Community service provides HISP students with opportunities to learn and grow through helping others. Serving one’s community fosters a sense of civic responsibility while expanding a student’s perspective about people and place. Through community service, students:
- Learn new skills.
- Build confidence.
- Develop compassion for others.
- Relate what they learn in school to the real world.
- Make the world a better place.
*** If you are in 10th, 11th, or 12th grades, check with your social science teacher to make sure the community service you’ve chosen is appropriate for the grade level expectations ***
HISP students are required to perform five hours of service each academic quarter. You may complete 10 hours during the summer and use these for fall semester. See Community Service Opportunities for a listing of HISP-approved activities or check the HISP bulletin board for postings. Community service must be done through a public organization (non-profit), which would include school fairs and festivals and science competition judging, community fundraisers, park clean-ups, and organizations that help the homeless, for example. Volunteering at private athletic clubs does not count. If you are unsure if a particular event or activity qualifies as community service, check with your HISP social science teacher. Document your community service using the Community Service Report Form found above. Take it with you for signature when you are volunteering!
Community Service Report Forms must be submitted to your social science teacher by the end of each quarter.