High School Service Learning

It is important that students plan ahead and begin considering service options as early as their freshman year.  

 

Placements should not substitute for normally paid positions.  Students may not receive income or tips from the service experience.  Service ordered by a court may not apply to the Community Service requirement.  Whenever possible, experiences should fulfill needs which would not otherwise be met.  Students are responsible for bringing questions about the appropriateness of the service to the attention of the Director of Community Service.  The Community Service Director will post and maintain a list of suggested service options on the school bulletin board.  It is suggested that students get approval for their community service project before they make a commitment or begin the work.  Someone responsible at the location of the project will need to verify the hours of service.

 

In each case, the student must provide documentation of the service, using a form provided by the schooland available in the guidance office at the High School.  The Director of Community Service will manage and verify the evidence that the service has been completed.  Any questions regarding the appropriateness of the service should be directed to the Director of Community Service who will determine applicability.  

 

SOME SUGGESTED COMMUNITY SERVICE OPTIONS

• Doing volunteer work at the Dover or Sherborn Town Offices
• Doing volunteer work with Dover or Sherborn Park and Recreation
• Volunteer with Dover Recycling Committee at the transfer station/swap shop
• Doing volunteer work at the Dover-Sherborn Child Development Center, Dover and Sherborn Extended Day Projects
• Raking leaves for senior citizens
• Shoveling snow and doing home repairs for senior citizens
• Doing volunteer work at Broadmoor, Natick Community Garden
• Doing volunteer work at Hale Reservation, Trustees of Reservations
• Doing volunteer work at local Hospitals
• Doing school, roadside, or riverbanks cleanup
• Doing voluntary projects at a local church
• Working with the homeless
• Working with the Animal Rescue League, Audubon and other animal care and environmental organizations, SCAT projects
• Tutoring students who need support, peer counseling (outside of the basic course requirements) or assisting teachers in the Dover-Sherborn Schools
• Doing volunteer work with local state and federal officials
• Working at Special Needs facilities
• International work:  Water pumps for Nicaragua project, working in kibbutz, repairing a church in Africa
• Working with elderly, infirmed and disabled at local nursing homes, Meals on Wheels, North Hill, Woodhaven
• Working with non-profit organizations:  WGBH, the local Historical Society, Dover Foundation, Sherborn Dollars for Scholars, Dover-Sherborn Education Fund, Natick Senior Council
• Other projects:  Appalachian Service Program, Big Brother - Big Sister programs, Habitat for Humanity