IHS Service Learning

Required Hours by Graduation

10 hours per year you are enrolled at Irvington High School

• Class of 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029: 40 hours

Submission timeline for 2025-2026

These are hard deadlines and late submissions will not be submitted.  Google form will close on this day and you will no longer be able to submit your hours.  Please make sure to periodically check your GC /IC to see if your hours were accepted.  If your hours are rejected, a message will be left on the Google classroom assignment about how to fix and resubmit your hours (if applicable).  Please note district policy: Hours must be turned in during the same academic year in which they were earned. Hours earned over the summer (9th-11th grade only) must be turned in by the end of the first quarter of the next academic year."

• Summer hours submission deadline is          October 1, 2025
  for hours completed from May 10, 2025 - August 12, 2025

• Final school year deadline for submissions for Class of 2026:
  May 2, 2026
  for hours completed from August 14, 2025 - May 9, 2026

• Final school year submissions for Class of 2027, 2028, 2029:
  May 15, 2026
  for hours completed from August 14, 2025 - May 9, 2026

Quick Guidelines 

• Must provide service through a non-profit 501(c) organization

• Use a separate form for each organization

• You cannot receive payment for completing your hours

• Maintenance or administrative tasks will not be accepted

  • An example a task that would not be accepted is filing paperwork or trimming bushes

• Service learning must take place outside of school hours

• Work for a religious organization that benefits the community at large and does not promote its religion (e.g., clothing drives, food drives, feeding those in need) will be accepted.

• Hours spent training for services to be provided are capped at five (5) hours out of your 40 hours and must be directly related to a community-service event.

• Students cannot receive more than 8 hours of service in one day.

• Service completed online, such as online tutoring, does not qualify, as supervisor signatures cannot be electronic.

• Virtual signatures will not be accepted. However, you can send the form to the adult in charge, ask them to print, sign and send it back. 

• Please note district policy: Hours must be turned in during the same academic year in which they were earned. Hours earned over the summer (9th-11th grade only) must be turned in by the end of the first quarter of the next academic year."

What does NOT count as volunteer hours (including but not limited to)?

• Volunteering for a teacher to help with TA tasks: grading, decorating, cleaning classrooms, etc.

• Volunteering for a for-profit entity- example: a dentist's office or a retirement community.

• Anything completed during school hours for a school program/club when school is in session. All volunteering must occur outside of school hours.

• Any hours required for iCare.

• Court mandated service hours

• Opportunities that require an exchange of money, goods, or donations for hours.

• Fundraising for an event where the money goes back to a club, organization, or team that a student is a member of.

• Religious work or work that promotes a religious organization, including maintenance of grounds and meals connected to a service.

• Service completed online