Seal of Service

At this stage, students will:

• Have a general understanding of service learning.

• Start thinking about what topic(s) that interest them and start creating a plan for their project. 

• Decide if they would like to work individually or in a group.

• Figure out who their mentor will be. 

Fill out all of the Pre-Research/Volunteer documents in the hyper doc

At this stage, students will complete the following steps as part of their report/presentation:

1. Defining The Problem

• Students will begin researching a topic facing their community that interests them. Research can include any learned curriculum from school and/or any independently-learned research. This is where students will address an issue in their community and use educational resources to come up with solutions. 

• Students in their Project Proposal will…

1. Write a description of the issue(s) being addressed.

   1. Explain this issue beyond this community into the state, nation, and globally. 

2. Write a description of the community being served. 

3. Write a description of how the volunteer service will be conducted.

2. Creating An Awareness Campaign

• Students will write and create an awareness campaign to share the issue(s) that they are addressing.

• The purpose of the Awareness Campaign is to…

1. Educate the community and others about the issue(s)

2. Write a description of the issue/problem being addressed.

• Optional: Use social media to spread your research/message

  • Example: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter

At this stage, students will reflect on their research and volunteer experience with a:

1. Report 

The report must include:

• A cover page, table of contents, a bibliography, and pictures of your volunteer service.

• All research must be included

• All service hours must be included (timesheets)

• A reflection of the volunteer experience

  • What was learned, aspects that did/didn’t work, any accomplishments, any challenges 

2. Presentation

• The presentation will be a 10-minute overview of the entire service learning project

• Can be a digital presentation or a poster-board presentation

• Students can present either in-person or virtually to:

  • PUSD School Board, Pomona/Diamond Bar City Council, Pomona’s Promise of Promoting Academic Achievement (PAA), their school’s open hours, or any other approved public presentation 

  • The presentation must be authorized beforehand.

At this stage, students will finish their project with an exit interview:

• The exit interview will assess aspects of the service learning project beyond your research, volunteer service, written report, and presentation.

• Students will contact either Joseph Shim (joseph.shim@pusd.org) or Dr. Angelique Butler (angelique.butler@pusd.org) to schedule an interview.

• All documents (Hyper doc, Timesheets, Report, Presentation) will be submitted