Community Service for High School Students

WPS Community Service Guidelines

Students should challenge themselves to find an area of service that is meaningful to them and then strive to make a positive difference. Through community service, students vying for admission to the most prestigious colleges and universities create personal profiles that are powerful difference makers and, in so doing, move themselves up the selectivity index in the college admission process. Students are encouraged to embrace service learning as a way to make positive differences in the lives of others, while simultaneously helping themselves.

As a graduation requirement, high school students must complete 100 total hours of community service, or 25 hours for each year that a student has attended WPS. Students may start accumulating community service hours as soon as they finish 8th grade. Students who transfer to WPS during high school will have their community service hours requirement prorated.

Community service activities must be recorded and documented in ManageBac

https://wps.managebac.com/login. This site guides students through the process as they apply for approval for their activities, monitor their progress, and submit appropriate documentation from activity supervisors. Students should contact the Community Service Coordinator for questions concerning ManageBac accounts.

• All community service activities must be pre-approved by the Community Service Coordinator.

• All community service activities must be unpaid in order to receive credit for the hours.

• Community service activities should benefit a non-profit, educational, or

government organization in need.

In addition to tracking activities, students can also find information about volunteer opportunities in ManageBac. However, students are ultimately responsible for identifying and completing their own community service activities, as well as recording all activities in ManageBac, and contacting supervisors for documentation.