Global Service Project

Students may work individually or in groups. However, if students work in groups, EACH group member must log 20 hours.

• Fundraising campaigns and awareness-raising campaigns can be powerful starting points to addressing global problems. However, the GSP Service Project must go beyond simply asking for money and making a donation, or tweeting a lot to raise awareness about an issue. The project must make a tangible and meaningful impact on a community. Check out the following organizations as a starting point:

  • • H20 for Life

    • Heifer International

    • Pennies for Peace

    • Roots of Peace

• You need not fully solve a global issue, but your efforts need to improve conditions in a visible and measurable way. Conference with the Global Coordinator for guidance.

• Review the readings you have done so far for your Cultural Literacy requirement. Did any of the challenges faced by the people in your readings stick out to you?

• Think about things you are learning in your classes at MHS. What global challenges have you examined in your classes?

• Think of a problem that you see in the news that really concerns you.

• How can you leverage your hobbies, interests, and passions towards a global concern?

• Click these links to find inspiration:

  • • UN Sustainable Development Goals

    • World Economic Forum

    • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

    • Rotary Club Projects

    • Volunteering/Tutoring with the Literacy Network

• Your project can be an extension of an existing project. You do not have to create something brand-new from scratch.

By the Fall of your senior/final year, you should submit or present your Global Scholars Service Project Proposal to the Global Scholars Coordinator.

When you are ready, fill out Global Scholars Service Project Proposal form. The Global Scholars Coordinator will follow-up with you for a meeting to overview your proposal and give approval or a request for modification.

• Keep track of all the time you spend on your project, from researching ideas to contacting people to actual "boots on the ground" hands-on project work. Your Global Scholars Service Hours Tracking Sheet can be found in your Global Scholars Records folder in Google Drive.

• Video and photo documentation of your service is highly encouraged.

• You will find, if you are logging your hours for everything, that 20 hours adds up pretty quickly. Remember, you are not done after 20 hours. You are done when your project has been successfully implemented.

Upon completion of the service project, students will submit a final reflection to the Global Scholar Coordinator for final approval. 

In addition, a service project summary report will be presented in front of a panel of global citizens. This will include the Global Scholars Coordinator, an MHS staff member and supporter of global citizenship, and an underclassman Global Scholar.

See the Global Scholars Service Project Completion Overview - Reflection and Summary Report for more details.