Community & Service for 2007-2008

The Community & Service component of the Areas of Interaction is designed to involve students in new roles.  It aims to contribute to the student’s personal development by educating the whole child.  Students learn by doing real tasks that have real consequences and then reflecting on these experiences over time.  Service hours should be spent in activities where the student works cooperatively with other people. 

All service hours should reflect activities that are initiated by the student and are done without personal gain or financial reward.  Examples of service include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Service at a government agency
• Service to an arts program or agency
• Service to the handicapped
• Service to a religious organization
• Service to the elderly
• Service to an environmental group
• Self-initiated projects that benefit the community

• Before students turn in their documentation forms to a teacher or to the IB MYP Coordinator, they need to record the number of hours earned on the log sheet in their agenda.  The teacher/coordinator who receives the forms will sign the log sheet.

• The documentation forms should be turned in as soon as they are completed.  Students can turn in the forms to their teachers or to the IB MYP Coordinator.

• Students who do not earn the required hours for the first semester may not be eligible for field trips in the second semester.