Service Hours Information

St. Sebastian School’s Service Hours Information-2025-26

Each trimester every 6th through 8th student will be required to complete 5 hours of service. Please be aware that any work done by students in their own homes does NOT count as service. Also, students CANNOT count fundraising activities for service hours. 

For each trimester, each student will fill out a form and turn in to his/her homeroom teacher. 

One section is for recording the service activities, the dates on which they were completed, and the number of hours for each. A parent will need to sign the form to verify that the student completed the service hours.

The other part of the form is a reflection on one service activity from that trimester. Students will answer these questions based on that one activity:

1) Which Catholic Social Teaching theme does your activity relate to? 

2) How does your activity relate to the theme?

3) What part of this activity was the most challenging for you? Why? 

The due dates for the form are: 

Trimester 1 Thursday, November 13th, 2025

Trimester 2 Thursday, February 26th, 2026

Trimester 3 Thursday, May 28th, 2026

Possible School/Parish Activities for Service

Wednesday Mass - Servers

Sunday Mass - readers, greeters, cantors, servers

Sparkle Squad (a parish group working on cleaning up areas in the school/parish buildings and grounds)

Christian Women's Boutique

Fish Fry-setting tables, serving meals, bussing tables, child care

Catholic Soles Walk

Babysitting for school events

Ambassador program - tours

Possible Outside of School Activities for Service

Lawn mowing, leaf raking, snow shoveling for neighbors (for no pay)

Babysitting for neighbors (for no pay)

Serving meals at a soup kitchen/meal program

Volunteering at St. Catherine’s Food Pantry