Students are required to complete thirty service hours a year. At the end of each trimester students must turn in a service hour log with at least ten completed hours. At least five service hours each trimester must be completed outside of school. Any extra hours will be rolled over and counted towards next trimester. For example, if a student turns in fifteen hours at the end of trimester one, then they are only required to turn in five hours at the end of trimester two. 

Explanation

Service hours are time when students work with individuals through a non-profit agency, church, or organization that cares for the poor, hungry, disadvantaged, children (coaching or tutoring), the environment, the elderly, the sick, the disabled, or individuals with special needs.

Examples:

• Service at Mass

• Soup kitchen

• Facilities for elderly or disabled

• Senior community centers

• Coaching youth sports or tutoring

• Religious education

• Environmental projects that care for God's creation

• Fund-raising activities like Sunday sales, Holiday Boutique, etc.

Not Valid Service Hours 

Family help is not considered valid hours because family help is a given.  Students should help their parents, aunt, cousins, grandparents etc. Students who received some kind of compensation (money) is not valid. Volunteering at a for-profit business is not service hours. If you are unsure if an activity would count as service hours please ask Mr. Q

Examples of Not Valid Service Hours

• A job.

• Helping out a parent's business (Unless it is a charity or non-profit)

• Doing laundry, cleaning rooms, or any other household core for your family.