Community Service
Students are encouraged to perform acts of community service, and are taught early on that this is a worthwhile activity. Starting in Lower School, the school organizes community service events for the students. Fifth and Sixth graders help out around campus, and Seventh and Eighth graders are brought to local organizations such as the Ronald McDonald House. In the Upper School, each student is required to complete 25 hours of community service each school year.
The entire Middle School community spends one Friday a month, totaling about 40 hours per student, per year, participating in community service. This Middle School tradition includes service both on and off the campus. Students are divided into groups and each group will, throughout the course of the school year, have the chance to experience a variety of activities. Some examples of Middle School Community Service placements include:
- Doane Stuart Lower School Discovery Center
- Teresian House Nursing Home
- Center for Disability Service – Langan School
- Trinity Day Care Center
- Ronald McDonald House Charities
- Campus Grounds Maintenance
- Reading Buddies
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