Fairview Middle

IB PREP COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS

Completing community service hours is a requirement of the IB Prep program and is designed to allow students an opportunity to get involved with their school and community in a non-academic setting. Students will complete (10/12/14) hours of community service, before the assigned date. 

Community service activities serve either a need in a community or the environment, or expand the student’s understanding of the world as expressed through an activity.  The basic question to be asked to ascertain the appropriateness of an activity for IB Prep community service is “Whose needs are being met?”  The answer must be a needy individual, community, or the environment.  “Need” is defined by the social definition, not by “My mother really needs to have these copies made for her business.”  Activities include: participating in a park cleanup, helping a neighbor with yard work, assisting with a food drive, etc. Paid hours are not eligible (for example: If you babysit, but you get paid for it, those hours are not eligible). Hours that result in a classroom grade are not eligible.

Your hours must be verified by an adult, and you must include the name, phone number, and signature of the supervising adult, for all of your recorded hours. A parent may sign for hours, as long as the activity impacts people beyond your household/immediate family. For instance, if your parent took you to pick up litter along a local walking trail, you can have your parent sign for that service; however, your parent may NOT have you do yard work at your own home and consider those service hours. A parent in some cases may fill in as the “supervisor” of your service- please make sure to clear with your teacher first.

Below is attached more detail on Community Service and the service hours log!

IB Prep Community Service Log

Hours will be required to be submitted to their Social Studies teacher. They are always do the last week in April..  

In addition to recording hours of community service, each student will write a brief essay about your community services experiences. This essay, along with your log of hours, will be turned into your social studies teacher. Essay guidelines and submission details will be given well prior to the due date. Please check social studies teachers canvas pages