Community Service Requirements

Community Service

All students complete community service

in 1^st – 5^th grade:

Students are required to complete a total of 6 hours of community service each academic year. Community service is a major part of students’ homebase grades. Helping out family members and others in the community is a great way to learn citizenship and recognize your impact in your community. Here are some ideas of what you can do:

Home (2 hours required)

School (2 hours required)

Community (2 hours required)

· Clean up around house

· Do another family member’s chore when needed

· Visit elderly

· Prepare and serve a meal

· Read to younger brother or sister

· Take care of younger siblings

· Help take care of elderly family members

· Walk the dog

· Help out with yard work

· Help others in Homework Club or Club Del Sol

· Participate in school fund raisers

· Help out your teacher after school

· Turn in uniforms or PE clothes that you have outgrown

· Offer to help in the office or library at lunch or after school

· Pick up trash at lunch

· Help keep the playground clean

· Donate needed items to your classroom

· Bring in Cans for Canned Food Drive

· Adopt-A-Family in December

· Volunteer to help a neighbor (one you know, of course)with yard work

· Pick up trash in the community

· Help out at church

· Help out in your clubs or sports teams

· Participate in school sponsored service events

Community Service Form