Community Service Guidelines Booklet revised May Community Service Documentation form. Community Service Verification Form. Community Service Hours letter English. Community Service Hours letter Spanish. The Community Service Task Force is comprised of a mixture of social science teachers, counselors, and administrators from the district who meet regularly to review and revise the SUHSD community service requirement.
The Task Force agrees that the intent of the requirement is to encourage students to be active and engaged members of their communities and to address important community issues. Service can unite neighbors, mobilize volunteers and encourage a lifelong ethic of public participation, and is best performed in conjunction with a reputable public service organization.
This Task Force would encourage students to volunteer more than the 30 hour minimum graduation requirement. However, it is impossible to develop a list of acceptable and unacceptable activities that is all inclusive. Therefore, it is imperative that the requirement for all activities to be approved in advance by the Social Science teacher and parent be followed explicitly.
Credit for service hours will be denied if the student fails to get an activity approved in advance. Is the activity in question servicing the community in which the student lives and works or goes to school , and not simply servicing the school or a class or an individual related to that school?
How exactly is the student helping said community? However, if a student MUST be there even though it is not graded, etc. Choose an Organization: Choosing the right service organization is very important to having a positive experience with respect to your community service. Schedule a Visit: Making a visit to an organization that you are interested in volunteering for will give you valuable first-hand information on the type of services they offer and the environment you will be working in.
