SERVICE SCHOLAR REQUIREMENTS

Service Scholar: The Service Learning Program is a curricular component of Community Life that promotes participation in the life of the community beyond the school. Its full description can be found in the high school Curriculum Guide. A Service Scholar engages in an extension of his/her/their senior Service Learning project. The extension consists of an academic component as well as additional service hours. Service Scholars exercise and incorporate the Core Skills that they have learned in their classes and apply them to their senior service-learning experiences.

Service Scholars complete at least 35 hours of service on their Grade 12 projects, which is beyond the graduation requirement. They spend additional time collecting artifacts, researching and composing a paper that provides insight into the issues relevant to their project. The paper is a minimum of 2000 words and must reflect the quality and depth expected of Grade 12 level academic research in order to pass. In addition, Service Scholars write a 500-word reflection analyzing their personal experience with the project related to their research and the learning outcomes. The reflection essay is not counted toward the 2000 word research component. As a graduation requirement, Service Scholars and all seniors present their service learning insights and experiences to an audience at school in April before graduation. The proposed academic component of the project must lie within the general purview of the high school academic program.

Acknowledgment

Each candidate has had the option to revise either, neither, or both of their written pieces for this publication. All Ensworth students are to be commended for their service learning efforts, and the students who have chosen this publication opportunity should be recognized for using their talents to the fullest, being contributors to society, and exercising their intellectual vitality. These published Service Scholars have received no academic class credit, nor was publication required to become a Service Scholar. The academic research done by Service Scholars is an independent project designed and managed by the individual students in consultation with the Service Scholar Director. These students should be celebrated for their initiative, their commitment, and their scholarship.

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Betsy Thomas

Our Non-Profit Partners

Advisors, Teachers, and Administrators

Mary Byrne Dailey

Lynn Vincent