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All students will need to complete Community Service in order to pass CAS. CAS will not be assessed simply by hours, which makes this different from the general CHS requirements. Students outside of the IB Program are required to complete between 20 and 30 hours of Community Service every year. CHS IB hourly expectations are lower, but there is an emphasis on the quality of the Service you complete.
You have two options for how to approach Service:
Continued Service: some of you are already CHS office aides or are engaged in tutoring and outreach programs. If this is you, keep doing what you are doing but begin logging hours, compiling artifacts, and have your supervisor or sponsor complete a Community Service Authorization form. You must be able to prove that you complete at least ten (10) hours of Service over the course of an academic year.
Service Events: If you are not an aide nor are you a member of an outreach club, you must complete at least three (3) Service events over the course of an academic year. This would be a stand-alone event that benefits the community (Community Service), and you must work the event for at least three (3) hours. At the time of the event, you must collect artifacts (photos, videos, lesson plans) and have a supervisor complete a Community Service Authorization form.
You may find the Community Service Authorization form at the bottom of this page.
What Qualifies as Service?
What Qualifies as Service?
You cannot be paid.
You cannot be compensated in any form (extra credit, grades, Varsity status, etc.)
Internships do NOT qualify as Service.
You MAY NOT complete tasks for family members or for profit-making organizations.
Service must be completed at a non-profit organization (CHS included)
Service performed with a club outside of school hours or during your lunch or during homeroom is acceptable (getting excused from classes to do Blood Drive or THON does not count)
Service performed at faith-based organizations (churches, synagogues, mosques) is acceptable as long as the activities are not religious. For example, activities performed at an after school program housed in a church are acceptable but assisting in a worship service or Bible Study is not.
Campaigning for a political party and/or candidate or working for an elected official is not accepted.. Non-partisan organizations, such as The Committee for Seventy, are acceptable. Working with the Voter Registration team is acceptable.
What Can I Do at CHS?
What Can I Do at CHS?
You're in luck! There are many Service opportunities right here at school. Speak with Ms. Brooks ASAP if you are interested in any of the following:
English Department aide
Social Studies Department aide
Tutoring (subject or teacher specific)
Counselor Office aide
You can also consider joining:
Voter Engagement Team
Feeding Philly
CentralTHON
Blood Drive
Art with Heart
C.A.M.P.
Central Cares
Central Cleaning Club
GEMS (Girls Empowering Minds in STEM)
Helping Hands
Letters for Destiny
Memory Lane
PAWS in Hand
Red Cross Club
Robotics
SEAS
SOCA Tutoring
Student Environmental Action Society
Out in the Community
Out in the Community
Hospitals/Nursing Homes (verified volunteer programs)
Libraries
Schools (tutoring programs, etc)
Animal Shelters
Museums
Thrift Stores run by nonprofits
Chartered Community Organizations (certain recreational leagues, community programs, athletic leagues that are non-profit can be used for service)
http://volunteer.phila.gov/
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
http://www.dosomething.org
IB Community Service Authorization Form.pdfPage updated
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