Student Community Service
STUDENT COMMUNITY SERVICE GUIDELINES
The educational program as described in the CCAA charter states that part of the admission process includes a commitment by students to provide community service:
- For the school year, CCAA expects each student to provide and document a minimum of 15 hours of community service. The goal is 5 hours per trimester.
- Community Service can only be earned during non classroom/curriculum time (e.g. recess, lunch recess, before/after school, lunch helpers, peer tutors etc.).
- Service may be provided at community events or for non-profit organizations. Students should be careful that their community service benefits the community at large and NOT personal family members, neighbors, or businesses.
How you describe an activity goes a long way towards making it count. It is the family's responsibility to record hours earned, including dates, # of hours and descriptions.
Please note: At grades 6-12, all community service that would also count towards a field study day report MUST be connected to a non profit, community service organization. See ELA teachers for more details.
Student Community Service Ideas
Volunteer Programs:
- City of Sacramento Volunteer Programs
- United Way Day of Caring
- Just Serve for a list of opportunities where you live
- Volunteer Center of Sacramento
- Sacramento Food Bank or here
- U-Give Volunteers
- Hands on Sacramento.
- Suggest searching for Project Birthday (can take volunteers as young as 6)
Local Organizations:
- Sacramento Library (search "Volunteer" in FAQ)
- Effie Yeaw Nature Center
- Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue. Parents would need to make special arrangements for children under 13 years old. Children over 13 just need to fill out volunteer wavier.
Other Suggestions:
- Help out with CCAA Support the Artsefforts:
- Collect, cut, and count box tops
- collect Terracycle Products
- Help out in libraries
- Straighten up hymnal books and missals in pews after church service
- Making pb & j sandwiches for homeless people, putting them in brown bags, decorated with a water bottle, mini toothpaste, soap, etc , and passing them out.
- Write letters to soldiers (contact recruiters' offices for names)
- Visit convalescent homes
- Cleaning parks in neighborhoods