Reminder: All SSL Forms for services completed from June 1, 2025, through the end of the 2025-2026 school year are required to be submitted to the school SSL coordinator, Ms. Payne, no later than May 29, 2026. When students return to school in the fall, by the recommended due date of September 26, 2025.
Students who wish to submit SSL forms from previous school years must write an appeal to the school’s principal outlining the circumstances for why the SSL form(s) were not turned in by the systemwide deadline. The school’s principal will consider the information presented and make a final decision about the appeal.
Any middle school student who has submitted documentation to show the completion of the 75-hour SSL graduation requirement (for the first time in middle school) by March 27, 2025, will receive the Superintendent’s SSL Award.
The required deadline for all documentation that qualifies seniors for the Certificate of Meritorious Service and middle school students for the Superintendent’s SSL Award is March 27, 2025.
All SSL forms (MCPS Form 560-51: Student Service Learning Activity Verification form - https://bit.ly/SSLReflection ) should be submitted to the school’s SSL coordinator by the last Friday in May, to be considered for these awards.
Student Service Learning (SSL) is a Maryland state graduation requirement. Students must earn 75 SSL hours to graduate from high school and can start earning SSL hours the summer after grade 5. Students may continue to earn SSL hours throughout middle school and high school.
Reminder: All SSL forms should be submitted to the school’s SSL coordinator when student return to school in the fall by the recommended due date of September 26, 2025, but no later than the required deadline of May 29, 2026,
Students who wish to submit SSL forms from previous school years must write an appeal to the school’s principal outlining the circumstances for why the SSL form(s) were not turned in by the systemwide deadline. The school’s principal will consider the information presented and make a final decision about the appeal.
All MCPS students must earn 75 SSL hours to graduate.
**All SSL forms should be turned in to the counseling office.
Introduction to SSL Handout:
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SSL Hours Earned
How to check your SSL hours on Student/Parent Vue
SSL Forms, Guidelines and Resources
MCPS SSL Hub for Students/Families.
SSL Opportunities
https://bit.ly/SSLOpportunities
https://bit.ly/VirtualSSL2020
SSL Coordinators
High School SSL Coordinators
Middle School SSL Coordinators
SSL Program Overview Slideshow
https://bit.ly/SSLOverview2020
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