeers
Amelia Hight ’05
Mary Kircher and John Hoverson P’11
Colleen Hughes
Kirsten Jacobs ’01
YouYoung Kang
Thomas Kim
Dalton Krauss
Patricia Packard LaCroix ’78
Kathleen and Michael Lamkin
Leslie Lassiter ’77
Judith LeMaster
Sarah Levine ’01
David Levy
Julie Liss
Nancy Macko
James Manifold
Megan Montgomery Marble ’82
Amy Marcus-Newhall
Margaret Mathies
Aaron Matz
Kristen and Brian McInnis
Natalie Miller ’06
Eleanor Plick
Jane O’Donnell
Martha Gonzales O’Keefe ’75
Jodi Olson
Jessica Osbaldeston Outlaw ’04
John Peavoy
Marina Pérez de Mendiola
Ashley Peters ’08
Cheryl Pump
Kathleen Purvis-Roberts
Susan Rankaitis and Robbert Flick
Marilyn Mehaffie Ray
Rita and Terrence Roberts
Dorothy Royse
Sylvia Ruiz ’05
David E. Sadava
Margaret Sanborn ’01
Roxana and Nicolas Sanchez P’07
Angela Clark Schlafke ’93
Jaime Schoenbrun ’98
Linda and Herbert Scott
Laura Stratton
Seung Hye Suh
Kim-Trang Tran
Alicia Ann Vitagliano ’03
Sheila Walker
Lindsey Walton ’01
Mary Fraser Weis ’66 and Frederick M. Weis
Kathleen O’Brien Wicker
Roxanne Wilson ’76
Debra Wood
Stacey Wood
Andrew Zanella
Suzanne Zetterberg
SCA celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Fifty students, representing 26 high schools, make up the 10th
SCA Scholars cohort.
SCA is recognized as a founding recipient organization of Focusing Philanthropy.
The 4th annual Faculty and Staff Scholarship is awarded to Raemi Thomas ‘16. Generously endowed by
nearly 100 Scripps faculty, staff, and friends, it supports SCA Scholars who matriculate to Scripps.

Cover:
SCA Scholars meet at Honnold Gateway
during an ACT prep course break. From left:
Angela Gil, ReAndra Johnson, Rosa Escobar,
and Laura Casas.
(Photo: Shane Zackery ‘14)
Scripps College:
Founded in 1926 by newspaper publisher and
philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps
College is a nationally top-ranked liberal
arts college, and the women’s college of The
Claremont Colleges. With approximately 950
students, Scripps offers an intense learning
experience with an interdisciplinary approach.
As part of a consortium of five undergraduate
and two graduate institutions located within
one square mile, Scripps provides its students
the benefits of a larger university, with shared
facilities, co-curricular activities, and the
ability to cross-register at any of the colleges.
College Academy
Scripps College Academy
1030 Columbia Avenue, Box 1235
Claremont, California 91711
Phone (909) 607-0466
Fax (909) 607-1812
sca@scrippscollege.edu
Scripps College Academy’s ability to deliver services
at no cost to participants or their families is made
possible through the generosity of its loyal donors.
To help SCA continue its mission, please contact the
Scripps College Office of Institutional Advancement
at (909) 621-8638.
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