2007-2008 Community Service Requirements

Sophomores: 20 hours / Juniors:35 hours / Senior: 45 hours
The above hours are minimums and all students should remember that the quality of service is more valuable than the quantity of hours.

Honor Society: Grade Requirement plus an additional 25 hours
Guidelines:

 

1. You must have signatures on the Academy grids verifying the exact hours and dates for which you have volunteered.  If you have misplaced your grid, you can find new ones on the information table outside of Room 451 North.
 

2.  Working for an individual (other than a teacher in this school) does not earn you credit.  You must work for an organization.
 

3.  Just because you work for free, does not mean it is community service.  If you work for a business, a doctor, etc., you are not really performing community service.  To be sure your hours will count, work for NON-PROFIT organizations.  Places like the YMCA or senior citizen homes are ideal.
 

4.  Performing religious activities, like singing in a church choir, do not count for community service credit.


5.  Your community service requirement will translate into grades as follows:

  • In the 10th Grade, community service will constitute 10% of your end of the year grade in HRA4.

  • In the 11th Grade, community service will constitute 10% of your law grade.

  • In the 12th Grade, community service will constitute 10% of your Economics/Senior Thesis grade.

    • Individual teachers will explain their specific policies to you.

     

    6.  With the exception of the 12th graders with special programs, community service may not be completed during school hours.
     

    7.  Students who chose not to volunteer, must write a 15 page paper on a Volunteer Organization or a person famous for his/her volunteer work.  Students should see their teachers for guidelines.
     

    8.  If you have any questions, please see your teacher or Mr. Randle BEFORE you begin the community service.  It is better to find out your service would not count-before you start it!
     

    9. Upon completion of your volunteer work, you will write a two page paper describing your experience. You must include photos to document your service as part of your reflection paper.  See your teacher for specific guidelines. Reflections will be due around May 15th of each school year.
     

    10. If you volunteer on a regular basis for an organization or charity, make sure to get a letter of recommendation as documentation of your service.
     

    11. If you volunteer on a regular basis for an organization or charity, make sure to get a letter of recommendation as documentation of your service.
     

    "Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing"-T. Roosevelt