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TCCHS MERIT students take a range of Advanced Placement, Honors, and Dual Enrollment classes. Students who qualify may enroll in a program to earn an associates degree by the time of their high school graduation. Students participate in special field trips throughout the year and receive recognitions for outstanding academic achievement. They can qualify for the Academic Patch and Letter Jacket and also may earn recognition as an AP Scholar. Upon completion of high school, MERIT students who complete the program earn the MERIT seal on their diploma and wear the MERIT stole at graduation.
Serving others becomes second nature.
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Key Points to Remember
As we move into the new Mobileserve platform - all documentation needs to be submitted via the app.
For Summer 2025, the max number of hours is now changed to 40.
For Summer hours prior to 2025, the max number of hours is 25.
The max number of hours per day for a project is 8.
If you are logging multiple days for the same activity, please use the daily log or include all days of service in the written section on the app (you do not need to log each day separately).
The signature must be done by a supervisor, in real time.
Why does MERIT require service?
Service learning connects meaningful community service experiences with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility. Service learning extends student learning beyond the classroom and provides structured time for students to reflect on their experiences. Students learn to research community needs, develop and organize solutions, and to use interpersonal communication skills and problem-solving strategies. Service learning can be a valuable addition to a college or scholarship application as it demonstrates growth through community engagement.
Typical organizations associated with service learning activities include hospitals, non-profit animal services, non-profit environmental agencies, assisted living communities and senior centers, museums, veterans organizations, and city/county beautification foundations.
For the MERIT diploma seal, a student must have at least 20 service learning hours and a total of at least 80 community service hours (including service learning hours). Any hours a student completes as a part of service learning will count towards their total community service hours.
Service learning and community service hours are submitted using the same documentation form, which can be downloaded and completed by the student and the supervisor. The documentation is then scanned and submitted online through the Google Form submission.
Community Service Medal Recognition - during Senior Honors Night
Bronze - 50 hours Silver - 100 hours Gold - 150+ hours
*If you are planning and executing a planned event, it is more than likely a Service Learning Project.
*If you are volunteering at someone else's event as a helper, it is more than likely a Community Service Project.
For assistance planning service learning projects, contact Col. Stann McLeod at smcleod@tcjackets.net or drop by his office in the Guidance Office. For assistance with documentation of community service or service learning hours please contact Dr. Burnette at fburnette@tcjackets.net or stop by the MERIT Office in E wing near the band room.
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