SECOND SEMESTER COMMUNITY SERVICE FORMS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN MAY 11, 2015.
Community Service.... Samuel Adams (above) was instrumental in following what he thought was his civic duty and helped win independence for the United States. All 8th grade history students are required to also take part in community service. Although it does not need to be an experience in politics or government, it can be. Please read on for more information.
State Standards: (1) Choices made by individuals, businesses, and governments have both present and future consequences. (2) Participation in social and civic groups can lead to attainment of individual and public goals.
District Standard: (1) As part of development of good citizenship, students will engage in meaningful community service. (2) Students will show understanding of the Service-Learning Cycle by engaging in community service.
State Standards: (1) Choices made by individuals, businesses, and governments have both present and future consequences. (2) Participation in social and civic groups can lead to attainment of individual and public goals.
District Standard: (1) As part of development of good citizenship, students will engage in meaningful community service. (2) Students will show understanding of the Service-Learning Cycle by engaging in community service.
All 8th grade history students will take part in two community service experiences, one first semester and one second semester. The service must take part during the time period given and the be turned in by the due date set by the teacher. Students will be expected to accumulate at least three hours of service per semester but additional service is highly recommended. (Please Note: Students who are members of the National Junior Honor Society are required to accumulate more than three hours per semester. See Mrs. Trimble, the JNHS advisor, for these requirements.)
Students will not be assigned a specific experience by the teacher. As part of the assignment, students are to evaluate where a need exists and arrange the experience themselves. Community service can be done at school (e.g.: volunteering to help a teacher, help with sporting events, work in the office or library, etc.) or within the larger community (e.g.: help the city with projects, help at church, help at the animal shelter, pick up trash in parks, pass out election literature, help W.A.R.M., help with a benefit for a cause, etc.). However, students are required to go beyond helping their family or their family business since one assignment goal is to analyze situations and find a need within the larger community.
Students who do not have a specific community service opportunity in mind can check out the school district's website www.wcsoh.org . Go to the "Our Schools" tab and find the Walnut Springs page. Next, scroll down to the blue "Community Service" tab on the left side. Some opportunities available to students are listed on this page.
Students will need to fill in and turn in a response form in order to receive credit for this assignment. At the end of the school year, the response forms will be returned to students to retain for use when applying for colleges. Most colleges today require meaningful community service when applying. The response form MUST also be dated and signed by the adult supervising the experience.
A new form was created for the 2019-2020 school year. This for is not yet attached. However, to use the previous form, scroll down to view a copy of the student response form. To print out a copy, click on the download file below:
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