Current CAMPAIGN

BGCH Tietjen Scholars

Eloisa Perez received scholarships from 2019-2022. She graduated in May 2022 from Cal State University, LA with a B.A. Degree in Chicano & Latino Studios. Eloisa is our first Tietjen Scholar graduate.

Linda Garcia received her first Tietjen scholarship in 2019.  She currently attends the University of CA, Irvine.  Linda has received four scholarships from the Fund.  Linda will  graduate in June 2023 with a B.A. in Public Health Sciences, minor in Medical Anthropology.

Eiara Fajardo received her first scholarship in 2019.  She is currently attending Drexel University majoring in Material Science and Engineering.  Eiara will be a senior in the Fall of 2023.  Eiara has received four scholarships from the Tietjen Scholarship Fund.

Gerardo Tapia received his first scholarship in 2021.  He currently attends Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, College of Engineering.  Gerardo has received two scholarships from the Tietjen Scholarship Fund.

Chloe Gaume received her first scholarship in 2021. Chloe has received two scholarships from the Tietjen Fund.  She is enrolled at UCLA majoring in English.

Benjamin Gonzalez received his first scholarship in 2021.  He currently attends Glendale Community College, majoring in Economics.

Madeline is one of our first recipient of the Tietijen Scholarship.  She received scholarships from 2019 - 2021.  Madeline is currently enrolled in Santa Monica College majoring in Psychology.  


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2019 Tietjen Scholars

- Ximena Diaz

-Linda Garcia

-Eiara Fajardo

-D’Angelo Guerrero

-Eloisa Peraza

-Madeline Son

 
 

Please join the Tietjen family by donating directly to the scholarship fund which supports students pursuing higher education.

The John P and John C Tietjen Scholarship Fund was founded in 2018, to honor the lifelong commitment to education of my Father, John P. Tietjen, and my older brother and only sibling, John C. Tietjen.

I had recently lost both of them within a years time of each other, and wanted to pay tribute to their public high school teaching careers, that spanned more than 70 years, combined.

My Father returned from WWII,  having survived the Normandy landing, and was later, the only survivor of a bombing, that left him recovering, hospitalized in England for many months. He then finished his Bachelor’s degree at the University of California, and taught for 37 years at the same public high school.  My older brother followed in his footsteps, also a graduate of the University of California. He taught for nearly 35 years, before a terminal illness forced him to an unwanted early retirement.

I could think of no better way to honor their public service, than to establish a Fund to help students achieve their goals of being able to attend college. Nothing would make my Father and Brother smile more, than to see hard working kids have a chance to achieve their goals and dreams.

-Robert Tietjen