The John Carroll School 703 E. Churchville Rd. Bel Air, MD 21014
Volume 44. Issue 1. October 2008
INSIDE
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Nick Temple
Rule change affects students, creates dissent
Staff Writer
D
irect service. The words that strike fear into the hearts of students. But with the start of the ’08-’09 school year and the latest revision of the Student Handbook, direct service hours are no longer a necessity. According to the most recent list of graduation requirement, “each John Carroll student is required to give sixty hours of service before he/she graduates,” notably omitting the previously required 10 hours of direct service. In fact, the requirement was eliminated by the administration in their annual update of the student handbook this summer. “Our intent was to try and simplify the policy a little bit and, in that way, in simplifying, taking away some of the guidelines that may
have had the effect on some students of detracting from the spirit of the service requirement,” said Academic Vice Principal Gary Scholl. In disposing of the direct service requirement, the administrators also “incentivized” direct service, according to Principal Paul Barker, by adding the “2-for-1” direct service program. The “2-for-1” programs allows students giving direct, relational service to “the poor, oppressed and marginalized in our society” to receive two hours towards their required sixty hours for every one hour actually served. Effectively, says Vice Principal of Student Affairs Gayle McAdams, “you could do 30 hours, total, and satisfy your 60 hour requirement.”
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Potter power fades in ‘Twilight’
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The Patriot observes revamped football program in action