This course is an opportunity for students interested in volunteering with a community nonprofit agency, private school, or with an FCPS teacher/classroomprogram.   During the course students will have the opportunity to investigate ways in which they might help others by using the basic components of service learning; Preparation, Action, and Reflection. Serving others offers students the chance to use existing strengths and develop new skills in an independent

setting with support.   

Students will be assigned a specific placement with teacher/course/program or a community agency.  Placements are not only in the High School, but also the feeder schools - Middletown Primary, Middletown Elementary, Wolfsville Elementary, Myersville Elementary and Middletown Middle Schools. Students placed outside their home school must provide transportation.  Students commit to the placement for a semester and will complete assignments related to their experiences at their placement site.  Additionally, students will complete an individual service project for the semester. Students are cooperatively supervised by a placement supervisor and their school’s Peer and Community Engagement Experience Teacher.  

Students must have taken the class that they are placed in.   

There are three main components of this course

1. Preparation – Students will receive training prior to beginning the Student Service Learning experience.  This training will introduce students to the expectations of the course.  Each student must complete this training before he/she can begin serving as a tutor.  Students will work with site supervisors to develop a plan for working with individuals at the worksite.

2. Action – Students will implement the designated plan and communicate with the site supervisors on a daily basis to ensure that the needs of the clientele are being positively impacted.

3. Reflection – Students will reflect on their accomplishments and service experience throughout the semester.  They will be able to identify ways that the experience has impacted their lives and the lives of others.

Students must complete the following documents to enroll in PACEE

• • WBL Application - Click here to view

  • PACEE  Agreement - Click here to view

Students will complete the following assignments throughout the semester:

• • Activity Plan -  Due 10 days after placement.   Click here for Word doc                                                                                             

• • Training Completion Form - Due upon placement

  • Monthly Time Calendar - Due on the first day of every month for the previous month.   For example, the September time calendar is due on October 1.  Time calendars that are submitted late will be marked down.  These can be picked up outside of Work Based Learning Room (Room 502) or downloaded with the links on the Time Calendar webpage.

  • Monthly Reflection - Due by the 15th of every month for that month.  For example, the September reflection sheet is due any time between September 1 and 15.  It will be marked down for being late if it is submitted after the 15th.  If the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday, the reflection assignment is still due on-time since students have one month to complete the assignment and can even work ahead if they choose.  Due to the end of the fall semester, the January Reflection is due on January 10.  Seniors must turn in May Reflections by the last day of senior classes.   This is a Schoology Assessment that can be accessed from the Schoology Page.  

Mentors/Teachers will complete an evaluation each Term.  This will account for approximately 40 % of the students grade. Click here to see a sample evaluation form.

Important Information

• • PACEE Syllabus

  • PACEE Expectations