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Community Service Requirement Information
As a rising junior, your son will be expected to complete a 24 hour community service internship during his junior year. A few days ago, the students were presented with an overview of the expectations of this program/commitment as well as the kinds of service opportunities the Calvert Hall and the Religion Department considers valid forms of service for this academic requirement. For your convenience, we have attached the PowerPoint made to the students.
So that everyone can be on the same page, in general, students will be expected to complete their 24 hours with one program at one agency. Service should be "direct" service and serve a population in need/marginalized. Many of our students will volunteer at nursing homes, soup kitchens, PAL Centers, etc to name a few. A document containing pre-approved agencies and contact information that CHC has worked with in the past is posted OnCampus under the Resources Tile (Annoucements and Downloads)…I believe it is entitled "Approved Service Agencies 2017-2018".
There are two options students can chose to get started.
Option 1 – Students can begin/complete their hours over the coming summer break. If they would like to do this, the student needs to complete the attached google doc/proposal form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqrso1lTxBd8O283EkMC4pi7jWmhmrPrwph0owKSYGd5UBqQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
I/we will check and approve or deny proposals via this link until July 7th. If a student does not submit a proposal by July 7th via this link, he will not be allowed to start/complete his hours over the summer.
If the student’s proposal is approved, I will email him (via his CHC Student email account) a service contract to be completed and returned back to me at Calvert Hall by July 20th. This 2 page document can be returned to me either via email OR by dropping the hard copy off to the Religion Office until June 8 and the Main Office after that during summer business hours. Once I receive the contract, I will email a pdf log sheet back to the student on which he can record his service hours. Please note: Service hours cannot be counted until the contract is submitted/dropped off/emailed to me at Calvert Hall.
Any summer service hours (partially or fully complete) must be submitted to me or the student's seminar teacher no later than September 14th. Once hours are completed (and signed off by the agency), we encourage the student to email or drop off the log sheet to the Main Office.
Option 2 – If the student does not want to begin hours over the summer, that is absolutely fine. However, he will need to get his proposal approved and obtain a service contract from his seminar teacher in September.
ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE A CONTRACT/PLACEMENT SET BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 5th.
ALL 24 HOURS MUST BE COMPLETED AND VERIFIED VIA A SIGNED LOG SHEET BY MARCH 29TH, 2019.
If you have any questions, please ask your son to speak to his sophomore religion teacher, or he can come in and see me in the Religion office, or feel free to email Mr. Barczak at barczakc@calverthall.com.
