Course Description:

    Students in the Erie School District may earn .5 credit toward graduation for sixty (60) hours of documented community service, including a "reflection" piece with each completed activity.  A maximum of one (1) credit may be earned in any one school year with 120 documented service hours and appropriate Reflections for all hours submitted.  Service Learning allows students the opportunity to "give something back" to the community in which they live while expanding their horizons beyond the world of school.

Policies:

    Before performing a service in the community, students should get a copy of the appropriate form to be filled out by their site supervisor (an adult) and fill it out as soon as the activity is completed.  the documentation of service hours must include a Reflection which  focuses on the insights or benefits gained while participating in the service activity.  Possibilities are very wide-ranging from tutoring at-risk elementary students, to volunteering in a retirement home, to coaching younger children in a sport, to selling daffodils for the American Cancer Society, to finding sponsors and walking for the March of Dimes Walk America.

    If a student is unsure whether or not an activity  may be credited towards graduation,  he/she should meet with a Learn and Serve Advisor before taking part in the activity.