NYAA Silver Service Mentorship Programme

About the National Youth Achievement Award (NYAA)

At PRCSS, the NYAA Silver Programme is offered as an opt-in opportunity for students as part of their leadership development. Under the Service Learning component, students are required to complete a minimum of 40 hours of regular community activities over at least 8 months. This initiative helps students develop into socially responsible citizens by understanding the challenges faced by communities and actively contributing to solutions. Through Values-In-Action (VIA) projects or other community service activities, students learn the importance of giving meaningful service and reflect on the value of volunteerism.

With the warm support of our community partners, our students come together to form interest-groups where they design their service learning projects to contribute to the respective organisations on a sustained basis. The structured mentorship programme will equip students with the skills and values needed to make a positive impact on society while fostering personal growth and civic responsibility.

Project Collaboration

Class of 2024 - 2025 (for students and partners only)

Class of 2025-2026 (for students and partners only)

Link to PRCS School Calendar for Students

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What is my project timeline?

1 year period from July 2025 to June 2026.

Q2. How can I apply for seed funding?

Each group is allocated a total sum of $200.00 for the entire project duration. Apply for the funds through your teachers. An advance timeline of 1 month is required for each purchase. No cash reimbursement is allowed.

Q3. Besides my group mates, who else can participate in the service learning activities planned by my group?

Groups may invite other Crestians to join in their student-initiated service learning activity in accordance with the engagement and safety guidelines by the community partner. PRCSS teachers may not be present at the session(s).

Q4. How can we tabulate our VIA service learning hours for the NYAA Silver Programme?

Total duration to complete: At least 40 hours over 8 months.

Breakdown of cumulative hours:

At least 24 hours from NYAA Silver Service Learning projects (see recommendation below)
1. Total 2 hours x 4 sessions of Termly NYAA Silver Service Mentorship Programme
2. Total 3 hours x 6-8 sessions of service learning engagement (including pre-event preparation, briefing/set up, actual engagement, debrief/venue restoration)
At least 16 hours from various school-based/ other VIA experiences
1. Sec 3 Class VIA
2. Sec 4 Class VIA
3. other relevant School-initiated/ CCA-initiated VIA experiences in Sec 3 & 4 years

Q5. How should we document our VIA service learning hours for the NYAA Silver Programme?

Participants are required to submit documentation that records students' details of involvement and contribution hours as part of the awards verification. As a good practice, it would be helpful to request for the organisation to sign off on the last page of the Student Handbook with an organisation stamp which shows a record of the service-learning hours.

Alternatively, recognition of service hours could come in the form of a Letter of Appreciation from the community partner.

Photographs / Video artefacts may be supplemented with permission from the partner organisation. Students are reminded to check in on media consent and guidelines before publishing these media content on any platform.

All NYAA (Silver) participants are reminded to regularly document their reflections for the Service component in their 'NYAA Silver Digital Booklet' via Google Classroom.

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