Community Service

Community Service Requirements 2007 - 2008

In order to be recognized at graduation, seniors must have completed 100 hours of community service. Also, many colleges and scholarships require a certain amount of community service in order to be considered for either admission to the college or granting of the scholarship. Community service must be completed and documented through the school before graduation, and students can obtain documentation from the school to be included in their admissions packets or scholarship information.

Certain requirements must be followed by students to obtain credit for their community service. They are as follows:

All community service must be turned in for the current year only. No service performed before the current year will be accepted. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Service performed over summer is to be turned in by Friday, October 26, 2007, so that verification can be performed quickly. Service performed each semester must be turned in before the completion of the semester. Deadline for the fall semester is Friday, December 7, 2007. Deadline for service performed during the Christmas holiday is Friday, January 18, 2008.

All community service forms must be turned in immediately after serving. Students must not wait. Verification of service is easier immediately after the service is performed. Service which cannot be verified will not be considered.

Only community service which is performed during the time the student is enrolled at SHHS will be accepted. Services performed prior to the years the child has been a student here will not be considered.

Only functions which are performed after normal school hours will be accepted. School trips or functions which happen during the school day are not considered.

Students are responsible for turning in their own community service forms and for checking the progress of their own service. Students must turn in community service which is done on a regular basis at the end of each semester. They should not wait until the end of the service, especially when the service is performed over a long period of time.

Students are to fill out all information and have the volunteer supervisor sign and print his or her name in the appropriate places. All forms will be verified, logged, printed, and returned to the student as quickly as possible.

All students must turn in all community service by Friday, May 23, 2008. Seniors must complete service by then in order for it to be considered for graduation.

Community service forms are available from Mrs. Brogan, counselor’s secretary, or from Mrs. Beaudry in the J-Hall. Return completed forms to the box located in Mrs. Brogan’s office. Students are to keep the pink copy of the completed form for their records. Questions about community service may be directed to Mrs. Kathy Beaudry.