Atlantic Community High School
Community Service Policy for Class of 2025
Community Service for IBMYP is those hours spent volunteering for the good of the community. The community may be your school, your place of worship, your local community, etc. Community Service hours cannot be done working for an allowance or compensation of any kind, doing an expected chore or working for a family member or a place of business, i.e. babysitting your little brother, or anyone else’s, mowing lawns, taking out the trash … does not count.
By April 3, 2023 (Spring, 10th grade) students must complete a minimum of 75 Community Service hours. Deadlines for the next 2 years:
Due Jan 5, 2022 – 10 hours
Due April 4, 2022 – 25 hours
Due August 15, 2022 – 50 hours
Due April 3, 2023 – 75 hours (completed)
Students may not continue in the IB Diploma or Career-related Programmes (grades 11 and 12) if this requirement is not met.
Your selection of organizations should be varied and new to your “normal” comfort zone of activities.
In other words, we encourage students to expand their knowledge and exposure to the community both locally and globally. Check the school IB website and social media sites for ideas.
Summer Hours:
You may begin documenting hours from as early as June 19, 2021. No hours earned BEFORE this date will be counted. All summer work will be submitted upon your return to school in August of the same year.
Community Service Options
Option 1: Transcript hours
The rule of thumb here is that the hours must be done for a non-profit organization in the community. They must be turned in on organization letterhead and signed by the supervising adult. Your parent, family member, or fellow student cannot be your supervisor.
Any hours served through a house of worship that contributes to the worship community can count for transcript ONLY, not toward your MYP certificate. According to IB, “religious devotion and any activity which can be interpreted as proselytizing” may count toward transcript hours, but will not count toward the MYP certificate requirement. Work done through a house of worship that benefits the community at large, i.e. food drives, homeless assistance, community meals, can be counted toward MYP certificate requirements, as well as transcript hours, as long as it does not involve proselytizing.
You must turn in a letter head with the supervisor’s original ink signature on the paper, with dates and hours of your community service. A time sheet can be used as a letterhead, but it also must have the original ink signature and dates on the paper.
If you are in Model UN and you compete at the conferences, this is considered transcript hours. You must print an SA form from ManageBac and have your sponsor sign it.
You must complete the online reflection in ManageBac.
You can complete a maximum of 40 virtual SA hours over the two years (if you choose to do virtual hours).
You can complete a maximum of 25 hours in any single virtual activity. For example, if you do Zooniverse, you can do up to 25 hours total.
Option 2: ATL hours
· Any hours served through the school for performance – not practice. This includes activities completed for school sponsored clubs, band, sports, or events. No more than a total of 40 hours may be counted toward your MYP certificate.
· You must submit a signed SA from ManageBac and have your sponsor sign it.
· You must complete the online reflection in ManageBac.
Points to note:
Turn in community service paperwork AFTER you complete your entry in ManageBac.
For any hours to appear on your high school transcripts, you must attach an official letterhead from the non-profit organization where you served. The letterhead needs to clearly state your name, the dates you served, the service you provided, the number of hours you served, and your supervisor’s original signature.
Community service paperwork that is turned into Dr. Oran without completed documentation in ManageBac will be rejected until the ManageBac entry is complete.
The IBMYP Community Service logged on ManageBac must have a thoughtful reflection included in order to be considered complete.
· Students will submit Community Service hour documentation to Dr. Oran in the IB office. Hours must be turned in the same semester they are completed.
· Dr. Oran, the MYP coordinator, is available for students during lunch periods in her office or before school. Her office is located in building 1, room 123 – directly behind the IBO.