SparkPoint Articles

On Tuesday, October 22, the Black and Brown Scholars (BBS) hosted its annual financial literacy workshop at the Undocumented Community Center, welcoming all men of color students at Skyline College. Approximately 25 students, staff, and faculty gathered to enhance their financial literacy and learn about investment strategies. BBS Financial Officer, Andy Casas and VP of Communications, ...

Nearly 300 incoming students filled Skyline College on August 6, 2024, for a transformative day focused on college success. The event was months in the making and required both the spring and summer semesters to plan an outstanding event for incoming students. Students who attended the Promise Scholars Summer Institute (PSSI) covered a variety of topics, ...

On Tuesday, November 14th, 2023, SparkPoint at Skyline College hosted its Annual Turkey Giveaway. Throughout the day, SparkPoint gave out 80 turkeys to students and student families, which, in conjunction with our additional free grocery support, helped reduce the cost of feeding families this holiday season. An appointment booking process was used so students could ...

In July 2023, the SparkPoint Food Pantry completed its first full year of grocery distribution since COVID-19 forced us to suspend services. We are proud to report that over 600 students received groceries in over 2,500 appointments. Unlike our Drive-Thru Grocery Distribution, the SparkPoint Food Pantry only serves students. This means that our students received ...

Since Fall 2022, the Skyline College Learning Center has hosted a series of All-Hands Trainings in partnership with the STEM Center to support its team of student workers in cultivating strong, professional development skills. Through attending a year-long sequence of helpful workshops, academic Peer Tutors, Student Assistants, Peer Mentors, and Supplemental Instructors (SIs) were provided ...

After almost three years of planning and hard work by the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, Skyline College and our community engaged with and experienced the newly revamped CPR Share-Outs on April 10, 2023 and April 24, 2023. The following programs participated in this year’s CPR Share-Outs: Accounting, Computer Science/Engineering, Counseling, SparkPoint Center, Career Readiness and Job ...

The entire SparkPoint team would like to congratulate Raul Amaya on being selected as our new SparkPoint Coordinator. Raul has served as the SparkPoint Staff Assistant for over 6 years, but in his new role he will be providing support to our students and local community around financial capability, food resources and housing resources.  He ...

Career Technical Education (CTE) students at Skyline College are encouraged to apply for the Grove Scholars Program! Approximately 25 students (new and renewal) will be selected to become part of the Grove Scholars Program and receive an award of up to $2,000. Scholars will participate in the following services: financial education and coaching, career counseling, and additional services as ...

COVID-19 forced the SparkPoint Food Pantry to close in March 2020 and it remained closed for 2 full years. We re-launched this service this past spring and we are excited to share that from between March 22 and June 30, 2022, we distributed 33,487 pounds of groceries. Unlike our Drive-Thru Grocery Distribution, the SparkPoint Food Pantry ...

SparkPoint at Skyline College is currently accepting scholarship applications for 25 Career and Technical Education (CTE) students for the Fall 2022 cohort. Grove Scholarship applications are available online at skylinecollege.edu/sparkpoint and are due by 3:00 p.m. on September 14, 2022. Eligible students will be selected for the program based on three short personal statements that describe who they ...