Community Service

COMMUNITY SERVICE

To effectively prepare for post-secondary lives, NAHS will require all students to apply the knowledge and skills learned in their course content to their lives as active citizens via organized community service learning experiences. To that end, Community Service exists as a graduation requirement for all North Attleborough High School students.

The NAHS Community Service graduation requirement is designed to prepare students for their lives as active citizens. Community Service is an opportunity for students to demonstrate active citizenship by acting as responsible citizens who contribute to the improvement of their communities. This service also affords students the opportunity to enhance personal social-emotional growth, building self-esteem, and developing critical social skills.

All NAHS students must complete at least 10 hours of approved Community Service activities each year (grades 9-12) for a total of at least 40 hours by the end of their first semester of their senior year. Students can begin earning Community Service hours during the summer prior to entering each grade (after June 1st). All Community Service activities must be approved. Pre-approved Community Service activities will be made available on the NAHS website. While students are encouraged to engage in more than 10 hours of Community Service per year, any student who accumulates excess hours cannot apply those excess hours to subsequent years. Community Service hours for each year must be completed by June 1st of that school year. Seniors must have completed all hours by the end of the first semester of their senior year unless they have made prior arrangements with a school administrator. While students may only use 10 hours of Community Service per year towards their graduation requirement, students who choose to perform Community Service hours in excess of 10 hours per year can still apply the balance of those hours towards potential post high school scholarship opportunities. While 10 hours per year is the minimum, all students are encouraged to report all hours of service performed in order to represent the total volume of service that all NAHS students complete within our community.

Please find more information related to Community Service on our school website.