COMMUNITY SERVICE

For the Junior year you will be required to create a community service portfolio documenting your community service since you have been a student at ISA along with a reflection; hence there will be two parts to your portfolio.  The following information should be documented in your portfolio by April 14.

Community service is the act of community service itself; it is giving back to the community with no compensation. (no practice, rehearsals or classes)

Part I.  Documentation of Community Service Hours (50%)

• By April 14 of your junior year you will document a minimum of 90 (ninety) hours of community service.  This information should be listed on your Documentation Sheet.
• Documentation will include letters/notes/time sheets signed by the sponsor overseeing the community service.
• You should also include photos, artifacts, souvenirs, thank notes, or anything else that you might want to include that represents your community service.

Up to 30 (thirty) hours of the total 120 hours (you need by senior year) can be performance involvement.

Other service opportunities include:

School team community service projects, Culture Fair

Service to school – tutoring, janitorial work, (does not include teacher aid periods)

NHS, SHS, Interact, church related community service, or other service organizations you might be involved in (exam:  Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Habitat for Humanity, Samm Shelter, Salvation Army, Food Under the Bridge, City Heroes, etc.)

Part II.  Community Service Reflection (50%)

Think about the community service you have experienced so far and write a reflection answering the questions below:

1. Describe some of your most memorable community service experiences.
2. What have you learned from your community service experiences?
3. How has volunteering and helping the community changed you:  How have you changed the community?
4. What do you see in your future for community service after you leave ISA?
5. Include anything else you feel is an important observation about your community service experiences.

This essay should not be a summary of each and every one of your experiences, but it should reveal critical reflection of the effects of your community experiences.  Your essay will be a minimum of 750 words, typed, 12-point font, essentially error free with few, if any spelling, grammar, or typographical errors.

• YOUR PORTFOLIO SHOULD BE NEATLY TYPED AND BOUND IN A FOLDER OR BINDER TITLE PAGE INCLUDING NAME, DATE, AND TITLE OF PORTFOLIO
   

• YOUR DOCUMENTATION SHEET SHOULD BE PLACED BEHIND THE TITLE PAGE OF YOUR PORTFOLIO