Service Opportunities and Resources

List of 13 frequently asked questions.

• How many hours of community service do I need to complete in the Upper School?

  • 每个高中学生每学年都必须完成20小时的社区服务. 这些小时数累积起来，就会达到毕业所需的总时间(所以如果一个学生一年的工作时间超过20小时), those excess hours will be applied to the following year). 
  • 为了获得高级特权(在校园里开车和在校期间离开校园的许可)，学生必须在进入高年级时少于20小时. 
  • Additionally, 所有学生在高中期间都必须完成一项关于他们所拥有的服务经验的反思. Details can be found further below on this Service Resource page. 
  • Students may start acquiring hours as soon as they complete 8^th grade.

• What sort of community service “counts?”

  • All hours that are not paid with any nonprofit organization (outside of St. Luke's School) will count. 
  • 任何有偿工作，无论是否为非营利组织，都可能不适用此要求.  
  • Any work with a for-profit organization or for St. Luke's may NOT be applied toward this requirement. 

  If you're wondering whether an organization is nonprofit, sites such as ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer can help you with that. 

• How do I access the MobileServe app?

  • You can either go to MobileServe.com or download the MobileServe app on your phone.
  • Sign in through Google using your SLS email address.

• What do I need to document my hours? 

  • When you document your hours, the app will ask you to fill in information about the number of hours worked, what you did, and the name and email address of your supervisor. You may also have the supervisor sign the verification on your phone, which is optional but helpful if the supervisor doesn't respond to the email verification.
    
  • The supervisor must be the person from the organization who oversaw your work at the site. 请不要填写老师或家长的名字，除非他们直接参与了活动. 
  • 提醒你的主管他们将会收到一封来自MobileServe的验证邮件. That will prompt them to verify your work and then your hours will be recorded. 

• Can I record multiple days work at once?

  Sure. If you're volunteering regularly with an organization, you may choose to wait until you've worked several days and then record a lump sum. Just write the dates in the space where MobileServe says, "Tell your story" so that your supervisor knows the dates you're seeking approval for. 

• How do I find out about volunteer work?

  • There are frequently all-school community service activities at which you can earn hours.
  • Check with local organizations: rec departments, libraries, Emergency Medical Services, and fire departments have all been popular with our students. Some students also do volunteer work through their religious organization, scout troop, or National Charity League.
  • This page has many suggestions for volunteer work. In addition to the carousel of current opportunities at the top of the page, please scroll down to the Ongoing Opportunities for more ideas.
  • Please set up an appointment with Ms. 在澳门在线威尼斯官方下载的帕克-伯加德和她见面，讨论你的特殊兴趣.

• Do I need to work with any specific organizations?

  • 不，学校鼓励学生用他们的激情和兴趣去发现有意义的事情.  Students may choose to do all of their hours with a single organization, or spread their hours among different projects. 

• What about volunteer work that I do at St. Luke's School?

  校园服务是支持学校社区的一种有意义的方式，可以帮助建立一个强有力的领导简历. 服务要求的核心部分是让学生参与学校社区以外的非营利组织, so we do NOT grant service hours for volunteer work that serves St. Luke's School. The only exception to this rule is if the on-campus activity directly benefits a nonprofit, 比如在特奥会篮球比赛中做志愿者，或者为非营利组织参加大型校园筹款活动.

• What do I need to know about the Service Reflection?

  学生们被要求为一个单一的事业或组织奉献20个小时的服务. For example, they could volunteer 20 hours with a single homeless shelter, 或者他们可以为不同的组织提供20个小时的服务，帮助那些没有住房保障的人. That experience will become part of their Service Reflection, 在大四春假之前的任何时间(如果学生已经完成了20小时的课程，可以在大一开始完成). 有关写作的更多细节，请参阅下面有用文件和视频部分的社区服务反思要求链接.

• What is the purpose of the reflection and hourly service requirement in the Upper School? 

  This requirement helps students develop habits of reaching out beyond their communities. Through engaging with nonprofits, 学生们探索自己的领导优势，并开始培养对拥有不同经历的人的同理心. 

• Should I continue documenting hours after I complete the requirement?

  • Yes, 但是一旦你达到了要求，你可以让领导中心主任作为你的主管. There is no need to have an outside supervisor sign off on them.

• Why should I continue documenting hours after completing the requirement?

  • If we know what you’re doing, 当其他学生在某些领域寻找志愿者机会时，你可以成为他们的资源.
  • 学生们发现记录工作时间很有帮助，因为这是他们申请暑期工作的一种资源, scholarships and college.
  • We really like knowing what our students are doing in the community. It gives us a more complete picture of the student and of service at St. Luke's School.

• How about Middle School? Are they required to document hours? 

  No. In our middle school, 学生将通过课堂上的课程单元和课后的可选机会，了解各种服务方式. 我们很乐意支持中学生的个人服务兴趣和努力, but the responsibility of documenting required hours doesn't start until 9th grade.