Delran High Schools Community Service Program

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Delran High Schools Community Service Program

• Ask not what your country can do for you - ask
  what you can do for your country.John F. Kennedy

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Format

• Placed within US History II Classes
• Students are required a minimum of 15 hours
  service
• Pre-Approval from teachers
• Reflective paper or assignment when completed
• Graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory
• Not a part of the students numerical grade
• Students MUST satisfy requirement to pass US
  History II

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Format

• We decided to provide several on-site
  opportunities for our students to satisfy their
  service requirement
• This on-site format provides a safe environment
  where a large number of students can engage in an
  activity
• Students can also travel to participate in other
  organizations with parental consent

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Communication

• We created a Community Service Committee
  comprised of students, parents, administration,
  and teachers.
• The Committee will help connect the service
  opportunities to our student body.

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Operation Cookie
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Our First Community Project,Breast Cancer
Carwash Fundraiser
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Delran High School Community Service
Project-Approval Form (Students must complete
this form and turn it in to their US History II
teachers before completing any service) 1.
Student Name______________________________________
_________Date________________ 2.
Community Service Activity (briefly explain)
__________________________________________________
______________________ ___________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_______________________________________ __________
__________________________________________________
____________ 3. Organization for which activity
will be performed_______________________________
_____________________________
4. Contact Person___________________
______________ Telephone Number___________________
________________________________________ 5.
Approval of Parent or Guardian
I give permission for
___________________________ to complete a minimum
of fifteen hours of community service with the
organization identified on this form. Signature
of Parent or Guardian_____________________________
_________________________ Teacher- Circle one
Approved Denied (if denied, state reason-use
back of form if necessary) _____________________
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Students Reflection

• The Assignment Students will draw from their
  community service experience to complete a
  project by April 30th, 2007. The individual US
  History II teachers have the discretion to
  approve or deny other reflection projects in
  place of the two page reflective paper.

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Community Service vs. Service Learning

• We decided to stay with Community Service rather
  than the Service Learning Model.
• Our District Goal- enable students of the Delran
  School District the opportunity to foster a
  deeper sense of social and civic responsibility.

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We did however, decide to make a connection to
our US II Curriculum

• Examples from Packet

IV. Education (Brown v. Board of Education and
John Dewey) NJCCCS 6.4.12.K.2.6 A. Potential
activities 1. Volunteering services to
Millbridge after school program 2.
Participating in collection drives for childrens
toys, books, etc. 3. Volunteer as a peer tutor
(after school only) V. Womens Issues (19th
Amendment and the defeated Equal Rights
Amendment) NJCCCS 6.4.12.I.2 A. Potential
activities 1. Collecting items to be donated to
womens shelter. 2. Organize the collection of
welcome home packages for newborns and new
mothers 3. Volunteer services with Ms. Simpson
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Keeping Track

• Students are provided with a spreadsheet within
  their packet to keep track of hours and
  activities.
• We will designate a contact person for each
  activity. They will be responsible for signing
  the students packet. Each entry has the date,
  time, activity, and contact person signature.

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Operation Cookie A project to give our Soldiers
some comfort.
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2006-2007 Delran Projects

• November-December Cookie Drive for our Military
  Forces
• After-School Tutoring at our Elementary and
  Intermediate Schools
• American Red Cross Blood Drive in January
• Relay for Life- Delran will host the 24 hour
  marathon fundraiser for the American Cancer
  Society
• Environmental Clean Ups

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You make a living by what you get. You make a
life by what you give.Winston Churchill