Service Learning
Service learning projects expose students to the needs of others and the program
helps to develop a sense of responsibility for each student to give their time
and assistance within the community. Formerly called outreach, the title "service
learning" more accurately describes the reciprocity resulting from this work.
Students give, but they also learn important life lessons about themselves
and others. Each grade level within the lower school chooses a service learning
project for the school year. Projects include working with pre-school children,
collecting for special causes, adopting elderly residents at a nursing home,
collecting food for a local food pantry, and strengthening recycling efforts.
The middle school does service learning as a whole, scattering to twelve different
sites around the community. Eighth grade students serve as leaders for the
sixth and seventh graders assigned to each site.
